PLATFORM REVIEW · LAST CHECKED OCTOBER 2026 · EDITORIAL ASSESSMENT
Tines review: a workflow platform for building your own AI SOC
Cyber AI Comparison team · Based on vendor websites, docs and funding announcements, last checked October 2026
What to know
Tines scores 6.85 out of 10 for replacing SOAR, seventh among AI SOC platforms. It is the only AI SOC option here with self-hosted and hybrid deployment described, and it publishes a free edition with limits. It loses on investigation depth, because depth depends on the workflows your team builds and no prebuilt AI SOC analyst is described; on explainability, where agent reasoning behind a verdict is less documented; and on alert source coverage, where no integration count is published.
What is Tines?
Tines calls itself "The secure environment for AI agents, apps and automation"; the current product is Tines 3B. Its AI SOC use case covers "alert intake, triage, and remediation, routing to an analyst when needed". Agents run in Task mode or Chat mode and are built no-code on the Storyboard; Workbench is a Tines-powered AI copilot and Cases is case and incident management with an audit trail. The Tines blog reports a $125M Series C at a $1.125B valuation in February 2025.
How does Tines handle the alert queue?
Enrichment, investigation and response workflows are built in natural language and combine agentic and deterministic steps. Examples in the Tines library include creating a case, escalating, resetting a password, suspending departing-user accounts in Gmail, Okta and Slack, and alert response with CrowdStrike and SentinelOne. Workflows can run "fully autonomous, deterministic, or with a human in the loop", with approvals and built-in oversight. AI is hosted on AWS Bedrock or on a provider you bring, and Tines says it is stateless, private, geo-bound and tenant-scoped, with no training and no logging.
How does Tines score?
Investigation depth per alert · 20%
6 / 10AI agents and workflows handle alert intake, triage, investigation and remediation, but depth depends on the workflows a team builds; no prebuilt AI SOC analyst is described.
Explainability of verdicts · 15%
6 / 10Tines states full visibility and auditability over every action taken; how agent reasoning behind a verdict is shown is less documented on the pages reviewed.
Coverage of alert sources · 15%
7 / 10Says it integrates with any vendor in your stack, with unlimited connectors even on the free edition, but publishes no integration count or catalogue.
Human-in-the-loop controls · 15%
8 / 10Fully autonomous, deterministic or human-in-the-loop modes, approvals and built-in oversight, and you control what goes live.
Transition effort from an existing SOAR · 15%
8 / 10Positions itself as a modern SOAR against legacy SOAR platforms, with no-code and natural-language building and agentic plus deterministic steps; playbooks are rebuilt rather than translated.
Deployment model options · 10%
9 / 10Shared stack, self-hosted or hybrid, with AI features available wherever Tines is deployed and AI described as geo-bound and tenant-scoped.
Pricing transparency · 10%
4 / 10A free edition with published limits (3 live workflows, a one-time $50 AI allowance); paid editions have no public price.
Weighted score: 6.85 / 10 (computed from the weights on /method#how-we-score)
Where does Tines fall short?
Where it loses
- Investigation depth per alert: 6 (leader: Mate Security 9)
- Explainability of verdicts: 6 (leader: Mate Security and 7AI 9)
- Coverage of alert sources: 7 (leader: Cortex XSOAR 10)
- Human-in-the-loop controls: 8 (leader: Mate Security and Artemis Security 9)
- Transition effort from an existing SOAR: 8 (leader: Mate Security and Cortex XSOAR 9)
- Pricing transparency: 4 (leader: Dropzone AI and Intezer 5)
- No prebuilt AI SOC analyst is described; your team designs the investigation logic.
- No integration count published.
- Paid editions have no public price.
What does moving from SOAR to Tines involve?
Tines positions itself as a modern SOAR against legacy SOAR platforms. The route is a rebuild with no-code and natural-language building, not a translation of existing playbooks. Because the investigation logic is yours to design, plan time for your team to write it, and use the free edition (3 live workflows, a one-time $50 AI allowance) to test before a sales conversation.
Facts at a glance
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| What it is | Tines calls itself "The secure environment for AI agents, apps and automation"; current product Tines 3B. |
| AI SOC | "AI SOC: alert intake, triage, and remediation, routing to an analyst when needed"; enrichment, investigation and response workflows built using natural language. |
| Agents | Task mode and Chat mode, built no-code on the Storyboard, combining agentic and deterministic steps. Workbench is a Tines-powered AI copilot; Cases is case and incident management with an audit trail. |
| Response examples (Tines library) | Create case, escalate, reset password, suspend departing-user accounts in Gmail, Okta and Slack, alert response with CrowdStrike and SentinelOne. |
| Autonomy | "Fully autonomous, deterministic, or with a human in the loop"; approvals and built-in oversight. |
| AI handling | AI hosted on AWS Bedrock or bring your own provider; Tines says its AI is stateless, private, geo-bound and tenant-scoped, with no training and no logging. MCP servers and clients supported. |
| Integrations | Any vendor through any API. Count: Not published. |
| Deployment | Shared stack, self-hosted or hybrid. |
| Pricing | Free edition (unlimited users and connectors, 3 live workflows, one-time $50 AI allowance); paid editions: Not published. |
| Funding (Tines blog) | $125M Series C at a $1.125B valuation, February 2025. |
Source: tines.com · tines.com/solutions/security/ai-soc · tines.com/solutions/security/soar · tines.com/stories/agents · tines.com/ai-in-tines · tines.com/pricing · tines.com/blog/series-c-fundraise · Reviewed Sep 2026
Strengths
- The only AI SOC option here with self-hosted and hybrid deployment described.
- A free edition with published limits, so a team can build before talking to sales.
- Agentic and deterministic steps in one workflow builder, with your choice of LLM provider.
Who should shortlist Tines?
Teams that need self-hosted or hybrid deployment, teams that want to choose their own LLM provider, and teams with automation engineers who prefer to design their own investigation workflows. Teams that want a prebuilt AI SOC analyst, a published integration count or paid-edition prices should compare the alternatives.
What are the alternatives to Tines?
Head-to-heads with Tines
- Mate Security 7.80 vs Tines 6.85
- Cortex XSOAR 7.25 vs Tines 6.85
- Artemis Security 7.10 vs Tines 6.85
- Torq AI SOC Platform 7.10 vs Tines 6.85
- Dropzone AI 7.00 vs Tines 6.85
- Prophet Security 7.00 vs Tines 6.85
- Exaforce 6.90 vs Tines 6.85
- Tines 6.85 vs 7AI 6.75
- Tines 6.85 vs Splunk SOAR 6.55
- Tines 6.85 vs Conifers CognitiveSOC 6.45
- Tines 6.85 vs Intezer 6.25
Frequently asked questions
Can Tines be self-hosted?
Yes. Tines describes shared, self-hosted and hybrid deployment, with AI features available wherever Tines is deployed.
Is Tines free?
Tines publishes a free edition with unlimited users and connectors, 3 live workflows and a one-time $50 AI allowance. Paid editions have no public price.