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Why companies are switching from KnowBe4 to Adaptive.

Personalized, custom, and high-quality training

Choose from 1,000+ role-based modules with interactive deepfakes, studio-quality videos, brand control, and instant custom content generation.

Fast innovation without organizational drag

Adaptive is purpose-built for modern AI threats and rapidly ships new capabilities as threats evolve.

Automated, simple management

Easily set up automated phishing simulations, training, phish triage, reporting, and more with configurable workflows and control over how programs run.

Multi-channel AI phishing simulations

Mirror real-world attacks with hyperrealistic, AI-powered simulations that incorporate deepfakes, voice, SMS, and OSINT-spearphishing.

"We didn't just adopt another training platform, we upgraded our entire security culture with a true partner that's leading the way in AI, deepfake defense, and cybersecurity."

What makes Adaptive Security the best KnowBe4 alternative.

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Security Awareness Training Features

100% mobile compatibility

Smartphone support for all modules

40+ languages audio narration

Adjust audio and speed automatically

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Custom deepfakes integrated

Featuring AI personas of company executives

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Employee content feedback

Instant ratings and verbatims from team

Expert AI content

In-depth library of training modules, rated 4.9/5

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Full content editing

Add, edit, or delete frames (text, images, videos, etc.)

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Gen-AI content creation

Make new training modules in minutes with AI

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Interactive deepfake conversations

Learn by speaking with next-gen threats

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Robust security and compliance libraries

Expert-vetted content for all frameworks

Slack & Teams notifications

Drive higher engagement and completion rates

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Phishing Simulation Features

Chat phishing

Slack and Teams impersonation

Custom business email compromise

Completely editable email sender and email content

Custom vendor impersonation

Completely editable email and spoof page content

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Gen-AI phishing

OSINT-powered email spearphishing

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New scenario creation

Flexible phishing scenario builder

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Phish alert button and triage

Smart simulation reporting and triage

QR phishing

Image-based QR code attacks

Real-time AI voice phishing

Real-time voice calls from deepfake personas

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Recurring phishing simulations

Evergreen phishing campaigns

SMS phishing

Text message interactive messaging

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Adaptive delivers 250% more than KnowBe4

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Frequently Asked Questions.

The fundamental difference is that KnowBe4 is built around a large, static library of pre-made training modules, while Adaptive Security is built for the modern era of AI-driven attacks. KnowBe4’s platform provides broad security awareness content; Adaptive Security delivers interactive, personalized, and customized training alongside hyper-realistic, AI-powered phishing simulations that incorporate deepfake personas, voice calls, SMS texts, and OSINT-spearphshing. Instead of relying on vendor-produced templates and scheduled content updates, Adaptive allows security teams to instantly generate simulations that reflect emerging threats — giving organizations a level of agility and realism that legacy platforms simply can’t match.
Adaptive Security is not just an alternative — it is the more advanced platform for organizations that need their training program to evolve as quickly as attackers do. While KnowBe4 offers broad, general-purpose training content, Adaptive provides a more sophisticated, AI-powered approach designed for companies facing targeted phishing, deepfake threats, SMS and voice-based social engineering, and industry-specific attack patterns. Organizations that switch to Adaptive typically do so because they outgrow template-based training and need deeper customization, stronger realism, preparedness against AI-powered threats, and far faster response cycles to new phishing tactics.
Adaptive Security is significantly better suited for fast-changing threat environments. Because of Adaptive’s customization-first approach to security awareness training and phishing simulations, organizations can instantly create campaigns the moment a new phishing technique, impersonation trend, or deepfake tactic surfaces in the wild. With the Adaptive AI Content Creator, all it takes is a single prompt to create training content rich with text, interactive quizzes, video, and audio narration. KnowBe4, while robust, is tied to vendor-created updates that follow a fixed release cycle, which can leave a gap between emerging threats and when new training becomes available. Adaptive eliminates this lag entirely, enabling teams to stay ahead rather than react months later.
Adaptive Security offers more advanced phishing simulations by a wide margin. Its platform supports deepfake voice calls, executive impersonation using AI, outbound SMS phishing, personalized email spear-phishing generated from OSINT, and ultra-realistic scenarios produced from simple prompts. KnowBe4 offers a large phishing template library, but it remains fundamentally template-driven and email-centric. Adaptive is built from the ground up to emulate the full range of today’s AI-enabled attack vectors, giving users hands-on exposure to threats that look and feel indistinguishable from real attacks.
Yes. Adaptive Security supports seamless and straightforward migration from KnowBe4. Adaptive imports user data through standard integration methods, maintains historical training records for compliance continuity, and provides implementation support to replicate your existing campaign structure. Most organizations complete migration within just a call or two. You can run both platforms in parallel during the transition to ensure no gaps in your security awareness program.
Both platforms serve enterprises, but they serve different needs. While KnowBe4 is well-suited for organizations seeking a large library of generic content with broad coverage, Adaptive Security is better aligned with enterprises that treat human risk as an active and evolving threat surface. Adaptive offers deeper customization, more interactive and engaging training, richer analytics, more realistic attack simulations across multiple channels, and the ability to respond instantly to new attack techniques — making it the stronger choice for enterprises that prioritize resilience against sophisticated, AI-powered adversaries.

Human security for the AI era.