Public benchmark: Riot lists at $6.89/employee/month for awareness
Elba vs Riot: the unified SaaS, Shadow AI, and human risk alternative.
Riot popularized friendly chat-based cybersecurity lessons via its Albert bot across 33+ languages. Elba delivers conversational Slack, Teams, Google Chat, and email nudges via Sam plus phishing simulations, while adding technical Cloud DLP across 7 sources, inline AI prompt masking, OAuth governance, and 46-connector User Access Reviews.
OVHcloud EU core DBs, Neon US DBs, Gravelines AI inference, zero raw prompts stored
SaaS awareness platform (no cloud DLP or browser prompt telemetry)
Platform Consolidation
Why 50-2,500 employee teams consolidate from Riot onto Elba.
Awareness quizzes reduce human error on simulated emails, yet leave existing SaaS oversharing, OAuth sprawl, and live AI tabs untouched.
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One subscription instead of three point tools
At $6.89/employee/month (~$20,670/year for 250 employees), standalone awareness leaves zero budget for Shadow AI DLP and SaaS access governance. Elba unifies all four pillars under one contract.
02
One assistant (Sam) instead of bot fatigue
Rather than pairing Riot’s Albert with separate SSPM and DLP bots, Sam handles 1-click file sharing cleanup, OAuth confirmations, MFA nudges, and contextual micro-training in Slack, Teams, Google Chat, or email.
03
Audit-ready technical controls for ISO 27001 & NIS2
Auditors ask for more than training completion rates. Elba pairs signed security policies and phishing metrics with 46-connector User Access Review logs, OAuth inventories, and Cloud DLP remediation.
Deployment & Governance Scope
Honest architectural fit for IT and security buyers
Evaluating whether a standalone awareness tool or a unified SaaS and AI security platform matches your 12-month roadmap:
Choose Riot if your primary requirement is delivering short chat courses in more than 8 languages (such as Polish, Dutch, Korean, or Arabic) and technical SaaS/AI DLP is already handled elsewhere.
Choose Elba if your team runs Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, needs to govern ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot in the browser, and wants employees fixing real file shares and OAuth apps.
Switching from Riot takes hours: connect Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 via OAuth, push Elba’s browser extension silently via MDM, and activate recurring phishing and Sam Playbooks.
A closer look
The questions that matter.
Can Elba replace Riot for phishing simulations and employee awareness?
Yes. Elba includes recurring email and QR code phishing (quishing) simulations, native Gmail and Microsoft Outlook report buttons with AI triage suggestions, AI custom course and PDF-to-training generation in 8 languages, security policy sign-offs, and Sam coaching across Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, and email.
What technical controls does Elba add that Riot does not offer?
Elba adds 7-source Cloud DLP (Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive, Dropbox, Confluence, Slack public channels, and Microsoft Teams), inline AI prompt masking and blocking on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot, third-party OAuth risk auditing, and automated User Access Reviews across 46 identity connectors.
How does Elba’s Sam assistant differ from Riot’s Albert?
Albert focuses on delivering interactive cybersecurity quizzes and posture tips. Sam delivers security coaching and also routes live technical remediation tasks - such as revoking a public Google Drive link or confirming an OAuth app - with optional auto-remediation after your configured grace window.
Where does Elba host customer data for European and US companies?
EU core customer databases run on OVHcloud, US core customer databases run on Neon (aws-us-east-1), and AI model inference runs on OVHcloud AI Endpoints in Gravelines, France. Browser DLP stores classifications and SHA-256 hashes rather than raw prompts.
Connected Workflows
Explore how Elba replaces disconnected point tools.
Inspect the underlying Data Protection, AI Security, Access Governance, and Awareness modules referenced in this comparison.
