ShieldWise as a KnowBe4 alternative
If your staff are clicking through KnowBe4 videos without watching them, you are not alone: their own users write exactly that in public reviews. ShieldWise grades on decisions rather than watch-time, teaches in Georgian, and will not lock you into a contract that renews itself. Here is the full comparison, sourced, including the parts where they are ahead.
Facts checked 15 August 2026
Choose ShieldWise if
- You need training in Georgian, written natively rather than machine-translated.
- You want completion to mean something, not a video that played to the end in a background tab.
- You would rather have 63 courses someone curated than 1,200 nobody can navigate.
- You do not want an annual contract that renews unless you write in on time.
Choose KnowBe4 if
- You are a large enterprise with a security team to run the programme.
- You need deep integrations and enterprise compliance packs today.
- Brand recognition is part of what you are buying.
| What you're comparing | ShieldWise | KnowBe4 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgian language | 63 courses written natively in Georgian and English. Your team reads security advice that sounds like a person wrote it, because one did. | Around six major languages. Georgian is not among them, and smaller languages are widely reported as machine-translated. |
| Phishing simulations and scoring | in buildGraded on the server from the decisions your people actually make. Nobody passes by leaving a video running in another tab. Phishing campaigns send today; the results dashboard is in build. | Phishing simulations plus video training, with mature reporting and integrations. Reviewers on Trustpilot describe scoring highly on training without watching the videos. |
| Completion certificates | Every completed course issues a named certificate carrying a public verification link, so an auditor or a new employer can confirm it in seconds without an account. | Certificates and compliance documentation are part of the suite. |
| Contract and renewal | No auto-renew, ever. You stay because it works, not because you missed a notice window. | Annual contracts that, per their terms of service, renew automatically unless you give written notice before the end of the term. |
| Pricing transparency | A real number for your team inside a week, from the person who sets it. No procurement dance, no scoping call before anyone will talk price. | No prices published anywhere on the site. Every route leads to "Get a Demo" or a quote request. |
| Who you talk to | You talk to the people who build it. The bug you report is fixed by the person you reported it to. | Account managers and a support organisation, sized for enterprise. |
| Course catalogue | 63 courses of 3 to 5 minutes and 11 interactive simulations, chosen so your admin never has to pick from a thousand. The curation is the product. | A library of over 1,200 videos and modules. Breadth is the selling point; reviewers on G2 and TrustRadius consistently raise curation and finding the right module as the cost of it. |
| Who it's built for | Small and mid-sized teams in Georgia and Europe who want training their staff will actually finish. | Large enterprises, particularly US-based, with a security team to run the programme. |
Common questions
- How much does KnowBe4 cost?
- They do not publish it. Pricing is quote-only and depends on seat count and which parts of the suite you take, so public third-party figures are estimates rather than list prices. The practical answer is that you have to book a call to find out, which is the part most people are searching about.
- Can I leave KnowBe4 mid-contract?
- Read your terms. Their published terms of service describe annual terms that renew automatically unless you give written notice before the term ends, so the time to plan a switch is well before renewal, not after it.
- Is ShieldWise a like-for-like replacement?
- No, and we would rather say so. They have far more content, more integrations and more mature reporting. We are a better fit if you want Georgian-language training, a small curated catalogue instead of a 1,200-video library, no auto-renewing contract, and direct access to the people building the product.
What KnowBe4 does better
- Content volume and integrations. If you need a module for a niche regulation next week, they will have one and we will not.
- Enterprise compliance packs and reporting maturity we do not offer yet.
- Brand recognition, which is worth real money when you are justifying a purchase to a board.
Sources
We checked each of these on 15 August 2026. Products change; if something here is stale, tell us and we will correct it.
KnowBe4 is a trademark of its owner. It is named here for comparison only, and there is no affiliation between us.
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