HEAD-TO-HEAD · UPDATED 13 OCTOBER 2026 · EDITORIAL ASSESSMENT
Exaforce vs Mate Security
Cyber AI Comparison team · Based on vendor websites, docs and funding announcements, last checked October 2026
What to know
Mate Security scores higher than Exaforce on our SOAR replacement weights, 7.80 to 6.90. Exaforce leads on alert source coverage, Mate Security leads on investigation depth, explainability, human-in-the-loop controls, transition effort from SOAR and deployment options, and they tie on pricing transparency. Exaforce is positioned to replace SOAR; Mate Security is positioned to replace SOAR.
Exaforce
6.90 / 10
Mate Security
7.80 / 10
How do Exaforce and Mate Security compare criterion by criterion?
| Criterion | Weight | Exaforce | Mate Security | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigation depth per alert | 20% | 8 | 9 | Mate Security |
| Explainability of verdicts | 15% | 6 | 9 | Mate Security |
| Coverage of alert sources | 15% | 8 | 7 | Exaforce |
| Human-in-the-loop controls | 15% | 8 | 9 | Mate Security |
| Transition effort from an existing SOAR | 15% | 8 | 9 | Mate Security |
| Deployment model options | 10% | 4 | 5 | Mate Security |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | 4 | 4 | Tie |
| Weighted score | 100% | 6.90 | 7.80 | Mate Security |
Exaforce leads on 1 criteria, Mate Security on 5, tied on 1.
Where Mate Security loses in this comparison
- Coverage of alert sources: Mate Security 7, Exaforce 8
Where does each one win?
Exaforce leads on
- Coverage of alert sources: 8 vs 7. 130+ integrations across IaaS, SaaS, identity, endpoint, SIEM, SOAR, email, ticketing and threat intelligence; Exaforce says it ingests from over 100 sources.
Mate Security leads on
- Investigation depth per alert: 8 vs 9. Investigates each alert against its Security Context Graph of memories, decision traces, guardrails and architecture, with domain logic for cloud, insider, email, endpoint, identity and phishing alerts.
- Explainability of verdicts: 6 vs 9. Verdicts come with an evidence trail the team can audit and tune, and decision traces record why analysts decided what they did.
- Human-in-the-loop controls: 8 vs 9. Three modes (Recommend only, Supervised, Auto-run), graduated autonomy with guardrails enforced outside the agent's reasoning loop, and rollback to Supervised when verdicts conflict with analyst reviews.
- Transition effort from an existing SOAR: 8 vs 9. States it translates existing SOAR playbooks into Gamebooks, replacing brittle API calls while keeping custom logic; the Gamebooks page is built around the SOAR comparison.
- Deployment model options: 4 vs 5. SaaS. Mate says it is built on AWS infrastructure and sells through AWS Marketplace; its trust center lists Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud as cloud subprocessors. Self-hosted, customer-tenant and data residency options: not described.
How does pricing compare?
| Fact | Exaforce | Mate Security |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing basis (published) | No pricing page. AWS Marketplace lists an Agentic SOC Starter Pack at $75,000 per 12-month contract; the unit is not defined. | No price page on Mate's site. AWS Marketplace lists $150,000 per 12-month contract for the Mate Enterprise Tier (usage tier not defined); private offers on request. |
| Pricing unit | Not published | Not published |
| Cost | Not published, contact sales | Not published, contact sales |
Source: AWS Marketplace: Exaforce · AWS Marketplace: Mate Security · Reviewed Sep 2026
Facts side by side
| Fact | Exaforce | Mate Security |
|---|---|---|
| Stance | Replaces SOAR | Replaces SOAR |
| Integrations | 130+ | Not published |
| Deployment | Not published (self-run or managed service) | SaaS. Mate says it is built on AWS infrastructure and sells through AWS Marketplace; its trust center lists Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud as cloud subprocessors. Self-hosted, customer-tenant and data residency options: not described. |
| Pricing | AWS Marketplace starter pack $75,000 / 12 months | AWS Marketplace $150,000 / 12 months |
| Autonomy/response | Isolate cloud instances, quarantine or delete emails, block IPs, disable endpoints, reset MFA or passwords, suspend users, revoke sessions (Okta, Entra ID, AWS, email). | Recommend only; Supervised (low-risk steps run, risky changes need approval); Auto-run for trusted categories under guardrails and audit. |
Source: exaforce.com · exaforce.com/platform/integrations · exaforce.com/platform/exabot-respond · exaforce.com/newsroom · AWS Marketplace listing · Reviewed Sep 2026
Source: mate.security · mate.security/platform · mate.security/platform/gamebooks · mate.security/blog/introducing-gamebooks-can-you-script-the-whole-game · mate.security/blog/mate-security-now-available-on-aws-marketplace · mate.security/about · mate.security/newsroom · AWS Marketplace: Mate Security · Reviewed Sep 2026
Which should you choose?
Choose Exaforce if alert source coverage and investigation depth matter most. 130+ integrations across IaaS, SaaS, identity, endpoint, SIEM, SOAR, email, ticketing and threat intelligence; Exaforce says it ingests from over 100 sources. Exabots handle detection, triage, investigation and response on a unified data layer and knowledge graph, with separate models for data relationships, anomaly detection and reasoning.
Choose Mate Security if explainability and investigation depth matter most. Verdicts come with an evidence trail the team can audit and tune, and decision traces record why analysts decided what they did. Investigates each alert against its Security Context Graph of memories, decision traces, guardrails and architecture, with domain logic for cloud, insider, email, endpoint, identity and phishing alerts.
Frequently asked questions
Which scores higher, Exaforce or Mate Security?
Mate Security scores 7.80 and Exaforce 6.90 on our SOAR replacement rubric (editorial assessment, 0–10).
Do Exaforce and Mate Security replace SOAR?
Exaforce's published stance: Replaces SOAR. Mate Security's published stance: Replaces SOAR. See the SOAR Stance Index.
Do Exaforce and Mate Security publish pricing?
Exaforce: No pricing page. AWS Marketplace lists an Agentic SOC Starter Pack at $75,000 per 12-month contract; the unit is not defined. Mate Security: No price page on Mate's site. AWS Marketplace lists $150,000 per 12-month contract for the Mate Enterprise Tier (usage tier not defined); private offers on request.