PLATFORM REVIEW · LAST CHECKED SEPTEMBER 2026 · EDITORIAL ASSESSMENT

7AI review: agentic security with step-by-step readable investigations

Cyber AI Comparison team · Based on vendor websites, docs and funding announcements, last checked September 2026

What to know

7AI scores 6.75 out of 10, eighth among AI SOC platforms. Its investigations are the most readable described publicly: each agent's mission, tools, exact requests and responses, and conclusion. It publishes no integration count or deployment options, and its only price is an AWS Marketplace contract price.

What is 7AI?

7AI sells an agentic security platform covering investigations, detection, response, threat hunting and a federated SIEM that queries data where it lives. It also offers PLAID ELITE, in which 7AI's experts run the platform 24x7, and on-demand DFIR.

How does 7AI handle the alert queue?

AI agents take every alert from source to a determination. Every step is open: you can read the agent's mission, the tools it ran, the exact request and response, and its conclusion. Response actions such as revoking a session, resetting a password or isolating a host run against your existing tools, behind approval gates with a full audit trail.

How does 7AI score?

Investigation depth per alert · 20%
8 / 10
AI agents investigate every alert end to end, with federated SIEM queries that read data where it lives.
Explainability of verdicts · 15%
9 / 10
Every step is open: each agent's mission, the tools it ran, the exact request and response, and its conclusion.
Coverage of alert sources · 15%
6 / 10
Covers endpoint, identity, email and cloud actions but publishes no integration count or catalogue on the pages reviewed.
Human-in-the-loop controls · 15%
8 / 10
Humans on the loop with approval gates and a full audit trail; concrete actions such as revoking a session or isolating a host run against existing tools.
Transition effort from an existing SOAR · 15%
6 / 10
Builds response automation into the platform, and 7AI calls itself a force multiplier rather than a replacement; no playbook translation is described.
Deployment model options · 10%
4 / 10
Deployment options are not described on the pages reviewed.
Pricing transparency · 10%
4 / 10
No price page on 7AI's site; AWS Marketplace lists the 7AI Agentic SOC Platform at $50,000 per 12-month contract, with custom pricing on request.

Weighted score: 6.75 / 10 (computed from the weights on /method#how-we-score)

Where does 7AI fall short?

Where it loses

Investigation depth per alert: 8 (leader: Mate Security 9)
Coverage of alert sources: 6 (leader: Cortex XSOAR 10)
Human-in-the-loop controls: 8 (leader: Mate Security and Artemis Security 9)
Transition effort from an existing SOAR: 6 (leader: Mate Security and Cortex XSOAR 9)
Deployment model options: 4 (leader: Cortex XSOAR and Splunk SOAR and Tines 9)
Pricing transparency: 4 (leader: Dropzone AI and Intezer 5)

Integration catalogue and deployment options not published.
No price page; one marketplace contract price only.

What does moving from SOAR to 7AI involve?

7AI describes itself as a force multiplier rather than a replacement, building response into the platform and connecting to the tools you own. Teams can keep their SOAR and move investigation first.

Facts at a glance

7AI: facts from public vendor material
Fact	Detail
What it is	7AI Agentic Security Platform: investigations, detection, response, threat hunting, federated SIEM.
Explainability	"You can read each agent's mission, the tools it ran, the exact request and response, and the conclusion it drew."
Response	Concrete actions (revoke session, reset password, isolate host) executed against existing tools, with approval gates and a full audit trail.
SOAR position	Builds response automation into the platform and "connects to the tools you own rather than replacing them"; 7AI calls it "a force multiplier, not a replacement".
Services	PLAID ELITE (7AI experts run the platform 24x7) and on-demand DFIR.
Integrations	Count Not published on pages reviewed.
Deployment	Not published on pages reviewed.
Pricing	No price page; AWS Marketplace $50,000 per 12-month contract, custom pricing on request.

Source: 7ai.com · 7ai.com/platform/investigations · 7ai.com/platform/response · AWS Marketplace: 7AI · Reviewed Sep 2026

Strengths

The most detailed public description of step-level investigation transparency.
Native response actions with approval gates.
Managed service option.

Who should shortlist 7AI?

Teams whose analysts will not trust a verdict they cannot trace step by step, and teams that want a managed option. Confirm integrations and deployment model early, since neither is published.