# Cofense PhishMe: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 15 judge labels across 1 category by 8 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cofense-phishme

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Security awareness training](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/security-awareness-training/index.md) | 0% | 24 | 20% | 15 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Cofense if: Your main priority is empowering employees to act as an extended sensor network for your SOC." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Awareness training)
- "Choose Cofense when employee phishing reports need to feed directly into triage and response." (Perplexity Sonar, Awareness training)
- "Best for: Organizations prioritizing phishing detection and incident response" (Kimi K2, Awareness training)
- "Stronger when phishing-reporting workflows and SOC integration matter more" (Perplexity Sonar, Awareness training)

## And against it

- "Cofense and similar SOC-oriented tools can be valuable, but reporting workflows may bottleneck if the security team lacks capacity to triage submissions." (Perplexity Sonar, Awareness training)
- "campaign administration is resource-intensive, and repetitive simulations risk creating user fatigue" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Awareness training)
- "some users find it less user-friendly and more focused on reactive rather than proactive training" (Mistral Small, Awareness training)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Cofense PhishMe, from 38 of the 45 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- hoxhunt.com: 21
- threatcop.com: 18
- knowbe4.com: 17
- expertinsights.com: 16
- g2.com: 11
- cipherssecurity.com: 10
- ciopages.com: 9
- hooksecurity.co: 9
- keepnetlabs.com: 9
- guideflow.com: 8

### Pages cited

- https://cipherssecurity.com/best-security-awareness-training-platforms: 10
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/security-awareness-training: 9
- https://hoxhunt.com/blog/best-security-awareness-training: 9
- https://keepnetlabs.com/blog/top-security-awareness-training-solutions: 9
- https://threatcop.com/blog/best-security-awareness-training-lms: 9
- https://expertinsights.com/security-awareness-training/the-top-security-awareness-training-platforms-for-businesses: 8
- https://expertinsights.com/security-awareness-training/the-top-phishing-simulation-and-testing-solutions: 7
- https://hoxhunt.com/blog/best-phishing-simulation-tools: 7

## In its own words

What Cofense PhishMe's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Phishing Training (https://cofense.com/)
- For: organizations (https://cofense.com/platform)

## What it publishes

Every page cofense.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 697 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 372 pages, 11 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- case study: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 5 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-23
- conference or event: 65 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2027-06-08
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2027-06-08 conference or event: Infosecurity europe https://cofense.com/knowledge-center-hub/events/infosecurity-europe
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Cofense expands ai driven phishing defense platform to advance secure behavior management https://cofense.com/blog/cofense-expands-ai-driven-phishing-defense-platform-to-advance-secure-behavior-management
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Beyond human risk a better way to build secure behavior https://cofense.com/blog/beyond-human-risk-a-better-way-to-build-secure-behavior
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: From payment plan to ransomware inside a global group attack https://cofense.com/blog/from-payment-plan-to-ransomware-inside-a-global-group-attack
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: Chatbot conundrum phishing attempts of openai s chatgpt https://cofense.com/blog/chatbot-conundrum-phishing-attempts-of-openai-s-chatgpt
- Recent: 2026-09-10 blog: False allegations, real threats sexual misconduct claims used as phishing lures https://cofense.com/blog/false-allegations,-real-threats-sexual-misconduct-claims-used-as-phishing-lures

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.