HEAD-TO-HEAD · UPDATED 13 OCTOBER 2026 · EDITORIAL ASSESSMENT
Mate Security vs Tines
Cyber AI Comparison team · Based on vendor websites, docs and funding announcements, last checked October 2026
What to know
Mate Security scores higher than Tines on our SOAR replacement weights, 7.80 to 6.85. Mate Security leads on investigation depth, explainability, human-in-the-loop controls and transition effort from SOAR, Tines leads on deployment options, and they tie on alert source coverage and pricing transparency. Mate Security is positioned to replace SOAR; Tines is positioned to replace SOAR.
Mate Security
7.80 / 10
Tines
6.85 / 10
How do Mate Security and Tines compare criterion by criterion?
| Criterion | Weight | Mate Security | Tines | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigation depth per alert | 20% | 9 | 6 | Mate Security |
| Explainability of verdicts | 15% | 9 | 6 | Mate Security |
| Coverage of alert sources | 15% | 7 | 7 | Tie |
| Human-in-the-loop controls | 15% | 9 | 8 | Mate Security |
| Transition effort from an existing SOAR | 15% | 9 | 8 | Mate Security |
| Deployment model options | 10% | 5 | 9 | Tines |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | 4 | 4 | Tie |
| Weighted score | 100% | 7.80 | 6.85 | Mate Security |
Mate Security leads on 4 criteria, Tines on 1, tied on 2.
Where Mate Security loses in this comparison
- Deployment model options: Mate Security 5, Tines 9
Where does each one win?
Mate Security leads on
- Investigation depth per alert: 9 vs 6. 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: 9 vs 6. 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: 9 vs 8. 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: 9 vs 8. 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.
Tines leads on
- Deployment model options: 5 vs 9. Shared stack, self-hosted or hybrid, with AI features available wherever Tines is deployed and AI described as geo-bound and tenant-scoped.
How does pricing compare?
| Fact | Mate Security | Tines |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing basis (published) | 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. | Free edition: unlimited users and connectors, 3 live workflows, one-time $50 AI allowance. Paid editions: contact sales. |
| Pricing unit | Not published | Not published |
| Cost | Not published, contact sales | Not published, contact sales |
Source: AWS Marketplace: Mate Security · tines.com/pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026
Facts side by side
| Fact | Mate Security | Tines |
|---|---|---|
| Stance | Replaces SOAR | Replaces SOAR |
| Integrations | Not published | Any API; count not published |
| Deployment | 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. | Shared, self-hosted or hybrid |
| Pricing | AWS Marketplace $150,000 / 12 months | Free edition; paid not published |
| Autonomy/response | Recommend only; Supervised (low-risk steps run, risky changes need approval); Auto-run for trusted categories under guardrails and audit. | Create case, escalate, reset password, suspend departing-user accounts in Gmail, Okta and Slack, alert response with CrowdStrike and SentinelOne. |
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
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
Which should you choose?
Choose Mate Security if investigation depth and explainability matter most. 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. Verdicts come with an evidence trail the team can audit and tune, and decision traces record why analysts decided what they did.
Choose Tines if deployment options and human-in-the-loop controls matter most. Shared stack, self-hosted or hybrid, with AI features available wherever Tines is deployed and AI described as geo-bound and tenant-scoped. Fully autonomous, deterministic or human-in-the-loop modes, approvals and built-in oversight, and you control what goes live.
Frequently asked questions
Which scores higher, Mate Security or Tines?
Mate Security scores 7.80 and Tines 6.85 on our SOAR replacement rubric (editorial assessment, 0–10).
Do Mate Security and Tines replace SOAR?
Mate Security's published stance: Replaces SOAR. Tines's published stance: Replaces SOAR. See the SOAR Stance Index.
Do Mate Security and Tines publish pricing?
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. Tines: Free edition: unlimited users and connectors, 3 live workflows, one-time $50 AI allowance. Paid editions: contact sales.