PLATFORM PROFILE · RANK 3 OF 9
Immersive Labs crisis simulation review: crisis simulation inside a wider readiness platform
THE SHORT ANSWER
Immersive Labs ranks 3 of 9 at 7.30. Crisis Sim combines dynamic injects and AI actors with the strongest measurement in the set (9 / 10, tied), and the same platform runs labs and a live-fire range. It trails Reflex Security on realism and delivery effort and iluminr on executive focus and regulatory evidence, and publishes no price.
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 3 of 9
Crisis simulation inside a wider readiness platform
Highest or tied highest on measurement and after-action reporting; lowest or tied lowest on pricing clarity.
How does Immersive Labs score on each criterion?
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario realism | 20% | Dynamic injects and AI actors that players can question, built around the customer's playbooks. Source: Immersive Labs: Crisis Sim · Read 27 Sep 2026 | |
| Executive and board focus | 20% | 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 | |
| Exercise delivery effort | 15% | 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 | |
| Measurement and after-action reporting | 15% | Tied highest | 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 |
| Regulatory evidence | 10% | "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 | |
| Customisation | 10% | 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 | |
| Pricing clarity | 10% | Tied lowest | No price published. Source: Immersive Labs homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
Which stages of an exercise does Immersive Labs cover?
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
What does Immersive Labs sell for crisis exercising?
Exercise product: Crisis Sim and digital tabletop exercises (Immersive One)
Packaging: Part of the Immersive One platform alongside labs, drills and ranges; pricing through sales.
- Crisis Sim
- For executives, incident leaders and cross-functional teams; dynamic injects; AI actors; AI scenario creation; "Prove regulatory alignment".
Source: Immersive Labs: Crisis Sim · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Digital tabletop
- AI Program Builder; audiences include the board and the wider workforce.
Source: Immersive Labs: digital tabletop exercises · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Technical exercising
- Cyber Drills and Dynamic Threat Range, a "live-fire attack on your own stack" with tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Splunk and CrowdStrike; "objective, benchmarked evidence of readiness"; NIS2 and DORA.
Source: Immersive Labs: cybersecurity technical exercises · Read 27 Sep 2026
- March 2026 release
- Exercising inside CrowdStrike Falcon, Google Security Operations, Splunk, IBM QRadar and Microsoft Sentinel; heat maps for NIST CSF, NIST NICE, MITRE ATT&CK, D3FEND and ATLAS; GRC content for ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and SOX; enhanced Crisis Simulation after-action reporting.
Source: Immersive Labs press release: Immersive One expands exercising and compliance benchmarking (17 March 2026) · Read 27 Sep 2026
- January 2026 release
- Secure With AI, including an AI-Powered Crisis Simulator for custom scenarios and an AI opt-out setting.
Source: Immersive Labs press release: Secure With AI (21 January 2026) · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Vendor claims
- "Trusted by 30%+ of the Fortune 100"; Immersive says it is a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Cybersecurity Skills and Training Platforms, Q1 2026.
Source: Immersive Labs press release: Forrester Wave Leader (11 March 2026) · Read 27 Sep 2026
What does Immersive Labs cost?
Not published Immersive Labs publishes no prices.
Source: Immersive Labs homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026
Which frameworks does Immersive Labs map results to?
- 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
Where is Immersive Labs strong, and where does it fall short?
Strengths
- Strong measurement: decision-level scoring, a Resilience Score and benchmarks across teams.
- The same platform can take technical players from the crisis room into a live-fire range on their own tools.
Limits
- No price published.
- A multi-product platform: the crisis simulation is one module among labs, drills and ranges, which takes more programme ownership to run.
- Facilitation of a live session is not described on the pages reviewed.
Where at least one platform scores higher
- Scenario realism: Immersive Labs 8 / 10; highest Reflex Security 9 / 10
- Executive and board focus: Immersive Labs 8 / 10; highest iluminr 9 / 10
- Exercise delivery effort: Immersive Labs 7 / 10; highest Reflex Security 9 / 10
- Regulatory evidence: Immersive Labs 8 / 10; highest iluminr 10 / 10
- Customisation: Immersive Labs 8 / 10; highest Conducttr 10 / 10
- Pricing clarity: Immersive Labs 1 / 10; highest Conducttr 10 / 10
Who should shortlist Immersive Labs?
Organisations that want one platform for the crisis team and the technical teams: executives work through Crisis Sim, while responders use Cyber Drills and a live-fire range on their own tools. Decision-level measurement, a Resilience Score and benchmarks across teams suit a programme that reports trends upward.
Less suited to a buyer who only needs the crisis exercise and wants it running this month: the crisis simulation is one module of a larger platform. Reflex Security scores higher on realism and delivery effort, iluminr on regulatory evidence.
How does Immersive Labs compare head to head?
- BreachRx weighed against Immersive Labs
BreachRx 6.75 / Immersive Labs 7.30
- Conducttr weighed against Immersive Labs
Conducttr 6.75 / Immersive Labs 7.30
- Cyberbit weighed against Immersive Labs
Cyberbit 5.90 / Immersive Labs 7.30
- Cytactic weighed against Immersive Labs
Cytactic 6.40 / Immersive Labs 7.30
- Hack The Box weighed against Immersive Labs
Hack The Box 5.60 / Immersive Labs 7.30
- iluminr weighed against Immersive Labs
iluminr 7.55 / Immersive Labs 7.30
- Immersive Labs weighed against Reflex Security
Immersive Labs 7.30 / Reflex Security 7.55
- Immersive Labs weighed against TryHackMe
Immersive Labs 7.30 / TryHackMe 5.95
Desk notes that mention Immersive Labs
- Add-On, Bundle or Standalone: How Crisis Simulation Is Packaged and Priced
- Reading Vendor Claims in Crisis Simulation Marketing
- Putting the Board in the Exercise: What Each Platform Documents for Directors
- 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
Does Immersive Labs do tabletop exercises?
Yes. Immersive sells digital tabletop exercises and Crisis Sim, with dynamic injects, AI actors and an AI Program Builder, inside its Immersive One platform.
Can technical teams practise in the same Immersive exercise?
Immersive One also runs Cyber Drills and Dynamic Threat Range, a live-fire range on the customer's own tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk and CrowdStrike, so technical teams can exercise on the same platform.
Is Immersive Labs pricing published?
No. We found no price on the pages reviewed.
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