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Cyberbit vs Reflex Security: which crisis simulation platform fits your team?

THE SHORT ANSWER

On our published weights Reflex Security scores 7.55 and Cyberbit 5.90. Cyberbit scores higher on no criterion; Reflex Security 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 Reflex Security score on each criterion?

Cyberbit and Reflex Security: crisis readiness score (editorial assessment, 0 to 10)
Criterion	Weight	Cyberbit	Reflex Security	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	The scenario starts from the organisation's own footprint and telemetry, and an unscripted adversary adapts to every decision while simulated stakeholders apply pressure. Source: Reflex Security homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026	Reflex Security
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	Technical, legal and executive teams play the same incident, an AI cast plays board members, regulators and journalists, and AI agents fill empty C-suite seats; board reporting and dashboards are not described. Source: Reflex Security blog · Read 11 Oct 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	A scenario in minutes, a sixty-minute session and an AI facilitator inside Zoom, Meet or Teams, with asynchronous play for teams that cannot meet. Source: Reflex Security blog: Reflex Security vs Immersive Labs · Read 27 Sep 2026	Reflex Security
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	The after-action report is produced automatically, each finding traced to its moment with timestamps, transcript quotes and console queries; benchmarking across teams is not described. Source: Reflex Security blog · Read 11 Oct 2026	Reflex Security
Regulatory evidence	10%	References NIST and the CREW framework; no regulatory reporting is described. Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026	Reports map to SOC 2, ISO 27001 and DORA and findings to NIST CSF functions and MITRE ATT&CK techniques; fewer frameworks than iluminr names and no automated regulatory reporting described. Source: Reflex Security blog · Read 11 Oct 2026	Reflex Security
Customisation	10%	How scenarios are authored or tailored is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026	The scenario is tailored automatically from footprint, telemetry and connected org context; hand-editing of injects is not described on the pages reviewed. Source: Reflex Security blog: Reflex Security vs Immersive Labs · Read 27 Sep 2026	Reflex Security
Pricing clarity	10%	No price published. Source: Cyberbit: Crisis Sim 360 · Read 27 Sep 2026	No price published; the pricing URL returns a 404 and the route in is a demo or a self-guided tour. Source: Reflex Security pricing URL (returns page not found) · Read 11 Oct 2026	Tie
Total	100%			Reflex Security

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
The scenario is built from open-source intelligence about the organisation, such as job postings, DNS records and public filings, in under 15 minutes according to the vendor, and can be enriched with its telemetry.
Source: Reflex Security blog · Read 11 Oct 2026
Adapt: Documented
An unscripted adversary and pressured stakeholders push back in real time and adapt to every decision.
Source: Reflex Security homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
Seats: Documented
Built for technical, legal and executive teams in one exercise; an AI agent cast plays threat actors, journalists, board members, legal counsel and regulators.
Source: Reflex Security blog · Read 11 Oct 2026
Run: Documented
An AI facilitator, Victoria, joins the session inside Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams, AI agents can take the seats of absent roles, including the CEO's, a facilitator guide is generated automatically, and teams can also play asynchronously.
Source: Reflex Security blog · Read 11 Oct 2026
Report: Documented
An after-action report is produced automatically; every finding traces to the moment it came from, with timestamped records, transcript quotes and logged console queries.
Source: Reflex Security blog · Read 11 Oct 2026
Map: Documented
Reports map to SOC 2, ISO 27001 and DORA; findings are mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques and NIST CSF functions.
Source: Reflex Security blog · Read 11 Oct 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 Reflex Security documents 6 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

Reflex Security

Packaging: A single-purpose crisis simulation product; access through a demo.

Not published Reflex Security publishes no prices; reflexsecurity.io/pricing returns a 404. The route in is a demo or a self-guided product tour.

Source: Reflex Security pricing URL (returns page not found) · Read 11 Oct 2026

Which frameworks do they map results to?

Cyberbit

NIST
CREW framework

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

Reflex Security

SOC 2
ISO 27001
DORA
NIST CSF
MITRE ATT&CK (technique mapping)

Source: Reflex Security blog: Reflex Security vs Immersive Labs · Read 27 Sep 2026

Source: Reflex Security blog · Read 11 Oct 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 Reflex Security if

Scenario realism: 9 / 10, The scenario starts from the organisation's own footprint and telemetry, and an unscripted adversary adapts to every decision while simulated stakeholders apply pressure.
Exercise delivery effort: 9 / 10, A scenario in minutes, a sixty-minute session and an AI facilitator inside Zoom, Meet or Teams, with asynchronous play for teams that cannot meet.
Replacing the scripted tabletop with a live crisis

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Frequently asked questions

Is Cyberbit or Reflex Security 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 Reflex Security?

Reflex Security scores higher on delivery effort, where a higher score means less effort, (9 against 5 out of 10). Read each profile for the detail.

Do Cyberbit and Reflex Security publish prices?

Neither Cyberbit nor Reflex Security publishes a price for its exercise product.