Data out there—data breaches costing $4.45 million per incident, cyberattacks taking place every 39 seconds, and the global shortage of 3.4 million cybersecurity professionals—just proves how the world is in dire need of robust and effective security training. The thing is, choosing the right platform isn’t as simple as searching up “effective security training for my team” online. If only it’s that simple, right?

And that’s why we took it upon ourselves to give you detailed comparisons (yes, we’ll make it a series!) between two leading cybersecurity platforms. Let’s start with AppSecEngineer and Pluralsight.

Side-by-Side Comparison of AppSecEngineer and Pluralsight

When evaluating cybersecurity training platforms, it’s important that you understand how the features of each option align with your organization’s needs. We simplified it for you:

Pluralsight

Provides both pre-built and customizable learning paths to help you tailor training to specific expertise levels and operational requirements.

Learning Paths

Primarily offers pre-built learning paths, which, while comprehensive, lack the flexibility for customization.

Fully supports SSO and SCIM to make sure of easy integration with your existing identity and access management systems.

SSO and SCIM Support

Supports SSO, but there is no available information regarding SCIM support, which may limit integration options.

Offers detailed, downloadable reports at various levels—individual, team, and admin—providing both high-level summaries and detailed analyses.

Reporting Capabilities

Provides admin-level reports, but they are less detailed and offer fewer download options.

Allows for the definition of multiple admin roles with specific access controls for more granular management.

Role-Based Access Control

Offers only a single level of admin role, which may not be sufficient for larger organizations that need more granular access controls.

Includes unique features such as tournaments and quick learning modules specifically designed to engage and improve the skills of developers.

Developer-Focused Features

Does not offer developer-specific features like tournaments, potentially making it less engaging for this critical user group.

Clearly states its pricing on the website to provide full transparency to prospective users.

Pricing Transparency

Pricing information is less transparent, which may require additional steps to obtain full details.

Pluralsight

Learning Paths

Provides both pre-built and customizable learning paths to help you tailor training to specific expertise levels and operational requirements.

Primarily offers pre-built learning paths, which, while comprehensive, lack the flexibility for customization.

SSO and SCIM Support

Fully supports SSO and SCIM to make sure of easy integration with your existing identity and access management systems.

Supports SSO, but there is no available information regarding SCIM support, which may limit integration options.

Reporting Capabilities

Offers detailed, downloadable reports at various levels—individual, team, and admin—providing both high-level summaries and detailed analyses.

Provides admin-level reports, but they are less detailed and offer fewer download options

Role-Based Access Control

Allows for the definition of multiple admin roles with specific access controls for more granular management.

Offers only a single level of admin role, which may not be sufficient for larger organizations that need more granular access controls.

Developer-Focused Features

Includes unique features such as tournaments and quick learning modules specifically designed to engage and improve the skills of developers.

Does not offer developer-specific features like tournaments, potentially making it less engaging for this critical user group.

Pricing Transparency

Clearly states its pricing on the website to provide full transparency to prospective users.

Pricing information is less transparent, which may require additional steps to obtain full details.

AppSecEngineer

Pluralsight

Side-by-Side Comparison of AppSecEngineer and Pluralsight

Pluralsight

Pluralsight

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