Swimlane (Turbine)vTines
Swimlane (Turbine) 6.14Tines 6.42
Swimlane (Turbine) v Tines: the totals are 0.28 apart, outside the 0.25 band. Tines leads on the total; the rows below say why. Rows won: Swimlane (Turbine) 2, Tines 3, level 4.
The difference that decides Swimlane (Turbine) v Tines
On hosting and residency, Tines says 'flexible hosting options are available' and names none (score 6.0), while Swimlane has nothing on deployment or residency in the pages read on 2026-11-03 (score 3.0). tines.com, read 2026-11-03
Rows with the widest weighted gap: Hosting and data residency options (Tines ahead by 3.0), Pricing model and transparency (Tines ahead by 2.5), Case management and collaboration (Swimlane (Turbine) ahead by 2.0).
Swimlane (Turbine) v Tines: the nine rows side by side
Playbook authoring model
weight 14 of 100Swimlane (Turbine)
8.0
Low-code drag-and-drop Canvas plus Python (inputs, AI-generated Python, file transforms) and HTTP calls to any API without a connector.
swimlane.com, read 2026-11-03
Integration count and depth documented
weight 14 of 100Swimlane (Turbine)
5.0
No count published; page says 'infinite integrations', which is not a number. Supports third-party MCP server tools.
swimlane.com, read 2026-11-03 (vendor claim)
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 100Swimlane (Turbine)
6.0Ahead
Case management is listed as part of Turbine with no detail on the page read.
swimlane.com, read 2026-11-03
Approvals and human-in-the-loop controls
weight 12 of 100Swimlane (Turbine)
6.0
Hero AI asks for user confirmation before key actions (September 2025 coverage); the Swimlane page names 'guardrails' but no approval workflow.
swimlane.com, read 2026-11-03 (search summary only); siliconangle.com, read 2026-11-03 (search summary only)
Tines
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 100Swimlane (Turbine)
8.0Ahead
Hero AI agents, a Playbook Generator and an Agent Builder; agents can replace several deterministic steps inside a playbook (January 2026).
siliconangle.com, read 2026-11-03 (vendor claim) (search summary only); swimlane.com, read 2026-11-03 (vendor claim) (search summary only)
Hosting and data residency options
weight 8 of 100Swimlane (Turbine)
3.0
Not found in the pages read on 2026-11-03. Deployment model and data residency are not on the page read.
swimlane.com, read 2026-11-03
Pricing model and transparency
weight 8 of 100Swimlane (Turbine)
3.5
No price. Page offers 'up to a year free' without terms.
swimlane.com, read 2026-11-03 (vendor claim)
Tines
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 100Swimlane (Turbine)
6.0
Swimlane's migration page, read 2026-11-03, names Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, D3 Security and FortiSOAR as sources and claims up to 90 percent of workflows migrate automatically (vendor claim, marketing page, no method). The platform exports a .ssp solution package. A competitor says Swimlane's schema-held rules do not port, a claim about a rival.
swimlane.com, read 2026-11-03 (vendor claim); swimlane.com, read 2026-11-03
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 100Swimlane (Turbine)
8.0
Independent; raised USD 45M in June 2025. No acquisition found in the search read.
businesswire.com, read 2026-11-03
Tines
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 Swimlane (Turbine) v Tines, by buyer type
- small team
- Tines fits better, because it publishes a free edition with 3 live workflows and a one-time 50 USD AI allowance; Swimlane publishes no price and offers 'up to a year free' without terms.
- regulated or air-gapped
- Tines fits better, because it lists a self-hosted deployment in its docs sidebar; Swimlane documents nothing for this buyer type on the pages read.
- leaving a legacy SOAR
- Swimlane fits better, because it claims up to 90 percent of workflows migrate automatically (vendor claim); Tines moves Splunk SOAR case records through a library story and not playbook logic.
When to pick each
Pick Swimlane (Turbine) when
Pick Swimlane when you are leaving a legacy SOAR and you want a tool that claims up to 90 percent of workflows migrate automatically (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 Swimlane (Turbine) 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' legacy SOAR migration post (read via a third-party summary) names no source platform or converter, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Phishing triage | rebuild from scratch | Tines' legacy SOAR migration post (read via a third-party summary) names no source platform or converter, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Endpoint containment | rebuild from scratch | Tines' legacy SOAR migration post (read via a third-party summary) names no source platform or converter, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Identity actions | rebuild from scratch | Tines' legacy SOAR migration post (read via a third-party summary) names no source platform or converter, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Ticketing and case sync | rebuild from scratch | Tines' legacy SOAR migration post (read via a third-party summary) names no source platform or converter, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Custom scripted logic | rebuild from scratch | Tines' legacy SOAR migration post (read via a third-party summary) names no source platform or converter, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Scheduled or batch jobs | rebuild from scratch | Tines' legacy SOAR migration post (read via a third-party summary) names no source platform or converter, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
| Playbook type | Verdict | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Enrichment lookups | rebuild from scratch | Tines documents story JSON, but no importer for it or migration guide was found for Swimlane, 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 Swimlane, 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 Swimlane, 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 Swimlane, 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 Swimlane, 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 Swimlane 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 Swimlane, so no documented path on 2026-11-03. tines.com, read 2026-11-03 |
Profiles
Swimlane (Turbine). Tines. Alternatives: instead of Swimlane (Turbine), instead of Tines.