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Dropzone AI vs Prophet Security: facts side by side
The short answer
Both Dropzone AI and Prophet are AI SOC analyst products. Dropzone AI works beside SOAR, while Prophet replaces SOAR. Dropzone AI documents a multi-tenant or MSSP offering, a data residency option and a published pricing unit or tiers; Prophet documents running response actions itself, approval or sign-off before actions and acting alone on some cases. 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 Dropzone AI and Prophet differ at a glance?
| Fact | Dropzone AI | Prophet |
|---|---|---|
| Primary model | AI SOC analyst | AI SOC analyst |
| Also reaches into | None | MDR |
| Position on SOAR | Works beside SOAR | Replaces SOAR |
| Integrations | 90+ across 14 categories, including SOAR tools (Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, Tines, Torq, D3 Security, IBM QRadar SOAR, Swimlane). | 200+ out of the box. |
| Deployment | Standard service; Enterprise with a dedicated single-tenant environment; MSSP with a dedicated multi-tenant environment; EU data residency option. | Single-tenant; customer data in individual datastores; bring-your-own-key option; runs on AWS. On-premises: not described. |
| Pricing | Priced on investigation capacity ("Pay for the Investigation Capacity Your Team Needs"). Base subscription: up to 4,000 full investigations per year per AI analyst, unlimited users, all alert categories and pre-built integrations, 8-hour support SLA, volume discounts and extra capacity. Enterprise (single-tenant) and MSSP (multi-tenant, pooled AI analysts) by contact. No list price shown; a POC program is offered. | Not published |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II | SOC 2 Type II (report on request) |
| Funding | $37M Series B led by Theory Ventures, reported in Dropzone AI's January 2026 release. | Not in our sources |
Who carries each stage?
Dropzone AI
Prophet Security
- Your analysts
- Rules you write
- AI agent
- Provider's analysts
- Shared
- Not described
Stages where they differ:
- Respond: Dropzone AI rules you write, Prophet shared
- Tune: Dropzone AI not described, Prophet shared
- Nights and weekends: Dropzone AI AI agent, Prophet provider's analysts
Which capabilities does each document?
| Capability | Dropzone AI | Prophet | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runs response actions itself | Not described | Documented | Differs |
| Approval or sign-off before actions | Not described | Documented | Differs |
| Can act alone on some cases | Not described | Documented | Differs |
| Optional service where the vendor's people work the queue | Not described | Documented | Differs |
| Multi-tenant or MSSP offering | Documented | Not described | Differs |
| Data residency option | Documented | Not described | Differs |
| Pricing unit or tiers published | Documented | Not described | Differs |
| Translates existing SOAR playbooks | Not described | Not described | |
| On-premises, hybrid or your own cloud tenant | Not described | Not described | |
| Single-tenant option | Documented | Documented | |
| Integration count published | Documented | Documented |
What are the strengths and limits of each?
Dropzone AI
Strengths
- Adds AI investigation without retiring playbooks, with 90+ integrations including seven SOAR tools.
- Publishes its tiers and pricing unit, and offers single-tenant and EU residency options.
Limits
- You keep paying for and maintaining a SOAR for response.
- List prices need a sales conversation.
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 Dropzone AI, and when Prophet?
Choose Dropzone AI if you need:
- a multi-tenant or MSSP offering
- a data residency option
- a published pricing unit or tiers
- Adds AI investigation without retiring playbooks, with 90+ integrations including seven SOAR tools.
Choose Prophet if you need:
- running response actions itself
- approval or sign-off before actions
- acting alone on some cases
- 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?
Dropzone AI
Prophet
No vendor figures were collected for Prophet.
Asked often about this page
Which is better, Dropzone AI or Prophet?
We do not rank vendors. Dropzone AI documents a multi-tenant or MSSP offering and Prophet documents running response actions itself. The fit finder orders vendors by the needs your answers imply.
Do Dropzone AI and Prophet publish pricing?
Dropzone AI publishes tiers or a pricing unit; Prophet does not publish pricing on its own site. Neither publishes a paid list price there.
Can Dropzone AI and Prophet be used together?
Our sources do not describe an integration between Dropzone AI 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.Dropzone AI profileAn AI SOC analyst that investigates alerts end to end and hands response to the SOAR you already run.Prophet profileAn AI SOC analyst with scoped response actions and an optional 24x7 human review service.