49% of first choices, clear leader.
“Major enterprise platforms like Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, and Swimlane are excellent but generally overkill and overpriced for a small B2B company” DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt
“avoid the "enterprise giants" (like Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, or IBM QRadar SOAR)—they are far too heavy and expensive” Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt
“Cited as expensive and overly complicated; requires deep technical expertise and ongoing maintenance, making it less suitable for smaller operations.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
“Avoid for Tight Budgets: ... or Torq (~$20K+/year starters, quote-only)” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
66 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1022 links across 192 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Google ads, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tines tines.com | 49% | 168 | 22,200 | 3,167 | 10,888 | 97 |
| ManageEngine parent site ManageEngine Log360 9% | 9% | 139 | 8,100 | 675 | ||
| Rapid7 parent site Rapid7 InsightConnect 7% | 7% | 58 | 14,800 | 798 | ||
| Blumira blumira.com | 7% | 108 | 1,300 | 12 | 8,060 | 10 |
| Splunk parent site Splunk SOAR 7% | 7% | 177 | 40,500 | 6,832 | ||
| Shuffle shuffler.io | 5% | 45 | 60,500 | 19,550 | 1,726 | |
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Sentinel 5%, Microsoft Defender 0% | 5% | 371 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||
| Torq torq.io | 2% | 98 | 6,600 | 1,467 | 5,966 | 6 |
| SIRP sirp.io | 2% | 2 | ||||
| Tracecat tracecat.com | 2% | 14 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (blinkops.com, gartner.com, paloaltonetworks.com, reddit.com, swimlane.com). The first result for “best soar platform” is reddit.com.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:37 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:08 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:14 | yes | 16 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 10:52 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:03 | yes | 35 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:46 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:35 | yes | 19 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:49 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:59 | yes | 20 | 98 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:39 | yes | 25 | 51 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:27 | yes | 27 | 165 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:45 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:14 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:26 | yes | 6 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 11:54 | yes | 8 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 10:20 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:41 | yes | 32 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:43 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:51 | yes | 25 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:49 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 14:08 | yes | 9 | 88 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:14 | yes | 12 | 44 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:17 | yes | 22 | 49 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:22 | yes | 8 | 58 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:27 | yes | 28 | 14 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:33 | yes | 4 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:52 | yes | 16 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:52 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 11:25 | yes | 39 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:32 | yes | 29 | 16 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:32 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:58 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:25 | yes | 10 | 44 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:53 | yes | 15 | 64 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 10:03 | yes | 14 | 60 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:55 | yes | 8 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 14:07 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:04 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:59 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:17 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 13:31 | yes | 43 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:58 | yes | 8 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:19 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:39 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:32 | no | 0 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:52 | yes | 9 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:23 | yes | 32 | 103 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:37 | yes | 13 | 40 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:58 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:58 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:03 | yes | 6 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:49 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 11:36 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:41 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:23 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:23 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:28 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:43 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:54 | yes | 15 | 45 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:42 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:07 | yes | 16 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:32 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:10 | yes | 18 | 204 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:37 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:24 | yes | 40 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:27 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 11:34 | yes | 28 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:50 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:19 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:11 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 10:57 | yes | 25 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:57 | yes | 10 | 35 s |
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