Swimlane (Turbine) vs Torq
Swimlane is an automation platform, Turbine, that routes alerts to playbooks or AI agents. 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 Swimlane as partial and Torq as documented on the pages read on 2026-11-03.
0.10points apart
The difference that decides it
On what a reviewer can read after an action, Swimlane says every action is auditable without describing record contents or retention, while Torq says every verdict, decision, exception and override is captured with context, though the page states this for triage. torq.io, read
8criteria
Rubric side by side
| Criterion | Weight | Swimlane (Turbine) | Torq | Gap, first minus second |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native containment coverage (18 and 13 of 25 actions) | 25 | 7.4 | 5.9 | +1.5 |
| Published time-to-contain evidence with method | 15 | 5.0 | 4.0 | +1.0 |
| Approval, rollback and blast-radius controls documented | 15 | 5.0 | 6.5 | -1.5 |
| Explanation and audit trail | 15 | 6.0 | 8.0 | -2.0 |
| Integration depth documented | 10 | 5.5 | 7.0 | -1.5 |
| Detection-to-response coupling | 8 | 7.0 | 5.0 | +2.0 |
| Pricing transparency | 6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | level |
| Deployment and data handling | 6 | 5.0 | 3.5 | +1.5 |
| Total | 100 | 5.84 | 5.74 | 0.10 |
Full reasons and sources for every score are on the profiles of Swimlane (Turbine) and Torq.
5.0 : 6.5approval score each
Approval and rollback controls
Swimlane (Turbine). Only "complex cases escalate to human-in-the-loop review" is stated; no approval tiers, rollback or scope limit. swimlane.com, 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
18 : 13actions of 25
Containment coverage by domain
| Domain | Swimlane (Turbine) | Torq |
|---|---|---|
| EDR | 5 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
| Identity | 5 of 5 | 4 of 5 |
| 2 of 5 | 1 of 5 | |
| Cloud | 3 of 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Network | 3 of 4 | 1 of 4 |
| All five | 18 of 25 | 13 of 25 |
Published time to contain: Swimlane (Turbine), under 5 minutes (customer claim, grade C); Torq, no published figure.
3buyer 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. Swimlane mentions human-in-the-loop review and auditable actions without detail.
- lean team
- Swimlane is easier to size up before a call: it publishes no price and sells tiered enterprise and MSSP options through sales. Torq publishes no price and states no deployment options.
- MSSP
- Both state something for MSSPs. Swimlane offers tiered MSSP options through sales; Torq cites RSM, a global MSSP, automating 82 percent of its cases (customer claim). Ask each for per-client approval settings and a tenant-level audit export.
When to pick each
Pick Swimlane when detection and response should arrive in one product, because it says customer detection logic and alerts from SIEM, EDR and cloud tools flow into the same routing model, so a SIEM is not stated as required.
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 Swimlane (Turbine) alternatives and Torq alternatives, or the buyer-type rankings.