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

THE SHORT ANSWER

On our published weights Reflex Security scores 7.55 and Immersive Labs 7.30. Immersive Labs scores higher on measurement and after-action reporting and regulatory evidence; Reflex Security scores higher on scenario realism and exercise delivery effort; they tie on executive and board focus, customisation 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 Immersive Labs and Reflex Security score on each criterion?

Immersive Labs and Reflex Security: crisis readiness score (editorial assessment, 0 to 10)
Criterion	Weight	Immersive Labs	Reflex Security	Higher score
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	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%	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	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%	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	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%	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	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	Immersive Labs
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	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	Immersive Labs
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	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	Tie
Pricing clarity	10%	No price published. Source: Immersive Labs homepage · 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: 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.

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.

Immersive Labs documents 5 of 6 stages and Reflex Security documents 6 of 6.

What do they cost?

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

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?

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

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 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

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 Immersive Labs 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, Immersive Labs or Reflex Security?

Reflex Security scores higher on delivery effort, where a higher score means less effort, (9 against 7 out of 10). Read each profile for the detail.

Do Immersive Labs and Reflex Security publish prices?

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