Google Security Operations vs Splunk SOAR comparison

Google and Splunk are both solutions in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category. Google is ranked #14 with an average rating of 9.5, while Splunk is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2. Google holds a 3.9% mindshare in SOAR, compared to Splunk’s 8.0% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Splunk users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

Google Security Operations and Splunk SOAR are solutions in the security operations competitive space. Google Security Operations has an upper hand due to its integration with Google Cloud services, whereas Splunk SOAR shows strength in automation and orchestration.

Features: Google Security Operations provides real-time threat detection using machine learning, supports integration with Mandiant for improved threat monitoring, and offers API capabilities for data sharing. Splunk SOAR excels in providing automation playbooks, integrates seamlessly with various systems and applications, and allows custom Python code in playbooks for flexibility and precise control.

Room for Improvement: Google Security Operations could enhance its automation capabilities, offer more customizable playbooks, and improve integration with non-Google platforms. Splunk SOAR might improve the user interface consistency, optimize hardware resources for AI tasks, and streamline training and adoption processes for new users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Security Operations benefits from straightforward deployment in Google Cloud environments with effective support. Splunk SOAR requires more detailed setup but offers comprehensive documentation and strong technical support ideal for varied environments.

Pricing and ROI: Google Security Operations offers lower initial costs, particularly beneficial for Google Cloud users, enhancing cost-efficiency. Splunk SOAR, with higher initial costs, provides strong ROI through advanced automation capabilities, justifying its investment by minimizing manual tasks and thereby reducing operational costs.

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Torq

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category, the mindshare of Torq is 4.2%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Security Operations is 3.9%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk SOAR is 8.0%, up from 7.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Splunk SOAR	8.0%
Torq	4.2%
Google Security Operations	3.9%
Other	83.9%

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Featured Reviews

Nimrod Vardi

Global IT Director at OpenWeb

Automation workflows have transformed our IT, enabling secure just-in-time access control

We work with them quite often, so we have a direct line regarding areas in Torq that have room for improvement. If we have a feature request, we can request it. I do not have anything in mind at the moment. We were a design partner for a short while, so we feel that they listen and that users of the system have an impact on the way the system is designed for the better. They have a new community, which is something that I personally suggested years ago. There are many people like me in different places and they might have already built the workflow that I need. Having the option to share workflows or to jump on a thread and say I have this need, did anyone ever build a workflow for it, is amazing. Someone would jump in and say yes, sure, here, take this workflow. I think this is an amazing thing and I really hope that the community will come alive because I think this is really powerful. This is something that I already suggested and it did happen eventually, and I am quite happy with it. I do not have any specific feature in mind that I have a need for at the moment.

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reviewer2203269

Cloud Senior lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Real-time threat detection and alarm management have improved security operations

Google SecOps is extremely useful for threat detection and hunting. It provides a detailed pipeline for detection and is beneficial for real-time threat monitoring when integrated with Mandiant. The tool's integration capabilities are effective, and it helps in managing alarms for normal threats efficiently. Overall, Google SecOps is a very useful service for security operations.

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Shiboo Suren

Manager cybersecurity at Hexion Inc.

Automates threat response and reduces investigation time but needs better threat intelligence integration

One thing that we would like to see with Splunk SOAR is the expandability to the threat intelligence feed. Currently, we have limited ingestion to the threat intelligence feed for the correlation purpose. We would like to see it being integrated, with license cost or without license cost, to leading threat intelligence sources such as Recorded Future, Feedly, or Flare. That is something we would appreciate having integrated. The second thing on the improvement side is about exposed credential-related information. If we start ingesting those data to Splunk SOAR or SIEM with some sort of integration with threat intelligence feed, that will also improve our detection and prediction method or help us with the investigation.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"If I review about 100 vendors that I might work with, Torq is definitely in the top five that gave me personally investment back, just because every bit of effort I put into Torq eventually became a workflow that gave it back to me."

"Any request that comes in, regardless of how complex it is, I can accomplish it with Torq."

"As an analyst, it has demonstrated potential to reduce workforce requirements and time needed for related activities."

"Using that one piece of AI, we auto-closed 511 cases in quarter four alone."

"What I appreciate most about Torq is that it is an essential part of our system."

"Once I started to use the system and I saw the potential, it changed all of our work in IT."

"Since we started working with Torq, I am handling much fewer alerts, it is becoming really easy for me to handle an alert, I have all the information that I need, I do not need to connect to different vendors to receive this information, and the main thing I got from Torq is time, which now helps me to build another automated system and learn."

"Without hyperbole, I have never, in my entire career, encountered a vendor or a vendor community as awesome as Siemplify. Siemplify and the Siemplify Community quite literally made it possible for our SOC to increase almost five-fold in our number of clients and number of analysts and to go from a Monday to Friday 9-5 shop to a 24/7 shop all in the span of under a year and a half and all while continually adding capabilities and improving the services we offer to our clients."

"The most valuable feature of Siemplify is the playbooks that can be created."

"The playbooks feature in Siemplify is crucial for automation. We've utilized both standard and custom integrations with other security operation solutions, enhancing our flexibility. The user interface is generally straightforward, although recent changes may require some adjustment and Siemplify's integrations and capabilities offer potential support for various compliance requirements."

"Google SecOps is extremely useful for threat detection and hunting."

"Overall, Google SecOps is a very useful service for security operations."

"The tool's most valuable feature is its searchability and ease of action on the logs. I can easily search within the logs and take action on them, and I can trace them back to my environment because the way the logs are written is very helpful for us."

"The most valuable feature of Splunk SOAR that stands out is it has a great SOAR. The automation and orchestration module is highly mature. A lot of use cases are on user entity and behavioral analytics (UEBA), which is artificial intelligence and machine learning-based (AIML)."

"I'm just a beginner on the solution and it's pretty easy for me to use."

"Since deploying Splunk SOAR, there has been a notable reduction in time spent on monotonous security tasks, which I estimate to be around 95%, enabling my team to focus on more strategic initiatives."

"Technical support is helpful."

"Splunk SOAR saves time in threat response, and the time to solve an incident is currently the best in the market."

"The solution’s dashboard is really good and customizable. It also has a good UI."

"The solution allows us to customize playbooks and incorporate custom code, allowing us to drag and drop elements while still writing code to build the integrations we need."

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Cons

"We have MCP that we are working with our cloud security platform, and we wanted to connect this MCP to the case management."

"The initial deployment of Torq was not easy."

"It was able to capture data but was unable to differentiate between the agent hostname we are using and the hostname that resides on the back end of the Internet."

"Even now, we have workflows that are in production that use AI steps and I get different results, making it unusable to some degree."

"Regarding the pricing of Torq, I would say it is expensive."

"Regarding stability, I have noticed some lagging, crashing, and downtime, which is one of my largest gripes."

"Building the playbooks could be easier and the integration could improve. It is a difficult process, such as what API connections need to be made."

"The main improvement could be in the accuracy and detail provided in threat descriptions."

"We often encounter minor issues that could be improved, but we maintain communication with the developers and submit feature requests. Recently, I requested enhancements such as improved search functionality within playbooks and expanded options for exporting case data."

"I'm inclined to say that I'd love to see some Machine Learning capabilities integrated into the platform, however, I just attended a demo this morning where Siemplify gave a sneak peek into some Machine Learning capabilities that they are currently developing and have roadmapped for release soon."

"The dashboard could be improved and some other features. SOAR should integrate network capabilities, allowing us to also monitor the WLAN network. Splunk is also expensive and difficult for beginners to learn. It's hard for a new user to figure out how to visualize old threat data. It took two to three months to learn with hands-on experience how to use the dashboard, visualize events, and analyze threats."

"Some of the training materials are on a basic level."

"Portability is one thing that is currently lacking. The open-source product that I evaluated had portability. It would require a lot of development effort, but it will save the cost of rewriting all the playbooks."

"It could be easier to implement."

"And most of the challenges that I have faced with the solution can be found in the documentation itself."

"Splunk SOAR can improve IoT/OT security-related case studies or your use cases. Their integration with identity and access management (IAM) solutions is a bit shaky. They don't have good integration with a lot of IAM solutions. They do have good capability in terms of user access management internally, but even with privileged user access, they have a good module. However, if they have to integrate with solutions, such as CyberArk or IBM IAM solutions they are lacking, the visibility of user access is not that much."

"The font used in the interface could be changed and made easier to read."

"The UI can be more customizable for the clients."

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"When we first purchased our Splunk SOAR license, it was based on an event-count model. It was based on the number of events. I had strong opinions at the time that automation should not be stifled by the amount of automation you can accomplish, so the previous structure was not as beneficial for us. Later that year, we got told or saw at a conference that they announced user-based pricing. We are now in a renewal period, so we migrated to a user-based license model, which is more appropriate for us so that we no longer have to worry about stifling our automation based on the quantity."

"The licensing cost is reasonable."

"Splunk is a fast enterprise tool, but it costs too much. At the same time, it's worth what we pay, in my opinion. We can efficiently perform all the functions and tie together the data. It's the perfect tool for our needs."

"In my opinion, the price is high, but if you want good products, you have to be willing to pay for them."

"While I can't confirm the exact pricing, some colleagues have mentioned that Splunk SOAR may be on the costlier side."

"I don't know the exact price, but for my region, it is very expensive."

"The tool is not cheap."

"I found the price of Splunk SOAR to be good."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

University

Government

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	36

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Torq?

We do not utilize the AI features that much. When it comes to general AI features of Torq, we are just slowly startin...

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What is your primary use case for Torq?

Torq markets itself as a security tool, and we do use them for security, but not in the traditional sense they market...

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What advice do you have for others considering Torq?

I would rate Torq an eight overall. I feel that Torq is as good as the effort you put into it. The limitations are ve...

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What do you like most about Siemplify?

The playbooks feature in Siemplify is crucial for automation. We've utilized both standard and custom integrations wi...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Siemplify?

The pricing for Google SecOps and Microsoft Sentinel is almost the same, with no significant differences.

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What needs improvement with Siemplify?

The main improvement could be in the accuracy and detail provided in threat descriptions. Google SecOps reports could...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Phantom?

I am familiar with the pricing aspect, setup cost, and licensing cost of Splunk SOAR, and it is pretty much similar t...

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What needs improvement with Splunk Phantom?

While I appreciate Splunk SOAR, there are areas for improvement, notably regarding the CI/CD pipeline for playbook li...

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What is your primary use case for Splunk Phantom?

I have been working with Splunk SOAR for about two years now, and it started out of necessity as my team was primaril...

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Overview

Torq is the enterprise AI SOC solution that effectively combines adaptive insights and automation to handle critical threats efficiently. It manages threat lifecycles, swiftly moving from triage to response, ensuring effective risk management.

Torq is designed to streamline security operations by aggregating telemetry across your security stack. It investigates significant risks and manages threats from triage to containment and remediation. This AI-driven tool enhances the capabilities of your SecOps team, allowing them to achieve more impactful results without introducing complicated processes.

What are the key features of Torq?

Adaptive Agentic Insights: Provides real-time threat intelligence tailored to specific security challenges.
Automation: Automates responses to security incidents, minimizing manual intervention requirements.
Threat Lifecycle Management: Comprehensive handling of threats from detection to remediation.
Telemetry Aggregation: Integrates data across platforms for a unified security overview.

Why consider Torq based on reviews?

Efficiency: Users notice significant reductions in time spent managing threats.
Risk Reduction: Enhanced ability to identify and address critical threats promptly.
Resource Optimization: Allows teams to allocate effort to other critical tasks by reducing manual security operations.
Scalability: Adaptable to meet the demands of growing or changing infrastructures.

In industries like finance and healthcare, Torq shows effectiveness by adapting to specific risk scenarios often encountered in these fields. Its integration with existing infrastructures makes it a valuable asset for maintaining stringent security standards, essential for protecting critical data and operations in diverse high-stakes environments.

Torq

Google Security Operations offers a robust playbook builder and integration capabilities designed to streamline workflows and integrate seamlessly with existing systems for enhanced security management.

Google Security Operations stands out in threat detection, monitoring, and alarm management, especially when used alongside Mandiant. Its intuitive interface supports compliance requirements, and it provides customizable workflows through playbooks. Integration with multiple tools allows for automation and increased flexibility, though improvements in API connection determination and playbook search capabilities could enhance user experience. Effective in orchestrating alerts and managing security events, it is extensively used for automated response, efficient alert triage, investigation, reporting, and ticketing management, supporting over 20 use cases including real-time threat detection.

What are the Key Features of Google Security Operations?

Playbook Builder: Allows for creating customizable workflows tailored to specific scenarios.
Integration Capabilities: Facilitates connectivity with numerous tools for automation.
Threat Detection: Improves monitoring and response when combined with Mandiant's capabilities.
Simplicity in Feature Adoption: Easy incorporation of new features and workflows.

What Benefits Should You Look for in Reviews?

Workflow Efficiency: Automates triage and investigation processes for quicker security management.
Real-Time Threat Detection: Enhances monitoring effectiveness in Managed Extended Detection and Response strategies.
Flexibility: Adaptable integrations support dynamic security needs.
Compliance Support: Aids in maintaining regulatory standards with straightforward reporting features.

In industries where real-time threat response is critical, such as finance and healthcare, Google Security Operations is favored for its automation and integration capabilities. These characteristics are vital for efficiently managing complex security landscapes and maintaining compliance across sectors.

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Splunk SOAR offers features like automation and orchestration of manual tasks, speeding up work, detection and response to advanced and emerging threats.

Go from overwhelmed to in-control

Automate manual tasks. Address every alert, every day. Establish repeatable procedures that allow security analysts to stop being reactive and focus on mission-critical objectives to protect your business.

Force multiply your team

Orchestrate and automate repetitive tasks, investigation and response to increase efficiency and productivity, and do more with the people you already have. Make a team of three feel like a team of 10.

From 30 minutes to 30 seconds

Work faster with Splunk SOAR. Respond to threats in seconds. Lower your mean time to respond (MTTR) by automating security tasks and workflows across all of your security tools.

End-to-end security operations made easy

Take advantage of Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk SOAR joining forces to provide a seamless and intuitive SecOps platform to prevent, detect and respond to advanced and emerging threats.

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Sample Customers

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FedEx Mondelez Intenrational Check Point Trustwave Atos Cyberint Bae Systems Crowe Longwall Security Telefonica Nordea HCL

Recorded Future, Blackstone

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