Splunk SOAR vs Swimlane comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

Swimlane and Splunk SOAR are competing in the security orchestration, automation, and response category. Swimlane provides a more attractive pricing model and customer support, whereas Splunk SOAR excels with a comprehensive functionality set, offering a compelling choice for those seeking robust capabilities.

Features: Swimlane focuses on customization ease, flexible automation processes, and security operation environments. Splunk SOAR is notable for advanced machine learning, extensive integrations, and sophisticated toolsets suited for complex environments.

Room for Improvement: Swimlane could enhance its AI capabilities and include more advanced threat detection features. It can also benefit from a richer integration ecosystem and greater scalability. Splunk SOAR may improve user interface simplicity, require less training time, and reduce initial setup complexity to be more user-friendly.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Swimlane offers an easy deployment process augmented by excellent technical assistance, making integration within existing infrastructures smooth. Splunk SOAR, while providing reliable customer service, requires a more intricate initial setup due to its advanced features, necessitating an extended deployment period.

Pricing and ROI: Swimlane has lower setup costs and provides quicker returns on investment due to its economical pricing structure. Splunk SOAR, although higher in initial cost, justifies the expense with a significant potential ROI, attributed to its extensive feature capabilities and integration options.

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Categories and Ranking

Splunk SOAR

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Swimlane

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

9th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

AI-Powered Security Automation (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category, the mindshare of Splunk SOAR is 7.8%, up from 7.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Swimlane is 3.0%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Splunk SOAR	7.8%
Swimlane	3.0%
Other	89.2%

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

Featured Reviews

Shiboo Suren

Manager cybersecurity at Hexion Inc.

Automates threat response and reduces investigation time but needs better threat intelligence integration

One thing that we would like to see with Splunk SOAR is the expandability to the threat intelligence feed. Currently, we have limited ingestion to the threat intelligence feed for the correlation purpose. We would like to see it being integrated, with license cost or without license cost, to leading threat intelligence sources such as Recorded Future, Feedly, or Flare. That is something we would appreciate having integrated. The second thing on the improvement side is about exposed credential-related information. If we start ingesting those data to Splunk SOAR or SIEM with some sort of integration with threat intelligence feed, that will also improve our detection and prediction method or help us with the investigation.

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MoumitaDas

Software Engineer III at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Task persistence and integration ease have been key benefits

The best part of Swimlane is the persistent notifications and its ease of integration, requiring minimal coding. While it lacks response features, it can be integrated with messaging or queue services to achieve this. Any incident response requires additional integration since Swimlane itself doesn't react to incidents. Real-time data in terms of persistence is configurable, and without config, tasks persist indefinitely until completion. If using Appian versions below 11, integration features for Swimlane aren't available. By default, Swimlane lacks built-in intelligence, needing coding for integration. Although the Swimlane is beneficial and reduces manpower requirements, it's hindered by its lack of exposure. If exposed through services or endpoints, its functionality could be accessed without needing a local standalone application. On a scale of one to ten, this solution deserves a rating of nine.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The best feature in Splunk SOAR is the visual Playbook Editor. The drag-and-drop interfaces make visualizations and understanding workflows easy."

"In terms of deployment, there were no issues. It was pretty seamless."

"The product provides 100% automation for certain processes."

"The automation part of the product is great."

"The ability to automate Splunk SOAR and customize the playbook use cases is the most valuable feature and is very exciting for me."

"Before its use, analyzing each email would take at least 15 to 20 minutes, with some complex cases taking up to 30 minutes...With the automation provided by Splunk Phantom, we could significantly reduce the amount of time and human effort required to complete this task."

"Scalability is the best feature of the solution."

"The solution’s dashboard is really good and customizable. It also has a good UI."

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"It provides us with a single portal for our logs from different solutions."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the support."

"Swimlane is a very effective way to represent workflows involving multiple users."

"On a scale of one to ten, this solution deserves a rating of nine."

"Our primary goal was to reduce analyst time, and we have been successful in that."

"We are using it for a SOAR platform at a Cyber Security company which is MSSP."

"The biggest advantage of Swimlane for us is that it saves time, which in turn helps us in cost-saving."

"Swimlane enables two SOC analysts to work efficiently as much as ten analysts would without Swimlane, which translates to significant manpower savings."

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Cons

"They should integrate Splunk Enterprise Security better into Splunk Cloud."

"To make Splunk SOAR a better solution, there could be better built-in debugging tools, smarter playbook suggestions, and enhanced lifecycle management."

"We've run into a few minor issues. Some of the playbook writing is a bit complicated. We've had a few hiccups with the source control. We'd really like to use GitHub deployment keys for a dedicated account. We haven't been able to do that. I think those are some of the major ones."

"While there have been improvements to the investigation process, particularly with the playbook data, the current log review method is cumbersome."

"Splunk SOAR does not help me reduce my security event volume; in fact, it makes them massive."

"The scalability could be better."

"The Splunk SOAR platform was not designed specifically for case management which is why this area needs improvement."

"The tool's response is slower because it has to search through a huge dataset, which can be improved for latency."

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"There is a need for enhanced version control in Swimlane. Currently, our version does not support it, making it tough to move changes between environments during significant updates."

"I would like to see improvements in the minor bugs that occur with each update, as some features might have issues."

"We faced a lot of issues with the product’s stability."

"One of the disadvantages of Swimlane is that to manage the platform, we need hardcore developers."

"The initial setup and deployment are complex."

"Swimlane is not scalable because it is not exposed. Currently, it's a manual component that requires configuration through coding."

"The stability of the solution has room for improvement."

"Swimlane's search bar is not working effectively, and there is no option to differentiate between two cases at the same time."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Splunk SOAR is an expensive solution for an organization of our size."

"We renewed it this year. This year was the first time there was a dramatic increase in the price. It was kind of non-negotiable. It was just a high increase. We had internal communications, and it was definitely a surprise to us. In a short time frame, we renewed it this year. Prices are going up everywhere, but they are not always justifiable, at least not to our eyes. The pricing this year was definitely a big shock."

"Splunk SOAR is more expensive compared to other options for SOAR."

"It's very overpriced because it is based on the number of users. There is no bulk licensing."

"Splunk SOAR is moderately priced, neither cheap nor overly expensive."

"The cost is high and the licensing is on an annual basis."

"When we first purchased our Splunk SOAR license, it was based on an event-count model. It was based on the number of events. I had strong opinions at the time that automation should not be stifled by the amount of automation you can accomplish, so the previous structure was not as beneficial for us. Later that year, we got told or saw at a conference that they announced user-based pricing. We are now in a renewal period, so we migrated to a user-based license model, which is more appropriate for us so that we no longer have to worry about stifling our automation based on the quantity."

"In my opinion, the price is high, but if you want good products, you have to be willing to pay for them."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

University

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	31

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Splunk Phantom?

Splunk SOAR's quick response to incidents is the most valuable part.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Phantom?

I am familiar with the pricing aspect, setup cost, and licensing cost of Splunk SOAR, and it is pretty much similar to what industries are offering these days. We never had any issue when we had to...

What needs improvement with Splunk Phantom?

The visibility of Splunk SOAR's playbook viewer is rather unclear to me; I wonder what the visibility is for. There are indeed some problems with integrating Splunk SOAR with other Splunk products ...

What needs improvement with Swimlane?

One of the disadvantages of Swimlane is that to manage the platform, we need hardcore developers. We have recently seen new products such as Tines and Blink Ops coming into the market, where a pers...

What is your primary use case for Swimlane?

We are using Swimlane for automation purposes and security orchestration. We are using Swimlane's Playbook Automation. One of the major playbooks that we use in Swimlane is for phishing email autom...

What advice do you have for others considering Swimlane?

I would rate Swimlane a seven out of ten as a product.

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Overview

Splunk SOAR offers features like automation and orchestration of manual tasks, speeding up work, detection and response to advanced and emerging threats.

Go from overwhelmed to in-control

Automate manual tasks. Address every alert, every day. Establish repeatable procedures that allow security analysts to stop being reactive and focus on mission-critical objectives to protect your business.

Force multiply your team

Orchestrate and automate repetitive tasks, investigation and response to increase efficiency and productivity, and do more with the people you already have. Make a team of three feel like a team of 10.

From 30 minutes to 30 seconds

Work faster with Splunk SOAR. Respond to threats in seconds. Lower your mean time to respond (MTTR) by automating security tasks and workflows across all of your security tools.

End-to-end security operations made easy

Take advantage of Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk SOAR joining forces to provide a seamless and intuitive SecOps platform to prevent, detect and respond to advanced and emerging threats.

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Swimlane is a leader in security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR). By automating time-intensive, manual processes and operational workflows and delivering powerful, consolidated analytics, real time dashboards and reporting from across your security infrastructure, Swimlane maximizes the incident response capabilities of over-burdened and understaffed security operations.

Swimlane was founded to deliver scalable innovative and flexible security solutions to organizations struggling with alert fatigue, vendor proliferation and chronic staffing shortages. Swimlane is at the forefront of the growing market for security automation and orchestration solutions that automate and organize security processes in repeatable ways to get the most out of available resources and accelerate incident response.

Sample Customers

Recorded Future, Blackstone

LinkedIn, TransUnion, Citrix, Aetna, Perspecta

Splunk SOAR vs. Swimlane