Swimlane Turbine vs IBM QRadar SOAR

Swimlane Turbine7.2Visit IBM QRadar SOAR6.9Visit

Higher score Swimlane Turbine #5 in SOAR Software 7.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Swimlane

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IBM QRadar SOAR #7 in SOAR Software 6.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Contact IBM

• Swimlane Turbine fits best

  Enterprise and MSSP security operations

• IBM QRadar SOAR fits best

  Organizations invested in IBM and QRadar ecosystems

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Side by side

Feature	Swimlane Turbine 7.2/10 Visit ↗	IBM QRadar SOAR 6.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.2	6.9
Ranking	#5 in SOAR Software	#7 in SOAR Software
Best for	Enterprise and MSSP security operations	Organizations invested in IBM and QRadar ecosystems
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	Not published	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Phone, Community, Docs	Community, Docs · 24/7
Integrations	11 integrations	300+ integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Swimlane Turbine 4/4 · IBM QRadar SOAR 4/4
Playbook automation	✓	✓
Alert enrichment	✓	✓
Threat intel actions	✓	✓
Case management	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Self_hosted
Published integrations	Not published	300
Our review
Pros	Low-code playbooks and AI agents support investigation workflows Normalizes alerts and enriches them with threat intelligence Combines case management, approvals, RBAC, dashboards, and reporting	Automates and manages security incidents with flexible playbooks Supports 300+ integrations across security and IT operations Includes breach-response workflows for privacy regulations
Cons	Pricing requires contact with sales The listed platform is web-based May be broader than needed for narrowly focused security teams	No free plan is available Sold through contact-sales pricing Self-hosted deployment requires OpenShift or virtual machines
Our verdict	Swimlane Turbine is a security orchestration, automation and response platform for enterprise security operations teams and managed security service providers. It brings together low-code playbook automation, AI agent building, agentic… Read the review →	IBM QRadar SOAR is a security orchestration, automation and response platform for security operations teams. It combines security incident case management with automated and manual playbooks, alert correlation, enrichment, threat… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Swimlane Turbine — where it wins

  • Low-code playbooks and AI agents support investigation workflows
  • Normalizes alerts and enriches them with threat intelligence
  • Combines case management, approvals, RBAC, dashboards, and reporting

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contact with sales
  • The listed platform is web-based
  • May be broader than needed for narrowly focused security teams

• IBM QRadar SOAR — where it wins

  • Automates and manages security incidents with flexible playbooks
  • Supports 300+ integrations across security and IT operations
  • Includes breach-response workflows for privacy regulations

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Sold through contact-sales pricing
  • Self-hosted deployment requires OpenShift or virtual machines

• Swimlane Turbine7.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad SOAR platform for enterprise and MSSP security operations.

  Visit SwimlaneFull verdict →
• IBM QRadar SOAR6.9/10 · Pricing on request

  A case-driven SOAR platform for IBM, QRadar, and enterprise security operations.

  Contact IBMFull verdict →