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KnowBe4 pricing
KnowBe4 publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- $1/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
KnowBe4 plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $1/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Advanced | $2/month | 4 | +$1/month, 4 more features |
| Pro | $3/month | 4 | +$1/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Basic
$1/monthThe entry tier. It covers per user, training modules, phishing templates, basic reporting.
Advanced
$2/monthOver Basic, this tier adds:
- All Basic features
- Advanced phishing
- Risk assessments
- Compliance training
Pro
$3/monthOver Advanced, this tier adds:
- All Advanced features
- API access
- Custom content
- Dedicated support
What the product covers
The full KnowBe4 feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Security awareness training
- Phishing simulation
- Risk assessments
- Compliance training
- Incident reporting
- API access
- Custom policies
- Behavior analytics
Integrations
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
- Slack
- Okta
- Splunk
- Salesforce
Security
- SOC2 Type 2
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- CCPA
Deployment
- Saas deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Mobile support
- Email support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
- Italian language support
- Portuguese language support
- Dutch language support
- Japanese language support
People bring KnowBe4 in for security awareness training and simulated phishing for staff, tracking employee susceptibility to phishing over time. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to KnowBe4 are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Security & Cybersecurity
Across the 3 security & cybersecurity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $19.99/month. KnowBe4 starts at $1/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KnowBe4 (this page) | $1/month | subscription | - | |
| Keygen | On request | subscription | - | vs KnowBe4 |
| Authy | Free | free | - | vs KnowBe4 |
| Cisco Duo | Free | freemium | - | vs KnowBe4 |
| Bitdefender VPN | On request | subscription | - | vs KnowBe4 |
| Burp Suite | Free, then $449/year | subscription | - | vs KnowBe4 |
| Bitdefender Total Security | $19.99/year | - | - | vs KnowBe4 |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the KnowBe4 badges page.
Before you pay for KnowBe4
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $1/month and $3/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare KnowBe4 against the tools that do have one before committing.
KnowBe4 runs on web, mobile, email, and is published by KnowBe4, Inc. of Tampa, Florida, USA. The full record is on the KnowBe4 review, and the rest of the category is under best security & cybersecurity tools.
KnowBe4 pricing questions
- How much does KnowBe4 cost?
- KnowBe4 publishes 3 tiers, from $1/month for Basic up to $3/month for Pro. The cheapest paid tier is $1/month.
- Does KnowBe4 have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: KnowBe4 is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Basic and Advanced on KnowBe4?
- Advanced costs $2/month against $1/month, and adds all basic features, advanced phishing, risk assessments, compliance training.
- Is the Pro plan on KnowBe4 worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all advanced features, api access, custom content, dedicated support. It costs $3/month against $1/month for Basic. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is KnowBe4 expensive for a security & cybersecurity tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 security & cybersecurity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $19.99/month; KnowBe4 starts at $1/month.
- Which security & cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 security & cybersecurity tools listed alongside KnowBe4 have a free tier: Authy, Cisco Duo, Burp Suite, Avast One.
- What am I actually paying for with KnowBe4?
- The record lists 31 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for security awareness training and simulated phishing for staff, tracking employee susceptibility to phishing over time.
- Does KnowBe4 charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these KnowBe4 prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare KnowBe4 against before paying?
- The closest security & cybersecurity tools in this directory are Keygen, Authy, Cisco Duo, Bitdefender VPN. Each has a side-by-side comparison with KnowBe4 covering price, platforms and features.