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Exaforce vs Tines: facts side by side

The short answer

Exaforce is an AI SOC analyst product and Tines is a SOAR product. Both replace SOAR. Exaforce documents an optional service where its own people work the queue and a published integration count; Tines documents on-premises, hybrid or customer-tenant hosting and a published pricing unit or tiers. 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 Exaforce and Tines differ at a glance?

FactExaforceTines
Primary modelAI SOC analystSOAR
Also reaches intoMDRAI SOC analyst
Position on SOARReplaces SOARReplaces SOAR
Integrations130+ across IaaS, SaaS, identity, endpoint, SIEM, SOAR, email, ticketing, threat intel and AI.Not published
DeploymentNot publishedShared stack, self-hosted or hybrid; Tines says AI features are available wherever Tines is deployed.
PricingNot publishedFree edition: unlimited users and connectors, 3 live workflows, one-time $50 AI allowance. Paid editions: contact sales; startup program discounts.
ComplianceNot reviewedNot reviewed
Funding$75M Series A (April 2025) and $125M Series B (May 2026), per Exaforce's newsroom.$125M Series C at a $1.125B valuation, announced 11 February 2025.

Who carries each stage?

Exaforce

Work strip for Exaforce: Triage, AI agent; Investigate, AI agent; Respond, shared; Tune, not described; Nights and weekends, provider's analysts.TriageAI agentInvestigateAI agentRespondSharedTuneNot describedNights and weekendsProvider's analysts

Tines

Work strip for Tines: Triage, AI agent; Investigate, shared; Respond, shared; Tune, your analysts; Nights and weekends, not described.TriageAI agentInvestigateSharedRespondSharedTuneYour analystsNights and weekendsNot described
  • Your analysts
  • Rules you write
  • AI agent
  • Provider's analysts
  • Shared
  • Not described

Stages where they differ:

  • Investigate: Exaforce AI agent, Tines shared
  • Tune: Exaforce not described, Tines your analysts
  • Nights and weekends: Exaforce provider's analysts, Tines not described

Which capabilities does each document?

CapabilityExaforceTinesDifference
Optional service where the vendor's people work the queueDocumentedNot describedDiffers
On-premises, hybrid or your own cloud tenantNot describedDocumentedDiffers
Integration count publishedDocumentedNot describedDiffers
Pricing unit or tiers 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

What are the strengths and limits of each?

Exaforce

Strengths

  • Native response across endpoint, identity, cloud, SaaS and email, behind approval gates.
  • A choice of running it yourself or having Exaforce run it, on the same platform.

Limits

  • Deployment, tenancy and residency options are not described on the pages reviewed.
  • The only public price is a marketplace starter pack whose unit is not defined.

Tines

Strengths

  • Self-hosted and hybrid deployment, with AI available wherever Tines runs.
  • A free edition with published limits, so a team can build before talking to sales.

Limits

  • No prebuilt AI SOC analyst is described; your team designs the investigation logic.
  • No integration count, and paid editions have no public price.

When would you choose Exaforce, and when Tines?

Choose Exaforce if you need:

  • an optional service where its own people work the queue
  • a published integration count
  • Native response across endpoint, identity, cloud, SaaS and email, behind approval gates.

Choose Tines if you need:

  • on-premises, hybrid or customer-tenant hosting
  • a published pricing unit or tiers
  • Self-hosted and hybrid deployment, with AI available wherever Tines runs.

What does each vendor say about its own results?

Exaforce

Tines

No vendor figures were collected for Tines.

Asked often about this page

Which is better, Exaforce or Tines?

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

Do Exaforce and Tines publish pricing?

Tines publishes tiers or a pricing unit; Exaforce does not publish pricing on its own site. Neither publishes a paid list price there.

Can Exaforce and Tines be used together?

Our sources do not describe an integration between Exaforce and Tines. Ask both vendors before planning to run them together.

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Fit finderOrder vendors by the needs your answers imply.Which modelThe decision guide for all four models.Exaforce profileAn agentic SOC in which Exabots handle detection, triage, investigation and response, run by your team or managed by Exaforce.Tines profileA workflow platform for AI agents, apps and automation that positions itself as a modern SOAR, with an AI SOC use case built from workflows.