Security awareness training · RankedHook Security
Hook Security is a security awareness training product with a phishing simulator, aimed at MSPs and IT-lean teams · hooksecurity.co ↗
Strongest at small business. Thin evidence at enterprise: three labels.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
KnowBe4 is first at 23%.
KnowBe4 is first at 56%.
KnowBe4 is first at 79%.
Why models recommend it
“The best security awareness training platform for a company with a limited budget is Hook Security, Wizer, or CanIPhish.”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Best for Small IT Teams ... Designed to run without a dedicated security team or six-figure budget”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Lowest administrative burden: Hook Security — managed automation for SMBs”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Hook Security (managed), Huntress Managed SAT, or ask your MSP”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Hook Security, over the 48 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 9 | View → | |
| 31 | 11 | View → | |
| 25 | 5 | View → | |
| 14 | 3 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 1 | View → | |
| 11 | 3 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 1 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Hook Security's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- MSPs and IT-lean teams
- Price stated
- Hook Security publishes per-seat pricing with no quote required; see the pricing page for current rates. MSPs get partner pricing through a demo.
- Starting price
- $2 per seat per month
- Free plan or trial
- ~2 minutes · No signup · Fully interactive
- Integrations
- 3 · 13 (its own pages disagree)
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II, GDPR
- Hosting
- US
- Customers named
- Ostra Security
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 47 of the 48 answers that named Hook Security and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
148 of the 195 domain citations in answers naming Hook Security came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 133 | 25 | 2026-09-28 | Awareness training | |
| Glossary or explainer | 39 | 3 | 2026-09-17 | Awareness training | |
| News or press | 9 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 8 | 4 | 2026-09-27 | Awareness training | |
| Template or tool | 2 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 1 | 0 | 2022-10-07 | ||
| Conference or event | 1 | 0 | 2024-10-31 | ||
| Report or ebook | 1 | 0 | 2024-03-08 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28The reporting race blog
- 2026-09-28Msp buying guide security awareness training platform 2026 blog
- 2026-09-27Hook security vs bullphish id comparison
- 2026-09-27Hook security vs usecure comparison
- 2026-09-24How msps use security awareness training to win cybersecurity renewals blog
- 2026-09-23Phishing simulation templates blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page hooksecurity.co exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.