BlinkOpsvTines
BlinkOps 5.82Tines 6.42
BlinkOps v Tines: the totals are 0.60 apart, outside the 0.25 band. Tines leads on the total; the rows below say why. Rows won: BlinkOps 0, Tines 2, level 7.
The difference that decides BlinkOps v Tines
On approvals, Tines states governance, guardrails and monitoring on its home page, and coverage of its January 2026 AI layer cites human-in-the-loop controls (score 7.0), while Blink Ops has nothing on approvals in the pages read on 2026-11-03 (score 4.0). tines.com, read 2026-11-03
Rows with the widest weighted gap: Approvals and human-in-the-loop controls (Tines ahead by 3.0), Pricing model and transparency (Tines ahead by 3.0).
BlinkOps v Tines: the nine rows side by side
Playbook authoring model
weight 14 of 100BlinkOps
8.0
No-code workflow builder and a no-code security AI agent builder; agents run inside workflows.
docs.blinkops.com, read 2026-11-03
Integration count and depth documented
weight 14 of 100BlinkOps
5.0
No official count found; third-party figures conflict (30,000 integrations versus 7,000 workflows and 500 agent templates).
docs.blinkops.com, read 2026-11-03
Tines
5.0
No integration count on the home page; positioned as vendor-agnostic. HTTP-based actions reach any API (not read on a docs page).
tines.com, read 2026-11-03
Case management and collaboration
weight 8 of 100Approvals and human-in-the-loop controls
weight 12 of 100Tines
7.0Ahead
Home page states governance, guardrails and monitoring, and that you choose where and when models are used. Coverage of the January 2026 AI interaction layer cites human-in-the-loop controls and audit logging (search summary).
tines.com, read 2026-11-03 (vendor claim) (search summary only); tines.com, read 2026-11-03 (vendor claim) (search summary only)
Agentic or AI features that are documented
weight 12 of 100BlinkOps
7.0
Agent builder with agent-to-agent collaboration and deterministic workflows (April 2025 launch). Limits not stated.
docs.blinkops.com, read 2026-11-03 (vendor claim)
Hosting and data residency options
weight 8 of 100BlinkOps
6.0
AppSource listing says automations can run on Blink's cloud or on-prem through runners; runner docs not read.
docs.blinkops.com, read 2026-11-03 (search summary only)
Pricing model and transparency
weight 8 of 100Tines
6.0Ahead
A free edition (3 live workflows, one-time USD 50 AI allowance) is published; paid editions are by request with no pricing unit.
tines.com, read 2026-11-03
Migration tooling and import or export formats
weight 14 of 100BlinkOps
6.0
Blink's migration page, read 2026-11-03, names Splunk SOAR as the source and says its import tooling maps playbooks, custom functions and SplunkBase apps on a four-week plan (vendor claim, marketing page, no technical documentation read). It names no other source.
go.blinkops.com, read 2026-11-03 (vendor claim)
Tines
6.0
Tines' help article, read 2026-11-03, names the format: stories export as JSON with credentials, resources and event data excluded and import with a Replace option, while the docs page itself does not name the format, no inbound SOAR converter was found, and a library story moves Splunk SOAR case records, not logic.
explained.tines.com, read 2026-11-03; tines.com, read 2026-11-03
Ownership stability
weight 10 of 100Tines
8.0
Independent; USD 125M round led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives in February 2025 at about USD 1.13B. Product naming changed in 2026 (Tines Stories and 3B).
pymnts.com, read 2026-11-03 (search summary only); tines.com, read 2026-11-03 (search summary only)
The verdict for BlinkOps v Tines, by buyer type
- Splunk shop
- Blink Ops fits better, because it claims import tooling and a four-week plan for Splunk SOAR playbooks (vendor claim); Tines moves Splunk SOAR case records through a library story, though not playbook logic.
- small team
- Tines fits better, because it publishes a free edition with 3 live workflows and a one-time 50 USD AI allowance; Blink Ops publishes no price.
- regulated or air-gapped
- Tines fits better, because it lists a self-hosted deployment in its docs sidebar; Blink Ops says automations can run on-prem through runners, per an AppSource listing.
When to pick each
Pick BlinkOps when
Pick Blink Ops when you are a Splunk shop and you want a tool that claims import tooling and a four-week plan for Splunk SOAR playbooks (vendor claim).
Pick Tines when
Pick Tines when you are a small team and you want a tool that publishes a free edition with 3 live workflows and a one-time 50 USD AI allowance.
Moving playbooks between BlinkOps and Tines
The portability matrix records seven playbook types for each direction it covers. Verdicts are documentation findings, not test results. How the matrix is built.
| Playbook type | Verdict | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Enrichment lookups | rebuild from scratch | Tines documents story JSON, but no importer for it or migration guide was found for Blink Ops, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Phishing triage | rebuild from scratch | Tines documents story JSON, but no importer for it or migration guide was found for Blink Ops, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Endpoint containment | rebuild from scratch | Tines documents story JSON, but no importer for it or migration guide was found for Blink Ops, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Identity actions | rebuild from scratch | Tines documents story JSON, but no importer for it or migration guide was found for Blink Ops, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Ticketing and case sync | rebuild from scratch | Tines documents story JSON, but no importer for it or migration guide was found for Blink Ops, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Custom scripted logic | rebuild from scratch | Tines custom logic is Python Run script action, but Blink Ops documents no importer for it, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Scheduled or batch jobs | rebuild from scratch | Tines documents story JSON, but no importer for it or migration guide was found for Blink Ops, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
Profiles
BlinkOps. Tines. Alternatives: instead of BlinkOps, instead of Tines.