Is Lavawall a Canadian alternative to KnowBe4?

Yes. Lavawall is fully Canadian-owned by ThreeShield Information Security Corporation, a Canadian corporation in Calgary. It is hosted in Canada by default, billed in Canadian dollars, and paid by Interac, pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card, and supported by staff in Canada. It is a multi-tenant RMM and remote support platform for MSPs and IT teams, with patching, security monitoring, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace breach detection, and compliance built into the same agent and console.

Does KnowBe4 host data in Canada?

Yes, according to its own documentation. KnowBe4 offers a Canadian storage location in AWS Montréal for its training and PhishER data, with a disaster-recovery copy stored in Dublin, Ireland. Lavawall also hosts data in Canada by default, and adds Canadian ownership, Canadian-dollar billing paid by Interac, pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card, and support from staff in Canada.

Where is Lavawall's data hosted?

Lavawall's data is hosted in Canada by default: on AWS in Montréal today, moving to a Canadian-owned hosting provider in Vancouver in Q4 2026. Data can be placed in the United States, Europe, or Australia instead when a client's obligations call for it.

Can I pay for Lavawall in Canadian dollars?

Yes. Lavawall is priced in Canadian dollars with GST, HST, PST, and QST handled, and you can pay by Interac, Canadian pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card. Billing is month-to-month or annual, with no high-water-mark billing.

Can Lavawall replace KnowBe4?

Yes, for training, phishing simulations, and phishing reporting, with Canadian content and the results collected as compliance evidence.

Canadian alternative

A Canadian alternative to KnowBe4

Lavawall® is a Canadian alternative to KnowBe4 for security awareness training. It is a multi-tenant RMM and remote support platform for MSPs and IT teams, with patching, security monitoring, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace breach detection, and compliance built into the same agent and console, fully Canadian-owned, hosted in Canada, and billed in Canadian dollars.

Support comes from ThreeShield staff in Canada, and compliance mapping covers PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, and more than 20 Canadian laws and frameworks in all.

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What makes Lavawall® Canadian

Canadian ownership, hosting, billing, payment, support, and law, in one platform.

Fully Canadian-owned

Lavawall® is built and owned by ThreeShield Information Security Corporation, a Canadian corporation based in Calgary, Alberta. Its terms are governed by the laws of Alberta and of Canada.

Hosted in Canada

Data is hosted in Canada by default: on AWS in Montréal today, moving to a Canadian-owned hosting provider in Vancouver in Q4 2026. Where a client's obligations call for it, data can be placed in the United States, Europe, or Australia instead.

Billed in Canadian dollars

Canadian-dollar pricing with GST, HST, PST, and QST handled, month-to-month, with no high-water-mark billing.

Canadian ways to pay

Pay in Canadian dollars by Interac, Canadian pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card.

Supported from Canada

Support and Tier 3 escalation come from ThreeShield staff in Canada, the CISSP- and CISA-credentialled team that builds the product.

Canadian law built in

Compliance mapping covers more than 20 Canadian laws and frameworks, including PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, Alberta PIPA and the Health Information Act, BC PIPA, FIPPA, and the E-Health Act, Ontario PHIPA, CPCSC, CIRO, and FINTRAC, alongside SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and CMMC. See Canadian GRC.

KnowBe4 and Canada: what its own documentation says

KnowBe4's press kit lists its headquarters in Clearwater, Florida, and it is owned by Vista Equity Partners. KnowBe4 offers a Canadian storage location in AWS Montréal for its training and PhishER data, with a disaster-recovery copy stored in Dublin, Ireland. KnowBe4 publishes Canadian-dollar prices.

Lavawall and KnowBe4 compared on Canadian criteria
Canadian criterion	Lavawall®	KnowBe4
Headquarters and ownership	Calgary, Alberta; fully Canadian-owned	Clearwater, Florida
Hosting in Canada	Yes, by default (AWS Montréal, moving to a Canadian-owned provider in Vancouver in Q4 2026)	Yes, AWS Montréal (recovery copy in Dublin) (source)
Canadian-dollar pricing	Yes, with GST, HST, PST, and QST	Canadian-dollar prices published (source)
Pay by Interac, pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card	Yes	See KnowBe4’s billing terms
Support staffed in Canada	Yes	See KnowBe4’s support terms

Competitor information is taken from each vendor’s own public documentation as of September 2026 and linked above. Tell us if something has changed and we will correct it.

What Lavawall® covers compared with KnowBe4

Lavawall® covers the security awareness training work KnowBe4 is used for, and more, on one agent and console:

Jurisdiction-specific security awareness training for Canada, the US, the UK, Australia, and the EU, with 503 courses and phishing simulations.
The Phishing Reporter for Outlook, which tells each user what is suspicious about an email before they act on it.
Training completion and phishing results collected as compliance evidence, next to patching, monitoring, and breach detection.

For a feature-by-feature comparison, see Lavawall® compared with KnowBe4.

Where KnowBe4 may fit better

If your organization has built years of reporting around KnowBe4, moving takes planning; the results in Lavawall® start from the day you switch. If Canadian hosting is your only requirement, KnowBe4’s Canadian option may already meet it; Lavawall® adds Canadian ownership, Canadian-dollar billing paid by Interac, pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card, and support from staff in Canada.

Switching, or running both

Add your users, assign the Canadian course set, and turn on the Phishing Reporter. Training results flow into the same compliance evidence as the rest of the platform.