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7AI vs Cortex XSOAR: facts side by side

The short answer

7AI is an AI SOC analyst product and XSOAR is a SOAR product. 7AI works beside SOAR, while XSOAR adds AI inside SOAR. 7AI documents an optional service where its own people work the queue; XSOAR documents on-premises, hybrid or customer-tenant hosting and a published integration count. We do not name a winner: which fits depends on your team, and the fit finder can order them by your answers.

By The Triage Desk · AI Cyber Compare · Published 2026-10-08

Desk research from public vendor pages: vendor facts read September 2026, updated 2026-10-13. Editorial reading of what vendors publish; we did not run the products and did not interview vendors.

How do 7AI and XSOAR differ at a glance?

Fact7AIXSOAR
Primary modelAI SOC analystSOAR
Also reaches intoMDRAI SOC analyst
Position on SOARWorks beside SOARAdds AI inside SOAR
IntegrationsNot published900+ prebuilt integrations and automation packs; thousands of security actions in the Marketplace.
DeploymentAvailable through the AWS Security Hub Extended plan (announced 26 February 2026). Self-hosted or on-premises: not described.Cortex XSOAR 8 SaaS, Cortex XSOAR 8 On-prem (end of life 30 September 2029 per Palo Alto documentation) and Cortex XSOAR 6.
PricingNot publishedNot published
ComplianceSOC 2 Type II (security and confidentiality), audited by Decrypt Compliance. ISO 27001: not stated.Not reviewed
Funding7AI states $166M in total funding.Not in our sources

Who carries each stage?

7AI

Work strip for 7AI: Triage, AI agent; Investigate, AI agent; Respond, shared; Tune, shared; Nights and weekends, provider's analysts.TriageAI agentInvestigateAI agentRespondSharedTuneSharedNights and weekendsProvider's analysts

Cortex XSOAR

Work strip for Cortex XSOAR: Triage, rules you write; Investigate, shared; Respond, rules you write; Tune, your analysts; Nights and weekends, rules you write.TriageRules you writeInvestigateSharedRespondRules you writeTuneYour analystsNights and weekendsRules you write
  • Your analysts
  • Rules you write
  • AI agent
  • Provider's analysts
  • Shared
  • Not described

Stages where they differ:

  • Triage: 7AI AI agent, XSOAR rules you write
  • Investigate: 7AI AI agent, XSOAR shared
  • Respond: 7AI shared, XSOAR rules you write
  • Tune: 7AI shared, XSOAR your analysts
  • Nights and weekends: 7AI provider's analysts, XSOAR rules you write

Which capabilities does each document?

Capability7AIXSOARDifference
Optional service where the vendor's people work the queueDocumentedNot describedDiffers
On-premises, hybrid or your own cloud tenantNot describedDocumentedDiffers
Integration count publishedNot describedDocumentedDiffers
Runs response actions itselfDocumentedDocumented
Approval or sign-off before actionsDocumentedDocumented
Can act alone on some casesDocumentedDocumented
Translates existing SOAR playbooksNot describedNot described
Multi-tenant or MSSP offeringNot describedNot described
Single-tenant optionNot describedNot described
Data residency optionNot describedNot described
Pricing unit or tiers publishedNot describedNot described

What are the strengths and limits of each?

7AI

Strengths

  • The most detailed public description of step-level investigation records among the vendors here.
  • Native response actions behind approval gates, plus an optional 24x7 expert service.

Limits

  • Integration count and catalog are not published.
  • Only a marketplace contract price is public, and no self-hosted or on-premises deployment is described.

XSOAR

Strengths

  • The largest integration and content catalog among the vendors here.
  • SaaS and on-premises editions, and a route to agents without migrating playbooks.

Limits

  • Investigation depth per alert still depends largely on the playbooks your team maintains.
  • Pricing is not published, and XSOAR 8 On-prem has a stated end-of-life date of 30 September 2029.

When would you choose 7AI, and when XSOAR?

Choose 7AI if you need:

  • an optional service where its own people work the queue
  • The most detailed public description of step-level investigation records among the vendors here.

Choose XSOAR if you need:

  • on-premises, hybrid or customer-tenant hosting
  • a published integration count
  • The largest integration and content catalog among the vendors here.

What does each vendor say about its own results?

7AI

XSOAR

Asked often about this page

Which is better, 7AI or XSOAR?

We do not rank vendors. 7AI documents an optional service where its own people work the queue and XSOAR documents on-premises, hybrid or customer-tenant hosting. The fit finder orders vendors by the needs your answers imply.

Do 7AI and XSOAR publish pricing?

Neither publishes pricing on its own site.

Can 7AI and XSOAR be used together?

Our sources do not describe an integration between 7AI and XSOAR. Ask both vendors before planning to run them together.

Read next

Fit finderOrder vendors by the needs your answers imply.Which modelThe decision guide for all four models.7AI profileAn agentic security platform whose investigations show each agent's mission, tools, requests, responses and conclusion.XSOAR profilePalo Alto Networks' SOAR platform, with Cortex AgentiX described as its next generation.