Side by side
Artemis Security vs Cortex XSOAR: facts side by side
The short answer
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 Artemis and XSOAR differ at a glance?
| Fact | Artemis | XSOAR |
|---|---|---|
| Primary model | AI SOC analyst | SOAR |
| Also reaches into | SOARMDR | AI SOC analyst |
| Position on SOAR | Replaces SOAR | Adds AI inside SOAR |
| Integrations | 240+ connectors (Artemis states), including Splunk, Splunk SOAR, Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike NG-SIEM, Snowflake, AWS Athena, BigQuery, Entra ID, Okta, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne and Defender XDR. | 900+ prebuilt integrations and automation packs; thousands of security actions in the Marketplace. |
| Deployment | Hot-path data ingested, high-volume data queried where it lives; on-premises execution of response actions described. Tenancy and residency: 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. |
| Pricing | Not published | Not published |
| Compliance | Not reviewed | Not reviewed |
| Funding | $70M in seed and Series A funding at launch (15 April 2026); Series A led by Felicis. | Not in our sources |
Who carries each stage?
Artemis Security
Cortex XSOAR
- Your analysts
- Rules you write
- AI agent
- Provider's analysts
- Shared
- Not described
Stages where they differ:
- Triage: Artemis AI agent, XSOAR rules you write
- Investigate: Artemis AI agent, XSOAR shared
- Respond: Artemis shared, XSOAR rules you write
- Tune: Artemis shared, XSOAR your analysts
- Nights and weekends: Artemis provider's analysts, XSOAR rules you write
Which capabilities does each document?
| Capability | Artemis | XSOAR | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optional service where the vendor's people work the queue | Documented | Not described | Differs |
| On-premises, hybrid or your own cloud tenant | Not described | Documented | Differs |
| Runs response actions itself | Documented | Documented | |
| Approval or sign-off before actions | Documented | Documented | |
| Can act alone on some cases | Documented | Documented | |
| Translates existing SOAR playbooks | Not described | Not described | |
| Multi-tenant or MSSP offering | Not described | Not described | |
| Single-tenant option | Not described | Not described | |
| Data residency option | Not described | Not described | |
| Integration count published | Documented | Documented | |
| Pricing unit or tiers published | Not described | Not described |
What are the strengths and limits of each?
Artemis
Strengths
- Approval set per action and per connector, with impact previews before containment.
- 240+ connectors (Artemis states), with high-volume data queried where it lives.
Limits
- No public pricing.
- Out of stealth only since April 2026; tenancy and residency options are not 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 Artemis, and when XSOAR?
Choose Artemis if you need:
- an optional service where its own people work the queue
- Approval set per action and per connector, with impact previews before containment.
Choose XSOAR if you need:
- on-premises, hybrid or customer-tenant hosting
- The largest integration and content catalog among the vendors here.
What does each vendor say about its own results?
Artemis
XSOAR
Asked often about this page
Which is better, Artemis or XSOAR?
We do not rank vendors. Artemis 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 Artemis and XSOAR publish pricing?
Neither publishes pricing on its own site.
Can Artemis and XSOAR be used together?
Our sources do not describe an integration between Artemis and XSOAR. Ask both vendors before planning to run them together.