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SOAR platforms · October 2026 Edition

Tines vs Microsoft Sentinel

Nine of fourteen models named Tines first on the direct prompt; zero named Microsoft Sentinel. Tines was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Microsoft Sentinel by fourteen and Tines carries 48 labels and Microsoft Sentinel 39, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Tines

endorsed leader

Named in two categories this edition.

Microsoft Sentinel

accepted challenger

Named in ten categories this edition.

First-choice share41%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate2%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#1#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.

Labels4839A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Tines reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Swimlane Turbine was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Tines vs Shuffle · Tines vs Swimlane Turbine · Tines vs Torq

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the SOAR platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.

TinesFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Sentinel

Direct90

Paraphrase61

Comparative101 against Microsoft Sentinel

Budget-constrained701 against Tines · 1 against Microsoft Sentinel

Scale-constrained30

Negative201 against Microsoft Sentinel

Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Tines and Microsoft Sentinel were named in the same answer eighty-one times, of the 148 answers naming Tines and the 389 naming Microsoft Sentinel. In those answers Microsoft Sentinel took the first choice zero times and Tines thirty-five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Tines and Microsoft Sentinel stood in it.

Model	Direct	Paraphrase	Comparative	Budget-constrained	Scale-constrained	Negative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B

Tines

Microsoft Sentinel

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Tines on the left and Microsoft Sentinel on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Tines and Microsoft Sentinel stood in it.

Tines first, Microsoft Sentinel an alternative

9 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Sentinel was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

GPT-5.4 miniTines, Torq alternatives: Cortex XSOAR, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk SOAR

Gemini 3.5 FlashTines alternatives: BlinkOps, Radiant Security, Swimlane Turbine, Torq

DeepSeek V4 FlashTines alternatives: Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightConnect, Swimlane Turbine

Llama 4 MaverickTines

Qwen 3.7 FlashTines alternatives: Microsoft Sentinel, Swimlane Turbine

Kimi K2Tines alternatives: Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightConnect, Swimlane Turbine, Torq

GLM 4.7 FlashXCortex XSOAR, Tines alternatives: Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk SOAR, Swimlane Turbine

GPT-6 LunaTines alternatives: Cortex XSOAR, Microsoft Sentinel's built-in automation, Splunk SOAR

Muse Glimmer 30BSwimlane Turbine, Tines, Torq alternatives: Cortex XSOAR, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk SOAR

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

Claude Haiku 4.5Swimlane Turbine, Torq alternatives: Cortex XSOAR, FortiSOAR, Splunk SOAR, Tines

Grok 4.1 FastSwimlane Turbine alternatives: Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightConnect

Mistral SmallSwimlane Turbine, Torq alternatives: Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk SOAR, Tines

MiniMax M2.5Swimlane Turbine alternatives: FortiSOAR, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk SOAR, Torq

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

Perplexity SonarD3 Security Smart SOAR alternatives: ManageEngine Log360, ThreatConnect

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.

Small business

Tines leads by thirty-seven points.

Tines#1 of 11

Microsoft Sentinel#4 of 11

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Tines leads by thirty-nine points.

Tines#1 of 11

Microsoft Sentinel#7 of 11

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Tines leads by six points.

Tines#3 of 11

Microsoft Sentinel#4 of 11

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Tines

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Tines has a free edition, but it allows only 3 live workflows, so it's better for a proof of concept than a full company-wide deployment.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative

“I recommend starting with Tines if you want rapid implementation and ease of use, or Cortex XSOAR if you need the most comprehensive platform” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice

“Best for low-code automation: Tines, for security and operations teams that build orchestration-heavy workflows without heavy scripting.” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · first choice

“Tines | Analyst-friendly, low-code, strong mid-market fit, median $52K/yr | Teams wanting speed and minimal engineering overhead” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Microsoft Sentinel

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared

Tines vs Shuffle Tines vs Swimlane Turbine Tines vs Torq Tines vs Cortex XSOAR Tines vs Rapid7 InsightConnect Tines vs Splunk SOAR Shuffle vs Microsoft Sentinel Swimlane Turbine vs Microsoft Sentinel Torq vs Microsoft Sentinel Cortex XSOAR vs Microsoft Sentinel Rapid7 InsightConnect vs Microsoft Sentinel Microsoft Sentinel vs Splunk SOAR All twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full SOAR standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.