Time to Contain

Prophet Security vs Torq

Prophet Security describes itself as an agentic SOC platform sold with a 24x7 service, Watchtower. Torq is an AI SOC platform with hyperautomation, case management and agent products. They split on what a reviewer can read after an action, where the rubric reads Prophet Security as partial and Torq as documented on the pages read on 2026-11-03.

4.87to5.74Totals on the published rubric: Prophet Security 11th, Torq 7th of 14. Torq leads by 0.87.

0.87points apart

The difference that decides it

On what a reviewer can read after an action, Torq says every verdict, decision, exception and override is captured with context, though the page states this for triage; Prophet Security says determinations can be audited, without describing record contents or export. torq.io, 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.
CriterionWeightProphet SecurityTorqGap, first minus second
Native containment coverage (0 and 13 of 25 actions)252.05.9-3.9
Published time-to-contain evidence with method155.04.0+1.0
Approval, rollback and blast-radius controls documented156.56.5level
Explanation and audit trail155.58.0-2.5
Integration depth documented107.07.0level
Detection-to-response coupling86.55.0+1.5
Pricing transparency63.03.0level
Deployment and data handling67.03.5+3.5
Total1004.875.740.87

Full reasons and sources for every score are on the profiles of Prophet Security and Torq.

6.5 : 6.5approval 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

Torq. Page says response runs fully autonomously or with human-on-the-loop oversight and cites a manual override; no tiers, rollback or scope limit. torq.io, read

0 : 13actions of 25

Containment coverage by domain

DomainProphet SecurityTorq
EDR0 of 64 of 6
Identity0 of 54 of 5
Email0 of 51 of 5
Cloud0 of 53 of 5
Network0 of 41 of 4
All five0 of 2513 of 25

Published time to contain: Prophet Security, no published figure; Torq, no published figure.

5buyer types

Verdict by buyer type

regulated financial
Torq has the stronger published case on approval and audit: it documents audit logs and human-on-the-loop oversight, with no tiers or rollback. Prophet Security previews remediation and takes only approved actions, but describes no audit record.
lean team
Prophet Security is easier to size up before a call: it offers a free proof of value but publishes no price. Torq publishes no price and states no deployment options.
MSSP
Only Torq states anything for MSSPs: it cites RSM, a global MSSP, automating 82 percent of its cases (customer claim). Prophet Security states no MSSP terms on the pages read.
Microsoft estate
Only Prophet Security says anything specific: it names Microsoft Sentinel and Entra ID among its integrations. Torq 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. Torq states no CrowdStrike-specific detail on the pages read.

When to pick each

Pick Prophet Security when deployment location and data handling are fixed by policy, because it states dedicated single-tenant deployment with a bring-your-own-key option, without regions or retention.

Pick Torq when the record a reviewer reads after an action decides the purchase, because it says every verdict, decision, exception and override is captured with context, though the page states this for triage.

Read dates are on each source link. See also Prophet Security alternatives and Torq alternatives, or the buyer-type rankings.