Prophet Security vs Splunk SOAR (Cisco)

Prophet Security describes itself as an agentic SOC platform sold with a 24x7 service, Watchtower. 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 Prophet Security as partial and Splunk SOAR (Cisco) as not documented on the pages read on 2026-11-03.

4.87to5.79Totals on the published rubric: Prophet Security 11th, Splunk SOAR (Cisco) 6th of 14. Splunk SOAR (Cisco) leads by 0.92.

0.92points 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; Prophet Security says agents take only actions the customer has approved and preview remediation before it runs, but states no tiers, rollback or scope limits. prophetsecurity.ai, read 2026-11-03

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.
Criterion	Weight	Prophet Security	Splunk SOAR (Cisco)	Gap, first minus second
Native containment coverage (0 and 19 of 25 actions)	25	2.0	7.7	-5.7
Published time-to-contain evidence with method	15	5.0	5.5	-0.5
Approval, rollback and blast-radius controls documented	15	6.5	3.0	+3.5
Explanation and audit trail	15	5.5	4.0	+1.5
Integration depth documented	10	7.0	8.5	-1.5
Detection-to-response coupling	8	6.5	6.0	+0.5
Pricing transparency	6	3.0	4.5	-1.5
Deployment and data handling	6	7.0	6.5	+0.5
Total	100	4.87	5.79	0.92

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

6.5 : 3.0approval score each

Approval and rollback controls

Prophet Security. Page says it "Responds through scoped Agent Actions, autonomously or with your sign-off"; tiers, rollback and scope limits are not stated. prophetsecurity.ai, read 2026-11-03

Splunk SOAR (Cisco). No approval, rollback or blast-radius control is stated on the page read. splunk.com, read 2026-11-03

0 : 19actions of 25

Containment coverage by domain

Domain	Prophet Security	Splunk SOAR (Cisco)
EDR	0 of 6	6 of 6
Identity	0 of 5	4 of 5
Email	0 of 5	3 of 5
Cloud	0 of 5	3 of 5
Network	0 of 4	3 of 4
All five	0 of 25	19 of 25

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

5buyer types

Verdict by buyer type

regulated financial: Prophet Security has the stronger published case on approval and audit: it previews remediation and takes only approved actions, but describes no audit record. 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. Prophet Security offers a free proof of value but publishes no price; Splunk SOAR (Cisco) offers a free trial with no credit card but no price list.
MSSP: Neither Prophet Security 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 Prophet Security says anything specific: it names Microsoft Sentinel and Entra ID among its integrations. Splunk SOAR (Cisco) states no Microsoft-specific detail on the pages read.
CrowdStrike estate: Only Prophet Security says anything specific: it names CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM among its integrations. Splunk SOAR (Cisco) states no CrowdStrike-specific detail on the pages read.

When to pick each

Pick Prophet Security when approval controls must be readable in the docs, because it says agents take only actions the customer has approved and preview remediation before it runs, but states no tiers, 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 Prophet Security alternatives and Splunk SOAR (Cisco) alternatives, or the buyer-type rankings.