Side by side
Cortex XSOAR vs Prophet Security: facts side by side
The short answer
XSOAR is a SOAR product and Prophet is an AI SOC analyst product. XSOAR adds AI inside SOAR, while Prophet replaces SOAR. XSOAR documents on-premises, hybrid or customer-tenant hosting; Prophet documents an optional service where its own people work the queue and a single-tenant option. 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 XSOAR and Prophet differ at a glance?
| Fact | XSOAR | Prophet |
|---|---|---|
| Primary model | SOAR | AI SOC analyst |
| Also reaches into | AI SOC analyst | MDR |
| Position on SOAR | Adds AI inside SOAR | Replaces SOAR |
| Integrations | 900+ prebuilt integrations and automation packs; thousands of security actions in the Marketplace. | 200+ out of the box. |
| Deployment | Cortex XSOAR 8 SaaS, Cortex XSOAR 8 On-prem (end of life 30 September 2029 per Palo Alto documentation) and Cortex XSOAR 6. | Single-tenant; customer data in individual datastores; bring-your-own-key option; runs on AWS. On-premises: not described. |
| Pricing | Not published | Not published |
| Compliance | Not reviewed | SOC 2 Type II (report on request) |
| Funding | Not in our sources | Not in our sources |
Who carries each stage?
Cortex XSOAR
Prophet Security
- Your analysts
- Rules you write
- AI agent
- Provider's analysts
- Shared
- Not described
Stages where they differ:
- Triage: XSOAR rules you write, Prophet AI agent
- Investigate: XSOAR shared, Prophet AI agent
- Respond: XSOAR rules you write, Prophet shared
- Tune: XSOAR your analysts, Prophet shared
- Nights and weekends: XSOAR rules you write, Prophet provider's analysts
Which capabilities does each document?
| Capability | XSOAR | Prophet | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optional service where the vendor's people work the queue | Not described | Documented | Differs |
| On-premises, hybrid or your own cloud tenant | Documented | Not described | Differs |
| Single-tenant option | 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 | |
| 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?
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.
Prophet
Strengths
- Native, scoped response with a sign-off option, so response does not depend on a SOAR.
- An optional human service for teams without 24x7 staff, plus single-tenant hosting with BYOK.
Limits
- Pricing is not published.
- No path for translating existing SOAR playbooks is described, and hosting is AWS only on the pages reviewed.
When would you choose XSOAR, and when Prophet?
Choose XSOAR if you need:
- on-premises, hybrid or customer-tenant hosting
- The largest integration and content catalog among the vendors here.
Choose Prophet if you need:
- an optional service where its own people work the queue
- a single-tenant option
- Native, scoped response with a sign-off option, so response does not depend on a SOAR.
What does each vendor say about its own results?
XSOAR
Prophet
No vendor figures were collected for Prophet.
Asked often about this page
Which is better, XSOAR or Prophet?
We do not rank vendors. XSOAR documents on-premises, hybrid or customer-tenant hosting and Prophet documents an optional service where its own people work the queue. The fit finder orders vendors by the needs your answers imply.
Do XSOAR and Prophet publish pricing?
Neither publishes pricing on its own site.
Can XSOAR and Prophet be used together?
Our sources do not describe an integration between XSOAR and Prophet. 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.XSOAR profilePalo Alto Networks' SOAR platform, with Cortex AgentiX described as its next generation.Prophet profileAn AI SOC analyst with scoped response actions and an optional 24x7 human review service.