Commercial vs Open Source Phishing Simulation Tools
Are you a Security or IT Professional looking to protect your business? Don't get stuck using a legacy approach to solve modern problems. Take a look at how CanIPhish compares to open source phishing simulation tools and decide what best suits your needs.
Getting bogged down with manual open source phishing simulation deployments?
You need a free phishing simulator that doesn't take days to get up and running.
- Time Efficient
- Cost Effective
- Realistic Phishing
Phishing Simulation Platforms | CanIPhish Proprietary | GoPhish Open Source | |
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Perpetual Free Tier | |||
SaaS Deployment | |||
On-Premise Deployment | |||
Open Source Codebase | Limited | ||
Managed Mail Servers | |||
Managed Phishing Websites | |||
Configurable Infrastructure | |||
Features | |||
Training Modules | |||
Domain Scanning Tools | |||
Campaign Scheduling | Limited | ||
Email Template Editor | |||
Phishing Email Library | |||
Phishing Website Library | |||
Sender Domain Spoofing | |||
Executive Reporting | Limited | ||
Support & Security | |||
Azure AD & Google Workspace Integration | |||
Office 365 & Google Workspace Report Phish Add-ons | |||
Long-term Platform Support | Limited | ||
Ticket, Chat, Email and Phone Support | |||
Comprehensive Knowledge Base | Limited | ||
Configurable Cloud Data Storage | |||
Configurable Multi-Factor Authentication | |||
*Comparison based on publicly accessible data. | Sign-up Free |
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Fully self-service. From sign-up, to delivery to user education.
Run phishing simulations under a perpetual free tier subscription. Or flexibly upgrade and downgrade plans at your own convenience.
- Free sign-up, no trial period
- No credit cards, no sales calls
- No commitments, only benefits
Advanced real-time campaign tracking and reporting
See which users are vulnerable to phishing, view historic campaigns and track your phish click trend over the past 12 months.
- Track campaigns in real-time
- Schedule daily, weekly or monthly reports
- Compare historic trends with active campaigns


Phishing libraries that update with the latest trends
We help you to train your users to detect the most advanced threats by blending vulnerabilities, exploits and phishing material into live simulations.
- Evolving phishing libraries
- Interactive setup wizard
- Multi-template support
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