NINJIO Ranked #1 in SoftwareReviews Security Awareness and Training Buyers Guide — Six Years Running

NINJIO was once again named a 2025 Champion and the highest-ranked vendor in the SoftwareReviews Security Awareness and Training Data Quadrant. What makes this recognition so significant is that it comes directly from end users, measuring satisfaction with features, vendor capabilities, and emotional connection.
“Our sixth consecutive year at #1 is more than an award—it’s validation of our mission to make everyone unhackable by changing human behavior,” said Gary Noke, President & CEO of NINJIO. “This recognition proves that NINJIO is the trusted leader in human risk management and cybersecurity awareness training, empowering people to become the strongest line of defense against cyber threats.”
This year, NINJIO earned a 96% likelihood to recommend, 100% plan to renew, and 92% satisfaction with cost versus value. Just as importantly, we achieved a +97 Net Emotional Footprint, reflecting overwhelmingly positive client sentiment. In fact, 97% of responses were positive, with clients consistently describing NINJIO as respectful, timesaving, reliable, and performance-enhancing.
 

NINJIO’s Content Leads The Industry

Across features, NINJIO achieved an average score of 92, with top marks in content quality, variety of training materials, topic breadth, and knowledge testing. Users also rated our LMS integration, customizability, and simulated attacks among the strongest in the category. We know that NINJIO’s content is the most engaging in the industry because our solution leverages real-world case studies with Hollywood-style storytelling for training videos that hold attention.
On the vendor side, NINJIO earned an average capability score of 91, highlighted by high marks in the availability and quality of training, ease of implementation, support, and business value created.
 

How NINJIO Outperforms Other Solutions

SoftwareReviews’ comparisons make it clear that NINJIO is the best choice for cybersecurity awareness training and human risk management. NINJIO clients are more likely than anyone else’s to recommend us and renew their contracts – we’re a partner that’s worth investment and who will protect your reputation. It’s a testament to the strength of our program.

• Against KnowBe4, we outperformed in composite score (8.6 vs 8.2), likelihood to recommend (96% vs 89%), plan to renew (100% vs 97%), and cost versus value (92% vs 85%).
• In a head-to-head with Hoxhunt, NINJIO again held the advantage with higher overall satisfaction scores and a perfect renewal intent of 100%.
• When compared to Infosec IQ, NINJIO delivered a stronger composite score (8.6 vs 8.2) and higher ratings in overall feature and vendor capabilities.

Independent reviews on other platforms like Gartner Peer Insights and G2 reinforce this advantage, with NINJIO consistently outranking other solutions on user satisfaction and renewal intent.
 

The Best Human Risk Management Provider

Six years at #1 is more than a streak—it’s evidence that our approach to cybersecurity awareness training consistently delivers. By combining world-class storytelling with measurable results, NINJIO reduces human-based cyber risk while creating training experiences that employees actually value.
And we’ve led this industry in the evolution from cybersecurity awareness training to comprehensive human risk management. The NINJIO platform’s ability to personalize security coaching to each user’s unique emotional susceptibility profile means we don’t rely on role or industry-based training to be relevant. Our programs adapt to each person on a human level based on their behavior and evolve with them over time.
 

About SoftwareReviews Data Quadrant Awards

SoftwareReviews Data Quadrant Awards recognize outstanding vendors in the technology marketplace as evaluated by their users annually. The report quantifies the end-user experience and value provided by a specific product and the relationship end users have with the provider. The placement of a software provider in the Emotional Footprint Diamond indicates its categorization, as well as its relative ranking. Software providers who have the highest ranking are eligible to receive a SoftwareReviews Emotional Footprint Champion Award. In-depth product evaluation reports are available at http://www.softwarereviews.com.
 

About SoftwareReviews:

SoftwareReviews is a division of Info-Tech Research Group, a world-class IT research and consulting firm established in 1997. Backed by two decades of IT research and advisory experience, SoftwareReviews is a leading source of expertise and insight into the enterprise software landscape. By collecting real data from IT and business professionals, the SoftwareReviews methodology produces the most detailed and authentic insights into the experience of evaluating and purchasing enterprise software.
 
 

About NINJIO

NINJIO reduces human-based cybersecurity risk through engaging training, personalized testing, and insightful reporting. Our multi-pronged approach to training focuses on the latest attack vectors to build employee knowledge and the behavioral science behind human engineering to sharpen users’ intuition. The proprietary NINJIO Risk Algorithm™ identifies users’ social engineering vulnerabilities based on NINJIO Phish3D phishing simulation data and informs content delivery to provide a personalized experience that changes individual behavior.