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    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/APhishER is presented as a lightweight Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform to orchestrate threat response and manage the high volume of potentially malicious email messages reported by users. And, with automatic prioritization of emails, PhishER helps InfoSec and Security Operations team cut through the inbox noise and respond to the most dangerous threats more quickly.

    $0.75

    per month (billed annually) per seat

    PhishRod

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APhishRod is an integrated & analytics driven solution for phishing readiness, security awareness automation, threat advisory & policy compliance management from the company of the same name in Tracy, CA. It helps organizations to empower end users and cascade the actionable human intelligence across the organization to deter cyber attacks. PhishRod suite includes: 1. Phishing Simulator 2. Security Awareness Manager 3. Threat Advisory Manager 4. Policy Compliance ManagerN/A
    Pricing
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusPhishRod
    Editions & Modules
    3001-5000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $0.75
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    2001-3000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $0.85
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    1001-2000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $1.00
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    501-1000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $1.15
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    101-500 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $1.50
    per month (billed annually) per seat
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusPhishRod
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusPhishRod
    Considered Both Products
    KnowBe4
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    PhishRod LLC
    Chose PhishRod
    We tested both PhishRod and Phisher for our security needs. They are similar, but in the end we feel that PhishRod was better suited for our needs. Pricing was better and the ROI as well. We are looking for a long term solution and believe we have found it in PhishRod.
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    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusPhishRod
    Incident Response Platforms
    Comparison of Incident Response Platforms features of KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus and PhishRod
    Feature
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus
    8.6
    94 Ratings
    2% below category average
    PhishRod
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    Ratings
    Company-wide Incident Reporting8.876 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Other Security Systems8.572 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Dashboard8.793 Ratings00 Ratings
    Machine Learning to Prevent Incidents8.679 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live Response for Rapid Remediation8.680 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus and PhishRod
    Feature
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus
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    Ratings
    PhishRod
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Security Awareness Training
    Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus and PhishRod
    Feature
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus
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    Ratings
    PhishRod
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Training Content Library00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multilingual Training Content00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Training Gamification00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Security Training00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Individualized Security Training Plans00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Phishing Simulations00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Security Reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Integration with Security Tech Stack00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusPhishRod
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    Hoxhunt
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusPhishRod
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (99 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusPhishRod
    Likelihood to Recommend
    KnowBe4
    PhishER comes with some good features, such as PhishML, PhishRIP, PhishFlip, etc. These features help us manage phishing email reporting incidents. From reporting emails via Phish Alert Button plug-in to collecting all reported emails in one place at the PhishER dashboard. Now, the PhishML comes into play, scanning all reported emails and tagging each as clean, spam, or threat. With the help of this machine learning-based algorithm, our investigation process becomes easier. Other features, such as PhishRip, help to search and quarantine phishing emails, and PhishFlip converts a real phishing campaign to a test phishing campaign.
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    PhishRod LLC
    PhishRod has helped us create mock phishing attacks throughout our company to help teach our users what to look for in a phishing attack. The ability to create custom attacks has helped tremendously because we are able to use attacks related to what we encounter on a daily basis. Creating training phishing attack emails has helped improve our overall security.
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    Pros
    KnowBe4
    • One platform that integrates reported emails and using PhishFlip to educated staff.
    • Automation to remove malicious emails from mailboxes.
    • Instantly report back to users if an email is safe or malicious.
    • Easily review vital technical information to help you make a decision if an email is a threat.
    • Allow comments to be left from staff and IT.
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    PhishRod LLC
    • Customize Phishing Campaigns
    • Awareness Manager
    • Policy Compliance
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    Cons
    KnowBe4
    • Issues with Global Blocklist
    • Email Template Modification - Simplification
    • Target Specific Users vs. Groups
    • PhishRIP info tabs (i.e. if improperly check ripped emails are turned into tests. This has caused issues.) Info tabs or markers allow user to hover and get more information about what action a check box or slider provides.
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    PhishRod LLC
    • Impoving OT Cyber Security Training
    • Additional Capabilities
    • Some issues with product interface
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    Likelihood to Renew
    KnowBe4
    When we first discovered that KnowBe4 released something like this, we saw a demo of it and were floored at what it could do and how it could help us from a security standpoint. Gone are the days of us in IT sending out a mass email saying please don't click on anything in the email from sender "X", and it allows us to quietly and easily ensure that people don't take any action on malicious emails.
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    Usability
    KnowBe4
    I give it an eight for the feature set. While I only give it an eight because the complexity and interconnectedness of the tools mean that there needs to be quite a bit of RTFM to get the most out of the products.
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    Support Rating
    KnowBe4
    Responses to questions were answered quickly and accurately.
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    Implementation Rating
    KnowBe4
    It was very simple to implement - with just a few settings needed to connect it to our O365 environment
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    Alternatives Considered
    KnowBe4
    Harmony does not provide security awareness training or simulated phishing emails like KnowB4. However, it does provide a phish alert button & workflow similar to PhishER & we may stop using PhishER because the Phish Alert reports from PhishER don't feed into Harmony to help train it from phishing emails that go through. We got Harmony after KnowB4 because we needed a tool to PREVENT phishing emails from getting to people's inboxes in the first place, which KnowB4 has very little capability for other than PhishER+ blacklists. It is a shame KnowB4 does not have the anti threat phishing prevention like Harmony considering all the email data it has & its existing AI analytic capabilities.
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    PhishRod LLC
    We tested both PhishRod and Phisher for our security needs. They are similar, but in the end we feel that PhishRod was better suited for our needs. Pricing was better and the ROI as well. We are looking for a long term solution and believe we have found it in PhishRod.
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    Return on Investment
    KnowBe4
    • Phish/ER & PAD: Identifying email threats more quickly allowed us to send alert to the users' community in a timely manner based on the pattern of the threat.
    • KnowBe4 Training Campaigns have proven to noticeably increase users' awareness.
    • KnowBe4 Phishing Campaigns made users realize how dangerous and deceiving hacker can be.
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    PhishRod LLC
    • More secure users
    • Lower chance of attacks making it through
    • Overall smarter workforce
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    ScreenShots

    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus Screenshots

    Screenshot of how PhishER Plus enables a critical workstream to help IR teams work together to mitigate the phishing threat and is suited for any organization that wants to automatically prioritize and manage potentially malicious messages.