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Cyberbit vs Immersive Labs: which crisis simulation platform fits your team?

THE SHORT ANSWER

On our published weights Immersive Labs scores 7.30 and Cyberbit 5.90. Cyberbit scores higher on no criterion; Immersive Labs scores higher on scenario realism, exercise delivery effort, measurement and after-action reporting, regulatory evidence and customisation; they tie on executive and board focus and pricing clarity.

By The Exercise Desk · Crisis Simulation Ranked · Published 2026-10-11

Desk research from public vendor pages, vendor announcements and standards documents read between 27 September and 13 October 2026. Editorial assessment; we did not run any exercise on these platforms.

How do Cyberbit and Immersive Labs score on each criterion?

Cyberbit and Immersive Labs: crisis readiness score (editorial assessment, 0 to 10)
Criterion	Weight	Cyberbit	Immersive Labs	Higher score
Scenario realism	20%	Nonlinear exercises in which each answer changes the next step and SOC escalations trigger executive decisions. Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026	Dynamic injects and AI actors that players can question, built around the customer's playbooks. Source: Immersive Labs: Crisis Sim · Read 27 Sep 2026	Immersive Labs
Executive and board focus	20%	Executive, legal, communications, risk and SOC teams in one connected exercise. Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026	Crisis Sim targets executives, incident leaders and cross-functional teams, and digital tabletops include the board. Source: Immersive Labs: digital tabletop exercises · Read 27 Sep 2026	Tie
Exercise delivery effort	15%	Sold only as an add-on to a Cyberbit Readiness plan, so the executive exercise arrives with a range programme. Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026	The AI Program Builder drafts scenarios, but the crisis simulation sits in a multi-product platform that needs programme ownership. Source: Immersive Labs: digital tabletop exercises · Read 27 Sep 2026	Immersive Labs
Measurement and after-action reporting	15%	A shared dashboard scores decision impact on continuity, reputation and response. Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026	Decision-level measurement, a Resilience Score, benchmarks across teams and enhanced after-action reporting (March 2026). Source: Immersive Labs press release: Immersive One expands exercising and compliance benchmarking (17 March 2026) · Read 27 Sep 2026	Immersive Labs
Regulatory evidence	10%	References NIST and the CREW framework; no regulatory reporting is described. Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026	"Prove regulatory alignment" with NIS2 and DORA evidence, NIST CSF heat maps and GRC content for ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and SOX. Source: Immersive Labs press release: Immersive One expands exercising and compliance benchmarking (17 March 2026) · Read 27 Sep 2026	Immersive Labs
Customisation	10%	How scenarios are authored or tailored is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026	AI scenario creation, the AI Program Builder and an AI-Powered Crisis Simulator for custom scenarios. Source: Immersive Labs press release: Secure With AI (21 January 2026) · Read 27 Sep 2026	Immersive Labs
Pricing clarity	10%	No price published. Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026	No price published. Source: Immersive Labs homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026	Tie
Total	100%			Immersive Labs

Which stages of an exercise does each cover?

Build: Not described
How a scenario is authored or tailored is not described on the pages reviewed.
Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026
Adapt: Documented
Exercises can be linear or nonlinear; in nonlinear mode each answer changes what comes next, and technical escalations trigger executive decisions.
Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026
Seats: Documented
Executive, legal, communications, risk and SOC teams in one connected exercise.
Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026
Run: Not described
Facilitation is not described on the pages reviewed.
Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026
Report: Partial
A shared dashboard scores the impact of decisions on continuity, reputation and response.
Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026
Map: Partial
The page references NIST and the CREW framework.
Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026

A solid segment means the vendor's own pages describe that stage. It shows coverage, not quality; the scores judge quality.

Build: Documented
AI scenario creation and an AI Program Builder; scenarios built around the customer's playbooks.
Source: Immersive Labs: digital tabletop exercises · Read 27 Sep 2026
Adapt: Documented
Dynamic injects and AI actors that players can question.
Source: Immersive Labs: Crisis Sim · Read 27 Sep 2026
Seats: Documented
For executives, incident leaders and cross-functional teams; digital tabletop audiences include the board.
Source: Immersive Labs: digital tabletop exercises · Read 27 Sep 2026
Run: Not described
Who facilitates a session is not described on the pages reviewed.
Source: Immersive Labs: Crisis Sim · Read 27 Sep 2026
Report: Documented
Decision-level measurement, a Resilience Score and benchmarks; enhanced Crisis Simulation after-action reporting announced in March 2026.
Source: Immersive Labs press release: Immersive One expands exercising and compliance benchmarking (17 March 2026) · Read 27 Sep 2026
Map: Documented
"Prove regulatory alignment"; evidence for NIS2 and DORA; heat maps for NIST CSF and GRC content for ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and SOX.
Source: Immersive Labs press release: Immersive One expands exercising and compliance benchmarking (17 March 2026) · Read 27 Sep 2026

A solid segment means the vendor's own pages describe that stage. It shows coverage, not quality; the scores judge quality.

Cyberbit documents 2 of 6 stages and Immersive Labs documents 5 of 6.

What do they cost?

Cyberbit

Packaging: Crisis Sim 360 is "only offered as an add-on" to a Cyberbit Readiness plan.

Not published No prices published; the pricing URL returned a 404 when we checked.

Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026

Immersive Labs

Packaging: Part of the Immersive One platform alongside labs, drills and ranges; pricing through sales.

Not published Immersive Labs publishes no prices.

Source: Immersive Labs homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026

Which frameworks do they map results to?

Cyberbit

NIST
CREW framework

Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026

Immersive Labs

NIS2
DORA
NIST CSF
ISO 27001
ISO 42001
SOX

Source: Immersive Labs press release: Immersive One expands exercising and compliance benchmarking (17 March 2026) · Read 27 Sep 2026

Which should you choose?

Choose Cyberbit if

Executive and board focus: 8 / 10, Executive, legal, communications, risk and SOC teams in one connected exercise.
Scenario realism: 7 / 10, Nonlinear exercises in which each answer changes the next step and SOC escalations trigger executive decisions.
Linking a cyber range to executive decisions

Choose Immersive Labs if

Measurement and after-action reporting: 9 / 10, Decision-level measurement, a Resilience Score, benchmarks across teams and enhanced after-action reporting (March 2026).
Scenario realism: 8 / 10, Dynamic injects and AI actors that players can question, built around the customer's playbooks.
Crisis simulation inside a wider readiness platform

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Frequently asked questions

Is Cyberbit or Immersive Labs better for executive crisis exercises?

They tie on executive and board focus at 8 out of 10. Read each profile for the detail.

Which is easier to run, Cyberbit or Immersive Labs?

Immersive Labs scores higher on delivery effort, where a higher score means less effort, (7 against 5 out of 10). Read each profile for the detail.

Do Cyberbit and Immersive Labs publish prices?

Neither Cyberbit nor Immersive Labs publishes a price for its exercise product.