--- title: CyberDefenders Reviews meta\_title: 'CyberDefenders Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 57 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how CyberDefenders works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.8 review\_count: 57 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Vulnerability Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/vulnerability-management --- # CyberDefenders Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by CyberDefenders but has limited features. Are you part of the CyberDefenders team? [Upgrade your plan](https://my.g2.com/cyberdefenders/upgrade?utm_campaign=s3&utm_medium=claim-popup&utm_source=g2) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! CyberDefenders is an award-winning blue-team training and certification platform helping organizations build and benchmark world-class SOC capabilities. Our cloud-based Cyber Range enables analysts to investigate real attacks, hunt threats, and sharpen detection skills through hands-on, scenario-driven labs — all in a scalable, enterprise-ready environment. Complementing the range, our Certified Cyber Defender (CCDL) certification track validates analyst competence through practical, investigation-driven exams aligned with the NIST/NICE Cyber Defense Analyst role. Together, the Cyber Range and CCDL certifications deliver measurable improvements in detection accuracy, response speed, and analyst confidence. Designed by subject matter experts and trusted by enterprises, government teams, and MSSPs worldwide, CyberDefenders empowers organizations to continuously assess, train, and certify their SOC Team with real-world precision. * * * Seller [CyberDefenders](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cyberdefenders) Discussions [CyberDefenders Community](https://www.g2.com/products/cyberdefenders/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Ahmed Khalid Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![INE](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "INE") INE 4.4/5(460) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ine/reviews) [ ![Infosec Skills](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Infosec Skills") Infosec Skills 4.6/5(745) ](https://www.g2.com/products/infosec-infosec-skills/reviews) [ ![EasyLlama](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "EasyLlama") EasyLlama 4.8/5(439) ](https://www.g2.com/products/easyllama/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/cyberdefenders/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 57 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## CyberDefenders Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") LetsDefend ](https://www.g2.com/products/letsdefend/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") UC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/16/2025 "Realistic labs, nice community, BUT!" 5/5 What do you like best about CyberDefenders? Its realistic, questions are introduced in a way to HELP the users rather than just challenge them, nice community. Love you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CyberDefenders? If I ever close a premium lab, I'll have to redo ALL of my progress all over again, if for example I used eric zimmerman tools to convert to csv or extracted files using ASAR, I'll have to redo all of it again. I don't like the lack of number of active labs. I understand why it is this way, but I don't like it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CyberDefenders solving and how is that benefiting you? Cyberdefenders is helping me get hands on experience, learning DFIR and Threat hunting and how I'm actually going to do it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite ![Said H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Said H.") SH Said H. Offensive Security Specialist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/9/2025 "Outstanding Labs That Build Real-World Skills" 5/5 What do you like best about CyberDefenders? The labs and their content are truly outstanding. They reflect really work scenarios which helped to built required skills. Another think is about how it is easy to use the platform and i like about the response from customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CyberDefenders? It doesn't provide some free fundamental courses for some people to get started, though the CCD course is outstanding according to people's reviews. I suggest cyber defenders to add some free courses for beginners which will attract more learner rather that just having free labs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CyberDefenders solving and how is that benefiting you? cyberDefenders solves the problem of lacking defensive labs that mimics real world scenarios which helps people to build their skills required in the industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Security and Investigations](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Security and Investigations") US Verified User in Security and Investigations Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/22/2025 "Practicing and gaining knowledge" 5/5 What do you like best about CyberDefenders? I like the real scenarios and I solve 2 labs every day after studying this helps me make me more strong in cybersecurity . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CyberDefenders? Not a technical issue I just want the colors to be more dark in the dark mode just this what I don’t like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CyberDefenders solving and how is that benefiting you? They are all good and always they are solving every thing immediately no problems i face. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/10/2026 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite MH Mohammed H. A student Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/24/2025 "Realistic Scenarios and Handy Online Lab Make Learning Easy" 5/5 What do you like best about CyberDefenders? It give me real seniro and even if i didnt have the tools there online lap i can do so i can solve most of the time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CyberDefenders? For now nothing maybe just the ranking system but not alot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CyberDefenders solving and how is that benefiting you? There is not alot of network and threats hunting from other platform but in cyberdefenders there alot of lap so i can train Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite HD Hosam D. SOC Analyst L1 Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/13/2025 "Outstanding Quality Labs and Writers" 5/5 What do you like best about CyberDefenders? The quality of the labs and writers is impressive. I learned a great deal, which has made me genuinely enjoy cybersecurity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CyberDefenders? Everything is perfect, except that the old labs could use some updates or changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CyberDefenders solving and how is that benefiting you? The challenge for me was finding a quality lab that offered fresh ideas and sparked my curiosity to learn more. This is exactly the issue that is being addressed here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite ![Azuwaru A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Azuwaru A.") AA Azuwaru A. Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/29/2025 "Recommended Platform which can develop real skill rather than only know on theory" 4.5/5 What do you like best about CyberDefenders? The practical labs and challenges help me build real-world cybersecurity skills instead of just reading theory Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CyberDefenders? The CCD exam offers only a limited scenario for working with a Linux machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CyberDefenders solving and how is that benefiting you? There is too much focus on the theory behind threat hunting and forensics, but not enough emphasis on actually putting these concepts into practice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite ![Yosef K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Yosef K.") YK Yosef K. Cyber Security Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/10/2025 "Real Word Experience" 5/5 What do you like best about CyberDefenders? It allows u to explore real-world practical scenarios that will teach u a lot about blue teaming concepts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CyberDefenders? Sometimes the website is kinda laggy and hard to interact with Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CyberDefenders solving and how is that benefiting you? Bridging theory → practice gap for blue-teamers / SOC & DFIR roles They emphasise “hands-on” browser-based labs, realistic incident-response / forensic scenarios, rather than just slides. The course syllabus for their “Certified CyberDefender (CCD)” includes SecOps, incident response, disk forensics, memory forensics, network forensics, and threat hunting. They emphasise that they do not provide walkthroughs for active labs — pushing learners to develop problem-solving and critical thinking rather than relying on hints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: G2 invite AN Abdelrhman N. student Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/10/2025 "Real-World Attack Scenarios and a Supportive Community" 4.5/5 What do you like best about CyberDefenders? how it shows you real word scenario of attacks happening and how good its community is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CyberDefenders? the labs may , be a little bit hard , with no hints but its for my own good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CyberDefenders solving and how is that benefiting you? there are not much in the market that can provide you with real life attacks scenarios from recent attacks , but CyberDefenders provide this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite ![Abdalaziz M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Abdalaziz M.") AM Abdalaziz M. technical support Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/14/2025 "Realistic Labs Deliver an Exceptionally Helpful Experience" 5/5 What do you like best about CyberDefenders? it's very helpful and its realistic labs gives true experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CyberDefenders? To be honest, there isn't really anything I dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CyberDefenders solving and how is that benefiting you? It provides a genuine experience and is helping me prepare for the job market, allowing me to succeed in interviews in a more advanced way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite MA Mohammad A. SOC Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/14/2025 "Real-World Scenarios That Make a Difference" 5/5 What do you like best about CyberDefenders? It provides real-world scenarios with different categories Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CyberDefenders? I don’t like the new virtual-machine style challenges, The previous format where you could analyze the scenario on your own machine was much better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CyberDefenders solving and how is that benefiting you? CyberDefenders helps by providing realistic, hands-on cybersecurity challenges that improve my technical skills Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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