Agentic Index
Swimlane vs Torq (2026)
Swimlane and Torq are the modern security automation bakeoff, both enterprise sales led with agentic layers on hyperautomation platforms: Swimlane prices on average daily actions automated rather than seats or consumption, with unlimited tenants at enterprise tiers and optional Hero AI prompt packs, while Torq's contracts scale with workflow volume, connected tools, and platform scope, with HyperSOC layering agentic case handling on the automation core. Both replace legacy SOAR economics; the decision usually lands on builder experience for your team, integration fit with your stack, and which pricing meter, actions or workflows, models cheaper against your real automation footprint.
| At a glance | Swimlane | Torq |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Security / SOC agent | Security / SOC agent |
| Entry price | Contact sales | Contact sales; enterprise contracts scaling with workflow volume and scope |
| Free / trial | Demo and value evaluation via sales; no self serve free tier documented | Enterprise evaluations through sales; community and trial tiers reported historically, not confirmed current |
| Pricing confidence | contact only | contact only |
| Feature |
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| Action & orchestration | ||
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Integrations & Tool Calling Ability to connect agents to real systems through native integrations, OAuth-authenticated actions, custom tools, APIs, webhooks, or MCP-compatible tools. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Workflow Orchestration Ability to sequence, branch, retry, route, and combine deterministic workflow nodes with autonomous agent steps. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Triggers & Channel Coverage How agents wake up and where they work: schedules, webhooks, message events, CRM events, inbox events, chat, email, voice, and collaboration tools. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
| Knowledge & context | ||
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Knowledge Grounding & RAG Ability to ground agent behavior in company data through document ingestion, retrieval, external knowledge APIs, semantic search, or RAG layers. |
Partial | Partial |
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Memory & State Persistence Ability to persist context across a run, conversation, workflow, user, team, or longer-term memory layer. |
Partial | Partial |
| Control & trust | ||
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Human Oversight & Guardrails Approval steps, consent checkpoints, escalation rules, structured guardrails, policy constraints, and pause/resume controls. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Security, Identity & Governance RBAC, SSO, auditability, encryption, least-privilege tool access, compliance posture, and data handling policy. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Deployment & Data Residency Deployment modes and options, including SaaS, dedicated cloud, VPC, on-prem, hybrid, local runtime, and self-hosting. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
| Solution readiness | ||
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Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Ready-made workflows, packaged employees, templates, blueprints, industry solutions, and role-specific agents that reduce time-to-value. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
| Platform extensibility | ||
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Model Flexibility & Routing Ability to work across multiple foundation models, route tasks to different models, or let buyers bring their own providers and keys. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
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APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Composability layer: stable APIs, SDKs, MCP tool consumption/serving, custom tools, and integration into internal systems. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Testing, Debugging & Optimization Testing, debugging, scoring, retries, fallbacks, quality gates, and optimization loops for improving agent workflows before and after deployment. |
No / Not documented | Partial |
| Specialist automation | ||
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Browser & Computer Use Browser, desktop, or remote/local computer control for workflows that cannot be handled through stable APIs alone. |
No / Not documented | No / Not documented |
Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
| Pricing |
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Swimlane
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Torq
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Contact sales | Contact sales; enterprise contracts scaling with workflow volume and scope |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Contact only | Contact only |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
average daily actions automated; Hero AI prompt packs per day | enterprise contract (workflow volume and scope) |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
Medium variable cost | Medium variable cost |
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Free tier / trial Try before you buy |
No free tier
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No free tier
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Sales call | Sales call |
Choose Swimlane if
- Action based pricing independent of seats fits a growing automation program.
- Unlimited tenants at enterprise tier suits your MSSP or multi entity structure.
- Low code building with optional AI prompt packs matches your team's skills.
Choose Torq if
- HyperSOC's agentic case management is the near term capability you want.
- Workflow scoped contracts map to how your automation program is organized.
- Your evaluation prioritizes modern developer experience and speed of building.