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Cytactic beside Reflex Security: training types and facts side by side

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Cytactic sells tabletop and crisis simulation; Reflex Security sells tabletop and crisis simulation. They differ on 0 of 4 training types and 4 of 8 checks on the pages we read. This page sets their published facts side by side; it does not pick one.

By The Range Desk · Cyber Range Compare · Published 2026-10-11 · Updated 2026-10-13

Desk research from public vendor, standards and regulator pages read on 27 September, 11 October and 13 October 2026. Profiles follow our published method; we did not run the products.

Which training types does each sell?

Cytactic lanes: sells 1 of 4 training types; not in our sources for 3. Compared with Reflex Security lanes: sells 1 of 4 training types; not in our sources for 3.Not foundRANGELive fireNot foundLABSSolo skillsSoldCRISISDecisionsNot foundAWAREEvery employee
  • Targets: Cytactic
  • Diamonds: Reflex Security
  • RANGE · Cyber range: Not in our sources; Reflex Security: Not in our sources
  • LABS · Hands-on lab libraries: Not in our sources; Reflex Security: Not in our sources
  • CRISIS · Tabletop and crisis simulation: Sold; Reflex Security: Sold
  • AWARE · Awareness training: Not in our sources; Reflex Security: Not in our sources
The lanes show what each platform's own pages describe, or how your answers weigh the four training types. They do not measure how well a product works.
  • Filled target: the platform sells this training type on the pages we read
  • Hatched target: sold with a condition (an add-on, an adjacent product, or part of the type)
  • Dashed target: not in our sources (it may exist; we did not find it)
From each platform's own pages, read 27 September or 11 October 2026.
TypeCytacticReflex Security
Cyber rangeNot in our sources

Not described on the pages we read.

Not in our sources

Not described on the pages we read.

Hands-on lab librariesNot in our sources

Not described on the pages we read.

Not in our sources

Not described on the pages we read.

Tabletop and crisis simulationSold

"Risk-tuned, Realistic Crisis Simulation (Digital TTX)", with a Simulation Generator: five ready-made simulations plus an AI engine that builds new ones.

Source: Cytactic blog: the next generation of cyber tabletops · Read 13 Oct 2026

Sold

Builds the scenario from the organisation's public footprint, can enrich it with telemetry, and runs an unscripted adversary that reacts to each decision.

Source: Reflex Security blog: Reflex Security vs Immersive Labs · Read 27 Sep 2026

Awareness trainingNot in our sources

Not described on the pages we read.

Not in our sources

Not described on the pages we read.

Where do their published facts differ?

  • Hands-on keyboard work: Cytactic Not in our sources, Reflex Security Partly

    Cytactic: Not in our sources.

    Reflex: Technical players can run plain-English queries against simulated logs, endpoint telemetry and network traffic in an Investigation Console; there is no lab library or range.

  • Executives and non-technical roles take part: Cytactic Partly, Reflex Security Matches

    Cytactic: Generated exercises include stakeholder discussions, with crisis communication and legal disclosure agents in the platform; an exercise format for executives or the board is not described.

    Reflex: Built for technical, legal and executive teams; AI agents fill absent seats, including the CEO.

  • Built around your own environment or tools: Cytactic Partly, Reflex Security Matches

    Cytactic: Scenarios are built from the organisation's profile and data.

    Reflex: Reflex states it builds the crisis from your real environment; org context listed as AWS, GitHub, Cloudflare and six more.

  • Sessions of an hour or less: Cytactic Not in our sources, Reflex Security Matches

    Cytactic: Not in our sources.

    Reflex: "Sixty minutes, your real environment, no slides."

Where do they match?

  • Sold Tabletop and crisis simulation
  • Matches Reports or evidence for auditors, boards or regulators

Neither platform's pages describe: Cyber range, Hands-on lab libraries, Awareness training, Price published, Free start (free tier, trial or free material), Reaches the whole workforce.

What do they cost?

Cytactic

Not published; the route in is a demo.

Source: Cytactic homepage · Read 13 Oct 2026

Reflex Security

Not published. reflexsecurity.io/pricing returned a 404 when we read it.

Source: reflexsecurity.io/pricing (returned 404) · Read 11 Oct 2026

How do their strengths and limits compare?

Cytactic

Strengths

  • A ready library of five crisis simulations plus a generator that drafts new ones from the organisation's profile.
  • Simulation artefacts such as ransom notes, breaking news and system data appear automatically.
  • Sits next to playbooks, crisis communication and legal disclosure tools.

Limits

  • Not a lab platform or a cyber range: no hands-on technical environment is described.
  • No published price, and board formats and measurement are not described on the pages we read.

Reflex Security

Strengths

  • Builds the crisis from your own environment and runs an unscripted adversary that reacts to each decision.
  • Puts technical, legal and executive teams in one exercise, with AI agents in the seats nobody fills, including the CEO's.
  • Short to run: sixty-minute sessions, an AI facilitator in Zoom, Meet or Teams, and an after-action report in which each finding points to the moment it came from.

Limits

  • Not a hands-on lab platform or a cyber range: technical players can query simulated logs in its Investigation Console, but there is no lab library and no live-fire range.
  • No published price and no free tier.
  • Not awareness training: it exercises the response team, not every employee.

Which one fits which team?

Look at Cytactic if you want tabletop practice next to your playbooks and disclosure tools, or if you want ready-made crisis scenarios to start from. Look at Reflex if you want to replace the annual scripted tabletop with exercises the response team can run often, or if your gap is decisions and coordination across security, legal and leadership.

Not sure which training type you need first? The training type finder weighs your answers before it lists platforms.

Questions people ask

Is Cytactic or Reflex Security cheaper?

Neither publishes a price on the pages we read. Ask both for a quote for the same scope.

Do Cytactic and Reflex Security sell the same kind of training?

They both sell tabletop and crisis simulation.

Can I compare several platforms at once?

Yes. The platform fact grid puts up to twelve side by side, and you can pick which ones.

  • Cytactic profile

    A cyber incident response management hub with a simulation generator: five ready-made crisis simulations and an AI engine that builds new ones from the organisation's profile, run in a Simulation Mode inside the platform.

  • Reflex Security profile

    A crisis simulation that replaces the scripted tabletop: it builds a live crisis from your real environment, runs an adaptive adversary and pressured stakeholders, and produces an after-action report.

  • Tabletop and crisis simulation

    The people who own decisions in an incident work through a scenario and decide what to do, from a scripted discussion to an adaptive simulation.

  • Platform fact grid

    Every platform's facts in one table.