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Cortex XSOAR vs Splunk SOAR: facts side by side

The short answer

Both XSOAR and Splunk SOAR are SOAR products. Both add AI inside SOAR. Among the capabilities we track, neither documents something the other lacks. 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 Splunk SOAR differ at a glance?

FactXSOARSplunk SOAR
Primary modelSOARSOAR
Also reaches intoAI SOC analystSIEM copilot
Position on SOARAdds AI inside SOARAdds AI inside SOAR
Integrations900+ prebuilt integrations and automation packs; thousands of security actions in the Marketplace.300+ third-party tools and 2,800+ automated actions.
DeploymentCortex XSOAR 8 SaaS, Cortex XSOAR 8 On-prem (end of life 30 September 2029 per Palo Alto documentation) and Cortex XSOAR 6.Cloud, on-premises or hybrid.
PricingNot publishedNot published
ComplianceNot reviewedNot reviewed
FundingNot in our sourcesNot in our sources

Who carries each stage?

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

Splunk SOAR

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

Stages where they differ:

  • Investigate: XSOAR shared, Splunk SOAR rules you write

Which capabilities does each document?

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

Splunk SOAR

Strengths

  • Broad action library and the widest deployment choice here: cloud, on-premises or hybrid.
  • The natural fit for teams whose SIEM is Splunk Enterprise Security.

Limits

  • The AI capabilities sit in Enterprise Security; SOAR on its own is playbook-driven.
  • Prices are not published.

When would you choose XSOAR, and when Splunk SOAR?

Choose XSOAR if you need:

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

Choose Splunk SOAR if you need:

  • Broad action library and the widest deployment choice here: cloud, on-premises or hybrid.
  • The natural fit for teams whose SIEM is Splunk Enterprise Security.

What does each vendor say about its own results?

XSOAR

Splunk SOAR

No vendor figures were collected for Splunk SOAR.

Asked often about this page

Which is better, XSOAR or Splunk SOAR?

We do not rank vendors. XSOAR documents the largest integration and content catalog among the vendors here and Splunk SOAR documents broad action library and the widest deployment choice here: cloud, on-premises or hybrid. The fit finder orders vendors by the needs your answers imply.

Do XSOAR and Splunk SOAR publish pricing?

Neither publishes pricing on its own site.

Can XSOAR and Splunk SOAR be used together?

Our sources do not describe an integration between XSOAR and Splunk SOAR. 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.Splunk SOAR profileSplunk's SOAR, now a native capability inside Splunk Enterprise Security.