European Alternatives to KnowBe4
Looking for a European alternative to KnowBe4? KnowBe4, Inc. is a Clearwater, Florida company that Vista Equity Partners took private in February 2023, and in its terms KnowBe4 means KnowBe4, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Eleven European platforms cover the job, from simulation-only tools to full training and human risk suites, run by companies in Germany, Belgium, Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France.
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11 European Alternatives to KnowBe4
SoSafe
Cologne platform with training in 36 languages, phishing simulation, ISO 27001:2022 and a published entry price
Phished
Leuven platform with automated per-employee simulations, repeat offender training and EU-hosted cloud
Secure Practice
Trondheim privacy-first training with no individual tracking, live incident exercises and Norwegian servers
Hoxhunt
Helsinki platform with adaptive simulations over email, SMS, phone calls and Teams, SOC 2 Type II
CybSafe
London behaviour-change platform with nudges in Teams, Slack and email and data in the London AWS region
Keepnet
London human risk platform with email, SMS, voice, QR code and callback simulations
MetaCompliance
Northern Ireland platform with awareness training, simulation and policy management in 44+ languages
usecure
UK platform built for MSPs and IT teams, with training, phishing, policies and dark web monitoring
Awareways
Utrecht programme provider with microlearning, phishing, vishing, culture scans and ISO 27001
Arsen
French social engineering simulator with AI voice vishing, smishing, QR code and deepfake scenarios
Fallax
Ghent phishing simulation inside your own Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 tenant, first 10 seats free
Key takeaways
- KnowBe4 means KnowBe4, Inc. and its subsidiaries in its terms, with a Clearwater, Florida notice address, and Vista Equity Partners took it private in February 2023.
- Its terms apply Dutch law (Amsterdam) to most of EMEA, German law (Berlin) to Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and English law (London) to the UK, so the issue is ownership, not governing law.
- KnowBe4 publishes EUR list prices: SAT Foundation EUR 2.28 and SAT Advanced EUR 3.56 per seat per month for 25 to 50 seats on a three-year term, falling to EUR 1.55 and EUR 2.65 at 501 to 1,000 seats.
- SoSafe (Germany) and Phished (Belgium) are the closest European matches in shape, and SoSafe is the one that publishes a starting price: EUR 625 per month, billed annually, for 50 seats.
- Fallax (Belgium) is far cheaper at small sizes, with the first 10 seats free and EUR 1.00 a seat to 100, but it covers simulation and evidence, not a wide lesson library.
- Four of the eleven are British (CybSafe, Keepnet, MetaCompliance, usecure) and so sit outside the EU and EEA, which matters if your rule is an EU or EEA contracting party.
Why people leave KnowBe4
KnowBe4 is the platform most security teams meet first when they look for security awareness training. It combines a training library, simulated phishing, real-time coaching and compliance training, and it has grown into email security and AI agent tooling around that core. It also does something most of the alternatives on this page do not: it publishes a full price table in euro, per seat per month, with the size bands on its own pricing page.
The contracting party is KnowBe4, Inc. In its terms, "KnowBe4" means KnowBe4, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and the notice address is 33 N. Garden Ave., Suite 1200, in Clearwater, Florida. According to its own company history, Vista Equity Partners took KnowBe4 private in February 2023, and the company completed the acquisition of the email security firm Egress in July 2024.
This page does not argue that the law is the problem. For customers in most of EMEA the terms choose Dutch law and the courts of Amsterdam, for Germany, Austria and Switzerland German law and Berlin, and for the UK the law of England and Wales. The difference is the company behind the contract and the fund that owns it. Eleven European platforms qualify, and they are not interchangeable.
- Your contract is with a Florida company owned by a fund KnowBe4, Inc. sits in Clearwater, Florida, and was taken private by Vista Equity Partners in 2023. If your procurement rule, your customer or your works council asks for a European operating company with no US parent, KnowBe4 does not meet it, whatever the local law in the contract. The eleven platforms below are run from Germany, Belgium, Norway, Finland, the UK, the Netherlands and France.
- A local governing law is not a European company KnowBe4 deserves credit here: its terms apply Dutch, German or English law and local courts for customers in those regions, and the data processing addendum puts the EU standard contractual clauses under Irish law. That is better than many American vendors. It still leaves a parent company in the United States, which is the question a European data protection officer usually asks.
- You may be buying more platform than the job needs KnowBe4 has grown beyond training into email security, incident response and AI agent governance. If you want a lesson library and a phishing programme, you are being sold a suite. Some of the alternatives are narrower on purpose: Fallax does simulation and audit evidence only, Arsen focuses on voice and social engineering, and Secure Practice builds privacy into what it records.
- The price advantage runs one way at small sizes KnowBe4 lists SAT Foundation from EUR 2.28 per seat per month for 25 to 50 seats on a three-year term. Fallax charges nothing for the first 10 seats and EUR 1.00 for seats 11 to 100. SoSafe, at EUR 625 per month for 50 seats, is above KnowBe4. Nine of the eleven give no amount at all, so a price comparison is only possible for part of this page.
What you have to replace, not just match
Start with what the programme has to prove. If an auditor wants a record per person for ISO 27001, SOC 2 or NIS2, check that the new platform exports one, and in what form. If a works council forbids individual tracking, the answer changes completely, and Secure Practice becomes more attractive than a per-person log. Write down your headcount, your mail platform, your languages and how many phishing rounds a year you run.
Export what you can before you leave: completion history, phishing results per campaign and your list of users. Training content from KnowBe4 does not move to another vendor, so expect to rebuild the lesson plan from the new library and to re-enrol people. Run the new platform on a small group first and keep the old contract until a full cycle of simulations and training has passed.
The alternatives compared
| Position | Tool | Headquarters | Pricing | Jurisdiction |
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| #1 | SoSafe | Cologne, Germany | Plans start from EUR 625 per month billed annually and include 50 seats, covering onboarding and set-up, basic support, ready-to-use phishing simulations, training and compliance-ready reporting; Enterprise Support is a separate purchase | EU (Germany) |
| #2 | Phished | Leuven, Belgium | Three plans, Core, Advanced and All-in-one, on the pricing page; the amounts are not shown and are given on request | EU (Belgium) |
| #3 | Secure Practice | Trondheim, Norway | Priced per user per month by the products chosen; the pricing page calculates a sample for 50 users and ends in a quote, with no amount in the page text | EEA (Norway) |
| #4 | Hoxhunt | Helsinki, Finland | Per employee, quoted after a 30-minute scoping call; the quote depends on the number of employees and the capabilities needed | EU (Finland) |
| #5 | CybSafe | London, United Kingdom | No amount found on the pages read; the site routes to a demo | UK (outside the EU and EEA) |
| #6 | Keepnet | London, United Kingdom | Four plans, Essentials, Plus, 360 and Enterprise, with a currency selector for USD, EUR and GBP; the amounts are rendered by script and are not in the page text | UK (outside the EU and EEA) |
| #7 | MetaCompliance | Londonderry, United Kingdom | No amount published; pricing is given after a demo | UK (outside the EU and EEA) |
| #8 | usecure | Manchester, United Kingdom | All core features in one plan, priced by user volume with monthly or annual billing and savings for longer commitments; no amount is shown and a quote is requested through a form | UK (outside the EU and EEA) |
| #9 | Awareways | Utrecht, Netherlands | Program plans Shift, Plus, Pro and Next, tiered by organisation size and support level; amounts are given on request | EU (Netherlands) |
| #10 | Arsen | Orleans, France | Based mainly on the number of employees trained or assessed; a quote is requested through the pricing page | EU (France) |
| #11 | Fallax | Verrebroek, Belgium | The first 10 seats are free; seats 11 to 100 are EUR 1.00 each, seats 101 to 250 EUR 0.80, seats 251 to 1,000 EUR 0.60 and seats 1,001 and above EUR 0.40; at 50 people EUR 40 per month or EUR 480 for a year billed once; no tiers, every account gets the whole product | EU (Belgium) |
How each alternative compares to KnowBe4
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Hosted in cloud infrastructure that the security page does not name by country or provider.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
- Independently checked. ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified; participates in TISAX.
Best for: Mid-sized companies that want a full training and simulation programme with a European contracting party
SoSafe is run by SoSafe SE in Cologne, entered at the Cologne Local Court under HRB 121629. It offers the same core as KnowBe4: a training library with 40+ lessons in Core and 75+ in Advanced, delivered in 36 languages, phishing simulation across email, SMS and voice, and reporting. It adds an AI copilot called Sofie and a human risk management view.
Price is where it is furthest from KnowBe4. SoSafe starts at EUR 625 per month, billed annually, for 50 seats, which is EUR 12.50 per seat. KnowBe4 lists EUR 114 a month for 50 seats of SAT Foundation and EUR 178 for SAT Advanced, on a three-year term, so SoSafe costs roughly 3.5 to 5.5 times as much at that size. The entry plan includes onboarding and support, which KnowBe4 sells differently.
SoSafe states ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification and TISAX participation, and names no hosting country on its security page.
What SoSafe does better than KnowBe4
- A German SE in the commercial register, not a Florida company taken private by a fund
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and TISAX, which suits automotive suppliers
- The entry plan names what is included: onboarding, support, simulations, training, reporting
- Training stated in 36 languages across the platform
Where SoSafe is a step down from KnowBe4
- Several times the price per seat at 50 seats
- One entry price instead of a full per-seat table across five size bands
- No SOC 2 or FedRAMP statement on the security page read
- Hosting country not named on the security page
Standout against KnowBe4. The only alternative that pairs a commercial-register entity with ISO 27001:2022 and a published entry price.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Belgium). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Application hosted by cloud providers in the EU, named as Google and Microsoft; network and DNS protection by Cloudflare.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001 certified (certificate downloadable on the security page); application hosted on SOC 2 certified infrastructure.
Best for: Companies that want per-employee simulations to run themselves with little admin work
Phished BV is registered in Belgium under enterprise number 0735.908.019, with its seat in Leuven. The pitch is automation: AI-tailored simulations that progress with each employee, gamified microlearning, one-click reporting and real-time threat alerts. The company says it trains two million users in 7,100 organisations through more than 400 partners.
Zero Incident Mail is its distinctive feature: a person who clicks is trained inside a contained mail environment. The security page offers an ISO 27001 certificate for download, states EU hosting at Google and Microsoft and notes that multi-factor authentication for the application is optional.
The pricing page shows Core, Advanced and All-in-one without amounts, so against KnowBe4 you cannot compare on price until you ask.
What Phished does better than KnowBe4
- A Belgian BV with no US parent on the pages read
- A contained mail environment, Zero Incident Mail, for people who click
- ISO 27001 certificate available for download
- EU cloud regions named on its security page
Where Phished is a step down from KnowBe4
- No published amounts, where KnowBe4 lists a full EUR table
- Multi-factor authentication for the application is optional
- Fewer attestations named than KnowBe4 (no SOC 2 report of its own)
- Largely sold through partners, which can lengthen buying
Standout against KnowBe4. Trains the person who clicks inside a contained mail environment instead of only sending a reminder.
- Which law reaches it. EEA (Norway). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Cloud servers in the EU/EEA (Norway), as stated on the trust and privacy page.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
- Independently checked. ISO/IEC 27001 compliance documentation is offered; no certificate is named on the page read.
Best for: Companies with works councils or strict privacy rules that want training without individual tracking
Secure Practice AS is registered in Trondheim, organisation number 919 420 197, and the Norwegian register confirms it as an AS founded in 2017. It offers gamified e-learning, simulated phishing with follow-up loops, MailRisk for reported emails, Human Risk Metrics and PrepJam, live incident exercises that teams play together.
Its position is the opposite of KnowBe4 on one point. The trust page says individual actions can never be tied back to a particular person, and the company took part in the Norwegian Data Protection Authority AI sandbox. Servers are in the EU/EEA (Norway), and Azure cognitive services run in private mode.
The cost of that design is that there is no per-person record for an auditor, and the pricing page ends in a quote with no amount.
What Secure Practice does better than KnowBe4
- Built so that no named employee can be singled out in the data
- Cloud servers in the EU/EEA (Norway), stated on the trust page
- Live incident exercises (PrepJam) beside the awareness content
- A Norwegian AS with no US parent on the pages read
Where Secure Practice is a step down from KnowBe4
- No per-person audit record, which some auditors expect
- No amount published, where KnowBe4 lists EUR prices
- A smaller platform, with no stated lesson library size
- ISO 27001 is compliance documentation, not a named certificate
Standout against KnowBe4. Took part in a data protection authority AI sandbox to show that training data need not identify individuals.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Finland). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. No hosting location or provider stated on the pages read.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
- Independently checked. SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 reports, GDPR and CCPA listed on the security page.
Best for: Security teams that want adaptive simulations beyond email and have time to run a programme
Hoxhunt Oy is registered in Helsinki, business ID 2758722-7, and the site also lists a German GmbH and offices in Minneapolis and Singapore. It says it serves 3 million users in more than 40 languages and runs 7 million simulations a month.
Simulations run over email, SMS, phone calls or Teams and are personalised by department and location, with instant micro-training after a failure and analysis of reported messages. Its security page lists SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 reports plus GDPR and CCPA.
The price is per employee and quoted after a 30-minute scoping call, and no hosting location is named on the pages read.
What Hoxhunt does better than KnowBe4
- Reaches people over email, SMS, phone calls and Teams in one programme
- Simulations personalised by department and location, with instant micro-training
- A Finnish Oy confirmed in the Finnish register
- Email incident response automation for reported messages
Where Hoxhunt is a step down from KnowBe4
- No published amount, where KnowBe4 lists a EUR table
- No hosting location named on the pages read
- A US office in Minneapolis and a CCPA statement beside GDPR
- Heavier than a team needing only campaigns and a record
Standout against KnowBe4. The only alternative that describes simulations reaching people in Teams as well as email, SMS and phone calls.
- Which law reaches it. UK (outside the EU and EEA). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Production data is stored in the London AWS region (eu-west-2), with backups kept for 31 days and data retained for 90 days after contract termination.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus, listed in the CybSafe trust centre.
Best for: Security teams that want behaviour data and nudges in Teams or Slack, and accept a UK contracting party
CybSafe Limited is registered at Companies House as company 09642350, incorporated in June 2015, with CybSafe Holdings Limited holding 75 percent or more. Its products are GUIDE for nudges in Teams, Slack and email, PHISH for simulation, RESPOND for no-code automation and SIGNAL, an AI layer for programme owners.
The trust centre lists ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus and states production data in the London AWS region, with backups kept for 31 days and retention for 90 days after termination. The company reports results from randomised controlled trials across 22,000 people, which is a vendor claim.
No amount was found on the pages read. As a UK company it is outside the EU and EEA.
What CybSafe does better than KnowBe4
- Production data location stated: London AWS region
- Nudges where people already work (Teams, Slack, email)
- A UK company with a UK parent holding company, no US parent in the register
- Retention after contract termination stated (90 days)
Where CybSafe is a step down from KnowBe4
- Outside the EU and EEA, which fails an EU contracting-party rule
- No amount found, where KnowBe4 lists EUR prices
- Runs on AWS, a US provider, in the London region
- No lesson library size stated on the pages read
Standout against KnowBe4. Frames the whole product around behaviour change rather than completion and click rates.
- Which law reaches it. UK (outside the EU and EEA). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. No hosting location or provider stated on the pages read.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
Best for: Teams that want email, SMS, voice, QR and callback simulations plus phishing incident response
Keepnet Labs Ltd is company 11047987 at Companies House, registered at 124 City Road in London and incorporated in 2017. Its privacy policy also names Keepnet, Inc. among its brands, so a US affiliate exists, and one individual holds 75 percent or more of the shares.
The platform lists email phishing, smishing, AI-driven vishing, quishing and callback phishing simulators, with phishing incident response, threat sharing and an email threat simulator. Plans are Essentials, Plus, 360 and Enterprise, with agentic AI as an optional add-on.
The prices are rendered by script and could not be read, and no hosting location or certification is named on the pages read.
What Keepnet does better than KnowBe4
- Five simulation channels, including QR code and callback phishing
- Phishing incident response and threat sharing in the same vendor
- Held by one individual at Companies House, with no investor fund named
- A UK Ltd with a London registered office confirmed at Companies House
Where Keepnet is a step down from KnowBe4
- Outside the EU and EEA, with a Keepnet, Inc. brand in the privacy policy
- Amounts not readable, where KnowBe4 lists a EUR table
- No hosting location or attestation named on the pages read
- More platform than a small team needs
Standout against KnowBe4. Lists the most simulation channels of any alternative here: email, SMS, voice, QR code and callback.
- Which law reaches it. UK (outside the EU and EEA). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. No hosting location or provider stated on the pages read.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
Best for: Organisations that want training, policy acceptance and incident handling in one place
MetaCompliance Limited is NI049166 at Companies House, with its registered office in Londonderry. Since July 2025 Gandalf Bidco Limited has held 75 percent or more of it, within a UK holding chain that ends at three French individuals resident in France. The investor behind the chain is not named.
The platform has four parts: automated awareness, advanced phishing simulation, compliance management for policy, privacy and incident handling, and risk analytics with Power BI. It states more than 44 languages and more than 10 million people trained.
No amount is published and the pages read name no hosting location or certification.
What MetaCompliance does better than KnowBe4
- Policy, privacy and incident management beside the training
- More than 44 languages stated in one platform
- No US parent in the Companies House chain
- An office in Marseille since 2025, according to its own history
Where MetaCompliance is a step down from KnowBe4
- Outside the EU and EEA
- No published amount, where KnowBe4 lists EUR prices
- No attestation named on the pages read, where KnowBe4 lists SOC 2 Type 2
- The investor behind the holding structure is not named
Standout against KnowBe4. Combines awareness, phishing and compliance management, a bundle few European alternatives sell as one.
- Which law reaches it. UK (outside the EU and EEA). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. No hosting location or provider stated on the pages read.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
Best for: MSPs and small IT teams that want training, phishing, policy and breach monitoring in one plan
usecure Limited is company 10113345 at Companies House, registered in Manchester and incorporated in 2016. Its controlling parties are Kennet VI Master Holdco S.a r.l. in Luxembourg, with more than 25 and up to 50 percent since June 2025, and an individual.
Its modules are uLearn for training, uPhish for simulation, uBreach for dark web monitoring, uPolicy and uHealth, plus a custom LMS and Auto Enrol and Auto Phish automation. It says 2,000+ MSPs and 15,000+ organisations use it, and that most organisations deploy within a day.
Pricing is by user volume through a form, with a trial on request, and no hosting location was named on the pages read.
What usecure does better than KnowBe4
- Dark web breach monitoring inside the same plan
- Built for multi-client MSP use with a custom LMS and distributors
- A trial can be requested before committing
- No US parent in the Companies House record
Where usecure is a step down from KnowBe4
- Outside the EU and EEA
- No published amount, where KnowBe4 lists EUR prices
- No hosting location or attestation named on the pages read
- Partner-first framing can feel like resale tooling for an end customer
Standout against KnowBe4. Bundles dark web breach monitoring with training and phishing, aimed at MSPs rather than enterprise buyers.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Netherlands). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. No hosting location or provider stated on the pages read.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
- Independently checked. ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified.
Best for: Dutch-speaking and international organisations that want a programme, not only a tool
Awareways B.V. is registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 56432267, at Euclideslaan 141 in Utrecht. It states ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certification and sells programme plans (Shift, Plus, Pro, Next) built on the Wave learning platform, with 85+ microlearnings, phishing, vishing and smishing, a culture scan and campaigns.
It is closer to a consultancy with software than to KnowBe4: the higher plans add a programme manager, a behaviour strategy and an advisory seat. Shift is described for more than 25 employees and Plus for more than 150.
No amounts are shown, and Dutch and English are the languages, with extra languages as an add-on.
What Awareways does better than KnowBe4
- A Dutch B.V. with ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certification
- A culture scan and campaign tools beside training and phishing
- A programme manager and expert support on the higher plans
- A mystery guest visit and vishing for non-email testing
Where Awareways is a step down from KnowBe4
- No published amounts, where KnowBe4 lists EUR prices
- Dutch and English only, with languages as an add-on
- Sold as programme plans, not a self-service tool
- No hosting location named on the pages read
Standout against KnowBe4. Measures an organisation on a resilience scale from Level 0 to Level 5 and sells programmes to match.
- Which law reaches it. EU (France). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. No hosting location or provider stated on the pages read.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
Best for: Security teams that want realistic voice, SMS and deepfake simulations beside phishing
Arsen is a French SAS with share capital of EUR 16,500, registered in the Orleans trade register under number 881 923 775 and confirmed in the French company register under SIREN 881923775. Its legal notice gives a Paris registered office while the register lists an Orleans seat.
The product is simulation: phishing, BEC, QR code attacks, smishing, an AI voice vishing simulator with real-time voice and voice cloning, and deepfake CEO fraud videos, with a phishing API for integration. It says more than 1,000 organisations use it.
It is not a lesson library like KnowBe4, no amount is published and no hosting location or certification is named on the pages read.
What Arsen does better than KnowBe4
- AI voice vishing with voice cloning and deepfake video scenarios
- A French SAS confirmed in the national register
- A phishing API for integration into other tools
- A simulation-first product without suite overhead
Where Arsen is a step down from KnowBe4
- Not a lesson library, so the training side is thinner
- No published amount, where KnowBe4 lists EUR prices
- No hosting location or certification named on the pages read
- Legal notice and register disagree on the seat (Paris against Orleans)
Standout against KnowBe4. Simulates voice attacks with real-time AI voice and voice cloning, as a headline feature.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Belgium). KnowBe4 is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Customer data stored in the European Union; billing details also go to Stripe in the US; the sub-processors are Cloudflare, Resend, PostHog, Featurebase and Stripe.
- Source code. Closed source, as KnowBe4 is.
Best for: Small and growing teams that need a phishing programme and audit evidence at a low price
Fallax is operated by Blink Technologies CommV in Verrebroek, Belgium, enterprise number 1018.579.875, under Belgian law. Simulations run inside your own Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 tenant, so no sending domain, DNS record or allowlisting is needed, and each person follows their own schedule that adjusts to their last result.
The price is the sharpest contrast with KnowBe4: the first 10 seats are free permanently, then EUR 1.00 per seat to 100, falling to EUR 0.40 above 1,000. For 50 people that is EUR 40 a month against KnowBe4 list prices of EUR 114 or EUR 178, though KnowBe4 sells a lesson library that Fallax does not describe.
The evidence export has a timestamped row per person and syncs to Vanta, Drata, Secureframe and Sprinto. Customer data is stored in the EU, with Cloudflare, Resend, PostHog, Featurebase and Stripe as sub-processors.
What Fallax does better than KnowBe4
- First 10 seats free and EUR 1.00 per seat to 100, against EUR 2.28 or more at KnowBe4
- No sending domain, DNS records or allowlisting needed
- A timestamped per-person export that syncs to four compliance platforms
- A Belgian company under Belgian law, with EU data storage stated
Where Fallax is a step down from KnowBe4
- No wide lesson library described, where KnowBe4 has a training library
- Needs Google Workspace or Microsoft 365
- Email simulations only on the pages read, with no SMS or voice
- No attestation named, where KnowBe4 lists ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2 and FedRAMP Moderate
Standout against KnowBe4. The only alternative that publishes a full per-seat rate card with permanently free first seats and a per-person evidence export.
What actually breaks when you switch
The hard part of leaving KnowBe4 is the content and the history. Training modules, custom campaigns and templates do not move, so budget time to rebuild the programme in the new library and to re-enrol people. Export completion and phishing results first and keep them for your auditor.
Check the term and the minimum. KnowBe4 lists prices on a three-year term and from 25 seats, and several alternatives bill annually or monthly, which changes the risk as much as the price. Fallax has no minimum, SoSafe includes 50 seats in its entry plan, and the rest quote.
Allow a full cycle before you cancel. Run both platforms for one campaign round and one training assignment, and check that the new platform reaches your users: mail delivery, report button, and directory sync are where migrations usually stall.
Which European platform is closest to KnowBe4?
SoSafe and Phished are the closest in shape. Both combine a training library with phishing simulation and reporting, and both state ISO 27001 certification. SoSafe adds 36 languages and a published starting price, and Phished leans on automation, with simulations tailored to each employee and a contained environment for people who click.
MetaCompliance and Keepnet cover similar ground from the UK, with policy management in the first and more simulation channels in the second. Hoxhunt is adaptive and reaches people over email, SMS, phone calls and Teams.
Is it cheaper to leave KnowBe4?
Only in part, and only where a price is published. At 50 seats KnowBe4 lists EUR 114 a month for SAT Foundation and EUR 178 for SAT Advanced on a three-year term. Fallax would be EUR 40 a month for the same 50 people, with 10 free seats, and SoSafe starts at EUR 625 a month for 50 seats.
Nine of the eleven do not publish an amount, so the honest answer is to ask for quotes at your size and to compare term length and what is included. A three-year commitment at KnowBe4 and an annual one at SoSafe are not the same risk.
Do European platforms give me the same compliance evidence?
Some do. Fallax produces a timestamped row per person and syncs to Vanta, Drata, Secureframe and Sprinto. Phished states compliance with NIS2, NIST, DORA and ISO 27001, SoSafe lists compliance-ready reporting, and MetaCompliance adds policy and incident management with Power BI reports.
KnowBe4 lists ISO 27001 and ISO 42001, SOC 2 Type 2 and FedRAMP Moderate for itself, which is a stronger set of attestations than most alternatives name. Ask each vendor for its report, not only for the logo.
Where will my data be?
Four of the eleven say something concrete: Phished names EU cloud regions at Google and Microsoft, Secure Practice names servers in the EU/EEA (Norway), CybSafe names the London AWS region and Fallax says customer data stays in the EU. The others name no location on the pages read, and KnowBe4's hosting regions were not read in this check.
Put the hosting region, the sub-processor list and the transfer mechanism in the data processing agreement, whichever vendor you pick. A European operating company running on a US cloud is still a US cloud question.
Which one to pick
If you want the closest European match to a full KnowBe4 programme, with a lesson library, simulation and reporting, SoSafe is the one, and Phished is the alternative if you prefer automation. Both state ISO 27001 certification. SoSafe publishes a price, well above KnowBe4's list at 50 seats, and Phished quotes on request.
If you need simulation and audit evidence for a small company and want to pay almost nothing, Fallax is the sharpest answer on price, with the caveat that it covers less than a full training suite. If a works council forbids tracking individuals, Secure Practice is built for that. Hoxhunt, Keepnet and Arsen fit teams that want channels beyond email.
Be realistic about the gap. KnowBe4 publishes more prices, more attestations and a broader product than most of these, and its terms give European customers local law. Switch if you need a European operating company with no US parent, and keep KnowBe4 if the wider suite is what you use.
Frequently Asked Questions
SoSafe is the best all-round answer on this page, because it matches the training library, the phishing simulation and the reporting in one platform, is run by a German SE and states ISO 27001:2022 and TISAX. Phished is the closer choice if you want more automation. Fallax is the cheaper choice for a small team that needs simulation and audit evidence only.
No. KnowBe4, Inc. is a US company whose notice address is in Clearwater, Florida. Its company history says Vista Equity Partners took it private in February 2023. Its terms define KnowBe4 as KnowBe4, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and apply local law, such as Dutch or German law, for customers in those regions.
The EUR price table lists SAT Foundation at EUR 2.28 per seat per month for 25 to 50 seats, EUR 2.02 for 51 to 100, EUR 1.87 for 101 to 250, EUR 1.71 for 251 to 500 and EUR 1.55 for 501 to 1,000, with SAT Advanced at EUR 3.56, 3.23, 3.03, 2.81 and 2.65. These are three-year-term list prices as of May 2026, may vary by region and exclude VAT. Above 1,000 seats a quote is needed.
SoSafe states plans from EUR 625 per month, billed annually, with 50 seats and onboarding, basic support, simulations, training and reporting included, which is EUR 12.50 per seat per month. At 50 seats KnowBe4 lists EUR 114 per month for SAT Foundation and EUR 178 for SAT Advanced on a three-year term. SoSafe is therefore roughly 3.5 to 5.5 times more at that size, before term length and inclusions are compared.
The first 10 seats are free permanently. Seats 11 to 100 cost EUR 1.00 each, seats 101 to 250 EUR 0.80, seats 251 to 1,000 EUR 0.60 and seats 1,001 and above EUR 0.40, and each rate applies only inside its bracket. For 50 people that is EUR 40 per month or EUR 480 for a year billed once. Every account gets the whole product.
SoSafe (Germany), Phished and Fallax (Belgium), Hoxhunt (Finland), Awareways (Netherlands) and Arsen (France) are inside the EU. Secure Practice (Norway) is in the EEA. CybSafe, Keepnet, MetaCompliance and usecure are in the United Kingdom, which is neither in the EU nor in the EEA.
Secure Practice, which states that individual actions can never be tied back to a particular person and took part in the Norwegian Data Protection Authority AI sandbox. It is the opposite of Fallax, which keeps a timestamped row per person for the auditor. Which is right depends on whether your auditor or your works council is the stricter reader.
usecure is built for MSPs, with a custom LMS, distributors and monthly billing for partners. Fallax describes a workspace per client with one invoice and the seats counted together. Phished, Hoxhunt and Keepnet also run partner programmes, with quoted terms.
Yes. Hoxhunt describes simulations over email, SMS, phone calls and Teams, Keepnet lists email, SMS, voice, QR code and callback simulators, Arsen adds AI voice vishing and deepfake CEO fraud videos, and Awareways offers email, vishing and smishing. Fallax delivers email simulations inside your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 tenant.
Not as a working programme. You can export completion and phishing results as records for your own file, but the training content and campaign templates stay with KnowBe4. Plan to rebuild the schedule in the new platform and to keep the exported records for your auditor.
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