PLATFORM PROFILE · RANK =4 OF 9
Conducttr crisis simulation review: build every inject yourself, with the price on the page
THE SHORT ANSWER
Conducttr ranks =4 of 9 at 6.75. It is the only platform here with a full public price list (four licences from £11,950 to £25,725 a year) and scores highest on customisation (10 / 10). It asks the most of the organisation: you design and facilitate the exercise, and no regulatory mapping is described.
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.
Total, rank =4 of 9 (Tied)
Teams that design every inject themselves
Highest or tied highest on customisation and pricing clarity; lowest or tied lowest on exercise delivery effort, measurement and after-action reporting and regulatory evidence.
How does Conducttr score on each criterion?
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario realism | 20% | Simulates the information environment around players (news, social media and messaging) with role-specific content; adaptation depends on the facilitator. Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026 | |
| Executive and board focus | 20% | Crisis-team exercising at any scale, from one team to 1,000+, but general crisis software rather than built around a cyber board. Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026 | |
| Exercise delivery effort | 15% | Tied lowest | You design the exercise in the Scenario Editor and facilitate it yourself; LISA drafts the events list. Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Measurement and after-action reporting | 15% | Lowest in set | Real-time analytics and central reporting; quantitative behavioural assessment is the paid Assessment Toolkit. Source: Conducttr pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Regulatory evidence | 10% | Tied lowest | No framework or regulatory mapping of results is described on the pages reviewed. Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Customisation | 10% | Highest in set | Full authoring control in the Scenario Editor, with a template library in Conducttr Worlds. Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Pricing clarity | 10% | Highest in set | Four annual licences published, £11,950 to £25,725 a year, plus the Assessment Toolkit from £4,536. Source: Conducttr pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
Which stages of an exercise does Conducttr cover?
Build: Documented
You author the exercise in the Scenario Editor; LISA, a "text-to-MEL chatbot", drafts the master events list.
Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
Adapt: Partial
Role-specific content changes under facilitator control; automatic branching on decisions is not described.
Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
Seats: Documented
Runs from one team to more than 1,000 simultaneous teams, virtual, in person or hybrid.
Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
Run: Partial
The organisation's own facilitator runs the exercise with the platform's tools.
Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
Report: Partial
Real-time analytics and central reporting; quantitative behavioural assessment is the paid Assessment Toolkit.
Source: Conducttr pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026
Map: Not described
No framework or regulatory mapping of results is described on the pages reviewed.
Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
What does Conducttr sell for crisis exercising?
Exercise product: Conducttr Virtual Desktop, Scenario Editor and Conducttr Worlds
Packaging: Annual team licences, published by tier.
- Products
- Virtual Desktop, Scenario Editor and Conducttr Worlds; LISA, a "text-to-MEL chatbot".
Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Scale and mode
- More than 1,000 simultaneous teams; virtual, in-person or hybrid.
Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Company
- Founded in 2010; holds ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus certification (its own security, not exercise mapping).
Source: Conducttr homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Prices
- Raven £11,950, Hawk £16,465, Osprey £21,000, Eagle £25,725 a year; up to 40 participants per session; GBP excluding tax; Assessment Toolkit £4,536 or more a year.
Source: Conducttr pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026
What does Conducttr cost?
Four annual team licences: Raven £11,950, Hawk £16,465, Osprey £21,000 and Eagle £25,725 a year, each for up to 40 participants per session, in GBP excluding tax. Assessment Toolkit from £4,536 a year. Larger exercises and Conducttr Local are priced on request.
Source: Conducttr pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026
Which frameworks does Conducttr map results to?
None named on the pages reviewed
Where is Conducttr strong, and where does it fall short?
Strengths
- Full control of the scenario: you write or draft every inject in the Scenario Editor.
- The only platform here that publishes a complete price list for its exercise product.
Limits
- Delivery takes exercise design and facilitation work from the organisation.
- No regulatory mapping of results is described, and behavioural assessment is a paid add-on.
- General crisis software, not specific to cyber incidents.
Where at least one platform scores higher
- Scenario realism: Conducttr 7 / 10; highest Reflex Security 9 / 10
- Executive and board focus: Conducttr 7 / 10; highest iluminr 9 / 10
- Exercise delivery effort: Conducttr 5 / 10; highest Reflex Security 9 / 10
- Measurement and after-action reporting: Conducttr 6 / 10; highest iluminr and Immersive Labs 9 / 10
- Regulatory evidence: Conducttr 3 / 10; highest iluminr 10 / 10
Who should shortlist Conducttr?
Organisations with an exercise designer, or a team willing to become one, that want control of every inject and a simulated information environment of news, social media and messaging around the players. A published licence price makes budgeting possible before the first call.
Less suited to a CISO who needs an exercise run next week without a designer, or who needs evidence mapped to regulations. Reflex Security and TryHackMe ask less of the organisation; iluminr and Immersive Labs map results to frameworks.
How does Conducttr compare head to head?
- BreachRx weighed against Conducttr
BreachRx 6.75 / Conducttr 6.75
- Conducttr weighed against Cyberbit
Conducttr 6.75 / Cyberbit 5.90
- Conducttr weighed against Cytactic
Conducttr 6.75 / Cytactic 6.40
- Conducttr weighed against Hack The Box
Conducttr 6.75 / Hack The Box 5.60
- Conducttr weighed against iluminr
Conducttr 6.75 / iluminr 7.55
- Conducttr weighed against Immersive Labs
Conducttr 6.75 / Immersive Labs 7.30
- Conducttr weighed against Reflex Security
Conducttr 6.75 / Reflex Security 7.55
- Conducttr weighed against TryHackMe
Conducttr 6.75 / TryHackMe 5.95
Desk notes that mention Conducttr
- Add-On, Bundle or Standalone: How Crisis Simulation Is Packaged and Priced
- Putting the Board in the Exercise: What Each Platform Documents for Directors
- Free Baselines: CISA's Packages, the KnowBe4 Kit, and When a Paid Platform Is Worth It
- Consultant-Led Tabletop or Platform: What Changes When Software Runs the Exercise
- AI in Crisis Exercises: What Each Vendor Says Its AI Actually Does
- Why Reflex Security and iluminr Tie at the Top of Our Crisis Simulation Ranking
- Simulating the Information Environment: Press, Social Media and Pressure in a Cyber Exercise
Frequently asked questions
How much does Conducttr cost?
Conducttr publishes four annual licences: Raven £11,950, Hawk £16,465, Osprey £21,000 and Eagle £25,725, each for up to 40 participants per session, in GBP excluding tax. The Assessment Toolkit starts at £4,536 a year.
Is Conducttr built for cyber incidents?
It is general crisis exercise software. It can run a cyber scenario, but the content and simulated media are not specific to cyber incidents.
What is LISA?
Conducttr's AI assistant, described as a "text-to-MEL chatbot", which drafts the master events list for an exercise.
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