Time to Contain

Cyware vs Splunk SOAR (Cisco)

Cyware is a low-code automation product, Orchestrate, sold beside a threat intelligence platform. Splunk SOAR (Cisco) is a Cisco-owned SOAR product sold alone or with Splunk Enterprise Security. They split on approval, rollback and blast radius, where the rubric reads Cyware as partial and Splunk SOAR (Cisco) as not documented on the pages read on 2026-11-03.

6.11to5.79Totals on the published rubric: Cyware 2nd, Splunk SOAR (Cisco) 6th of 14. They share a band, 0.32 apart, so the evidence does not order them.

0.32points apart

The difference that decides it

On approval, rollback and blast radius, Splunk SOAR (Cisco) states no approval, rollback or blast-radius control on the page read; Cyware states approvals through a mobile app for critical automation decisions and rollback of workflows to earlier versions, with no action rollback or scope limits. cyware.com, read

8criteria

Rubric side by side

Each criterion is scored 0 to 10 from the vendor's own pages; points are weight times score divided by 100.
CriterionWeightCywareSplunk SOAR (Cisco)Gap, first minus second
Native containment coverage (17 and 19 of 25 actions)257.17.7-0.6
Published time-to-contain evidence with method154.05.5-1.5
Approval, rollback and blast-radius controls documented156.53.0+3.5
Explanation and audit trail156.04.0+2.0
Integration depth documented108.08.5-0.5
Detection-to-response coupling86.56.0+0.5
Pricing transparency63.04.5-1.5
Deployment and data handling66.06.5-0.5
Total1006.115.790.32

Full reasons and sources for every score are on the profiles of Cyware and Splunk SOAR (Cisco).

6.5 : 3.0approval score each

Approval and rollback controls

Cyware. Page states approvals through a mobile app for "critical automation decisions" and rollback of workflows to previous versions; action rollback and scope limits are not stated. cyware.com, read

Splunk SOAR (Cisco). No approval, rollback or blast-radius control is stated on the page read. splunk.com, read

17 : 19actions of 25

Containment coverage by domain

DomainCywareSplunk SOAR (Cisco)
EDR5 of 66 of 6
Identity5 of 54 of 5
Email3 of 53 of 5
Cloud1 of 53 of 5
Network3 of 43 of 4
All five17 of 2519 of 25

Published time to contain: Cyware, no published figure; Splunk SOAR (Cisco), no published figure.

4buyer types

Verdict by buyer type

regulated financial
Cyware has the stronger published case on approval and audit: it documents mobile approvals and playbook audit trails, with no action rollback. Splunk SOAR (Cisco) states neither approval controls nor an audit trail on the pages read.
lean team
Neither is easier to size up before a call. Cyware scopes cost per engagement and publishes no price; Splunk SOAR (Cisco) offers a free trial with no credit card but no price list.
MSSP
Neither Cyware nor Splunk SOAR (Cisco) states MSSP terms on the pages read. Ask both for multitenant approval settings and per-client audit exports.
Microsoft estate
Only Cyware says anything specific: it has a Microsoft partnership, announced 2025-10-22, under which Sentinel ingests Cyware threat intelligence. Splunk SOAR (Cisco) states no Microsoft-specific detail on the pages read.

When to pick each

Pick Cyware when approval controls must be readable in the docs, because it states approvals through a mobile app for critical automation decisions and rollback of workflows to earlier versions, with no action rollback or scope limits.

Pick Splunk SOAR (Cisco) when connector count and breadth matter most, because it states 2,800+ automated actions and 300+ third-party tools, a tool count and an action count.

Read dates are on each source link. See also Cyware alternatives and Splunk SOAR (Cisco) alternatives, or the buyer-type rankings.