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Hack The Box beside Immersive Labs: training types and facts side by side
Short answer
Hack The Box sells hands-on lab libraries and tabletop and crisis simulation, and, with a condition, cyber range; Immersive Labs sells cyber range, hands-on lab libraries and tabletop and crisis simulation, and, with a condition, awareness training. They differ on 2 of 4 training types and 5 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?
- Targets: Hack The Box
- Diamonds: Immersive Labs
- RANGE · Cyber range: Sold with a condition; Immersive Labs: Sold
- LABS · Hands-on lab libraries: Sold; Immersive Labs: Sold
- CRISIS · Tabletop and crisis simulation: Sold; Immersive Labs: Sold
- AWARE · Awareness training: Not in our sources; Immersive Labs: Sold with a condition
- 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)
| Type | Hack The Box | Immersive Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber range | Sold with a condition HTB PRO, an individual plan announced in September 2026, lists SOC Range access from Q4 2026; a team range on your own tools is not described on the pages we read. Source: Hack The Box blog: HTB PRO plan announcement · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Sold Dynamic Threat Range runs live-fire attacks on the customer's own stack, with tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Splunk and CrowdStrike. Source: Immersive Labs: cybersecurity technical exercises · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Hands-on lab libraries | Sold Academy modules, Professional Labs, machines and capture-the-flag content for business teams. Source: Hack The Box for business · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Sold Browser-based labs across AI, application security, cloud, OT and offensive security, with an AI Lab Builder. Source: Immersive Labs: labs · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Tabletop and crisis simulation | Sold Crisis Control runs platform-led tabletop exercises with scenario waves, injects, emails, news and social updates, and optional hands-on investigation. Source: Hack The Box: tabletop exercises (Crisis Control) · Read 27 Sep 2026 | Sold Crisis Sim for executives, incident leaders and cross-functional teams, with dynamic injects, AI actors and AI scenario creation. Source: Immersive Labs: Crisis Sim · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Awareness training | Not in our sources Not described on the pages we read. | Sold with a condition Lab audiences include non-technical employees; phishing simulation is not described on the pages we read. Source: Immersive Labs: labs · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
Where do their published facts differ?
Cyber range: Hack The Box Sold with a condition, Immersive Labs Sold
Hack The Box: HTB PRO, an individual plan announced in September 2026, lists SOC Range access from Q4 2026; a team range on your own tools is not described on the pages we read.
Immersive: Dynamic Threat Range runs live-fire attacks on the customer's own stack, with tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Splunk and CrowdStrike.
Awareness training: Hack The Box Not in our sources, Immersive Labs Sold with a condition
Hack The Box: Not described on the pages we read.
Immersive: Lab audiences include non-technical employees; phishing simulation is not described on the pages we read.
Built around your own environment or tools: Hack The Box Partly, Immersive Labs Matches
Hack The Box: Six documented baseline scenarios, tailored on request.
Immersive: Dynamic Threat Range: a live-fire attack on your own stack.
Price published: Hack The Box Matches, Immersive Labs Not in our sources
Hack The Box: Professional plan: $250 per seat per month or $2,500 per seat per year.
Immersive: Not in our sources.
Free start (free tier, trial or free material): Hack The Box Matches, Immersive Labs Not in our sources
Hack The Box: The Lite business plan lists a 14-day free trial.
Immersive: Not in our sources.
Sessions of an hour or less: Hack The Box Not in our sources, Immersive Labs Partly
Hack The Box: Not in our sources.
Immersive: The AI Program Builder drafts tabletop exercises; session length is not stated on the pages we read.
Reaches the whole workforce: Hack The Box Not in our sources, Immersive Labs Partly
Hack The Box: Not in our sources.
Immersive: Lab audiences include non-technical employees.
Where do they match?
- Sold Hands-on lab libraries
- Sold Tabletop and crisis simulation
- Matches Hands-on keyboard work
- Matches Executives and non-technical roles take part
- Matches Reports or evidence for auditors, boards or regulators
What do they cost?
Professional: $250 per seat per month or $2,500 per seat per year. Lite, Base and Ultimate are not priced publicly; Lite lists a 14-day free trial. Crisis Control: price not published.
Source: Hack The Box business pricing · Read 27 Sep 2026
How do their strengths and limits compare?
Strengths
- Deep technical content: Academy modules, Professional Labs, machines and capture-the-flag events, with 4.3m+ learners.
- A published business price, $2,500 per seat per year on the Professional plan, and a 14-day trial on Lite.
- Crisis Control adds a tabletop with optional hands-on investigation for technical players.
Limits
- A team range on your own tools is not described; SOC Range access is listed for an individual plan from Q4 2026.
- Crisis Control pricing is not published, and its scenarios are tailored with facilitator guidance, which takes more lead time than a self-serve generator.
Strengths
- The broadest set here: labs, cyber drills, a live-fire range and crisis simulation in one platform.
- Dynamic Threat Range runs live-fire attacks on the customer's own stack, with tools such as Sentinel, Elastic, Splunk and CrowdStrike.
- Evidence for boards and regulators: a Resilience Score, benchmarks and references to frameworks such as NIS2 and DORA.
Limits
- No published pricing and no free tier on the pages we read.
- Breadth needs program ownership: someone has to decide which of labs, drills, range and crisis simulation each team gets.
Which one fits which team?
Look at Hack The Box if your technical team needs labs and certifications first and a tabletop second, or if you want a business price you can budget against before a call. Look at Immersive if you want one platform for analysts, responders and executives, or if you need live-fire exercises on the tools you already run.
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Questions people ask
Is Hack The Box or Immersive Labs cheaper?
Hack The Box publishes a price: Professional: $250 per seat per month or $2,500 per seat per year. Lite, Base and Ultimate are not priced publicly; Lite lists a 14-day free trial. Crisis Control: price not published. Immersive Labs does not publish a price on the pages we read.
Do Hack The Box and Immersive Labs sell the same kind of training?
They both sell cyber range, hands-on lab libraries and tabletop and crisis simulation. Immersive Labs also sells awareness training.
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.
Read next
- Hack The Box profile
A technical training platform with a large learner community, Academy modules and Professional Labs, plus Crisis Control, a platform-led tabletop with optional hands-on investigation.
- Immersive Labs profile
One platform, Immersive One, with hands-on labs, cyber drills, a live-fire range on the customer's own tools, and crisis simulations.
- Cyber range
A team detects and responds to a live simulated attack in a realistic environment, using real security tools.
- Platform fact grid
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