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Mate Security v Torq AI SOC Platform: which AI SOC can a lean team hand more to?

SHORT ANSWER

Mate Security scores higher overall on our weights, 7.90 to 7.20. Mate scores higher on Investigates end to end, Autonomy you can dial, Shows its reasoning, Brings SOAR playbooks along and Pricing clarity; Torq scores higher on Reaches your data sources; they tie on Hosting and data handling. Every score has a reason in the table below.

By The Alert Desk · AI SOC Compared · Published 2026-09-27 · Updated 2026-10-14

Desk research from public vendor pages; vendor facts read 27 September, 11 October and 13 October 2026; published 27 September 2026, updated 14 October 2026. Editorial assessment; we did not test the products.

Mate Security

Rank 1 of 10

Mate Security autonomy ladderTRIAGE: Documented; INVESTIGATE: Documented; SHOW WORK: Documented; ACT ON SIGN-OFF: Documented; ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITS: DocumentedTISALMate Security autonomy ladder. TRIAGE: Documented; INVESTIGATE: Documented; SHOW WORK: Documented; ACT ON SIGN-OFF: Documented; ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITS: Documented.

Best for: Lean teams that want every alert investigated with autonomy they can set per category, and SOAR playbooks carried over

Read the Mate profile

Torq AI SOC Platform

Rank 3 of 10

Torq AI SOC Platform autonomy ladderTRIAGE: Documented; INVESTIGATE: Documented; SHOW WORK: Partial; ACT ON SIGN-OFF: Partial; ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITS: DocumentedTISALTorq AI SOC Platform autonomy ladder. TRIAGE: Documented; INVESTIGATE: Documented; SHOW WORK: Partial; ACT ON SIGN-OFF: Partial; ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITS: Documented.

Best for: Teams with many tools to connect that want AI agents and no-code automation in one product

Read the Torq profile

Which platform scores higher on each criterion?

Mate and Torq: score per criterion; open Why for both reasons and sources
CriterionMateTorqHigher
Investigates end to end 20%
Why

Mate: Mate says it investigates every alert, including informational ones, against a Security Context Graph of memories, decision traces, guardrails and architecture.

Source: Mate Security homepage · Read 11 Oct 2026

Torq: Universal Auto Triage, then Socrates coordinates HyperAgents that gather evidence, build timelines and summarise each case.

Source: Torq AI SOC Platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

9 / 108 / 10Mate
Autonomy you can dial 20%
Why

Mate: Three levels (Recommend only, Supervised, Auto-run), with each action scored on Confidence, Precision and Reversibility outside the agent loop.

Source: Mate Security platform · Read 11 Oct 2026

Torq: Presents oversight and control as core, with governance and audit logs on workflows; a named approval mode is not described on the pages reviewed.

Source: Torq AI SOC Platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

9 / 108 / 10Mate
Shows its reasoning 15%
Why

Mate: Verdicts carry an evidence trail the team can audit and tune, and decision traces record why analysts decided past cases.

Source: Mate Security platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

Torq: Cases hold evidence, timelines and summaries, but step-level agent reasoning is described less specifically than at the leaders.

Source: Torq AI SOC Platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

9 / 107 / 10Mate
Reaches your data sources 15%
Why

Mate: Names Microsoft, Google Workspace, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Proofpoint and Slack and says it is stack agnostic, but publishes no integration count or catalogue.

Source: Mate Security platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

Torq: 300 pre-built integrations and 4,000+ pre-built steps, plus AI-generated integrations.

Source: Torq AI SOC Platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

7 / 109 / 10Torq
Hosting and data handling 10%
Why

Mate: Trust center lists ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, CCPA and GDPR, with AWS and Google Cloud as cloud subprocessors; no single-tenant, customer-tenant or residency option is described.

Source: Mate Security trust center · Read 11 Oct 2026

Torq: Cloud-native service with SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and BSI C5 listed; no customer-tenant or on-premises option described.

Source: Torq blog: ISO 42001 and German BSI C5 certifications (5 December 2025) · Read 11 Oct 2026

6 / 106 / 10Tie
Brings SOAR playbooks along 10%
Why

Mate: States it translates existing SOAR playbooks into Gamebooks, replacing brittle API calls while keeping custom logic.

Source: Mate Security: Gamebooks · Read 27 Sep 2026

Torq: Agentic and deterministic workflows built from natural language, so playbooks are rebuilt quickly rather than translated.

Source: Torq Hyperautomation · Read 27 Sep 2026

9 / 108 / 10Mate
Pricing clarity 10%
Why

Mate: AWS Marketplace listing shows $150,000 for a 12-month contract for one dimension, the Mate Enterprise Tier, a usage tier the listing does not define; no pricing unit and no price on Mate's own site.

Source: AWS Marketplace: Mate Security listing · Read 11 Oct 2026

Torq: No public pricing; the pricing address returned not found.

Source: Torq pricing URL (returned not found) · Read 11 Oct 2026

4 / 102 / 10Mate

How far does each go without a person?

Mate

Mate Security autonomy ladderTRIAGE: Documented; INVESTIGATE: Documented; SHOW WORK: Documented; ACT ON SIGN-OFF: Documented; ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITS: DocumentedTRIAGEDOCINVESTIGATEDOCSHOW WORKDOCACT ON SIGN-OFFDOCACT ALONE,WITHIN LIMITSDOC
  • Documented on the vendor's pages
  • Partial: in general terms only, or through another product
  • Not documented on the pages reviewed
  1. TRIAGEDocumented

    Mate says it investigates 100% of alerts, including informational ones.

    Source: Mate Security homepage · Read 11 Oct 2026

  2. INVESTIGATEDocumented

    Investigations run against the Security Context Graph with domain logic for six alert domains.

    Source: Mate Security platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

  3. SHOW WORKDocumented

    Verdicts come with an evidence trail; decision traces record why analysts decided past cases.

    Source: Mate Security platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

  4. ACT ON SIGN-OFFDocumented

    Supervised level: human in the loop for response.

    Source: Mate Security platform · Read 11 Oct 2026

  5. ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITSDocumented

    Auto-run level with CPR checks outside the agent loop; falls back to Supervised on conflict with analysts.

    Source: Mate Security platform · Read 11 Oct 2026

A filled rung means the vendor's own pages describe that step. It does not measure how well or how often the step works in your environment.

Torq

Torq AI SOC Platform autonomy ladderTRIAGE: Documented; INVESTIGATE: Documented; SHOW WORK: Partial; ACT ON SIGN-OFF: Partial; ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITS: DocumentedTRIAGEDOCINVESTIGATEDOCSHOW WORKPARTACT ON SIGN-OFFPARTACT ALONE,WITHIN LIMITSDOC
  • Documented on the vendor's pages
  • Partial: in general terms only, or through another product
  • Not documented on the pages reviewed
  1. TRIAGEDocumented

    Universal Auto Triage separates noise from risk.

    Source: Torq AI SOC Platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

  2. INVESTIGATEDocumented

    HyperAgents gather evidence and build timelines per case.

    Source: Torq AI SOC Platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

  3. SHOW WORKPartial

    Cases carry evidence, timelines and summaries; step-level agent reasoning is described less specifically.

    Source: Torq AI SOC Platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

  4. ACT ON SIGN-OFFPartial

    Oversight, governance and audit logs on workflows; a named approval mode is not described on the pages reviewed.

    Source: Torq AI SOC Platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

  5. ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITSDocumented

    Autonomous remediation through Hyperautomation workflows.

    Source: Torq AI SOC Platform · Read 27 Sep 2026

A filled rung means the vendor's own pages describe that step. It does not measure how well or how often the step works in your environment.

Documented by Mate only: show work and act on sign-off. Documented by Torq only: none. Documented by both: triage, investigate and act alone, within limits.

A partial rung counts as not documented in these sentences.

What do they cost, and where do they run?

Mate

Not published

No price on Mate's own site. AWS Marketplace listing: $150,000 for a 12-month contract, dimension Mate Enterprise Tier (described as the usage tier level in the Mate platform, not otherwise defined); private offers through Mate's sales team. Mate says marketplace purchases can count toward AWS commitments.

Source: AWS Marketplace: Mate Security listing · Read 11 Oct 2026

HOSTING SaaS. Mate's AWS Marketplace post says it is built on AWS infrastructure; its trust center lists Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud as cloud subprocessors. Self-hosted, customer-tenant and data residency options: Not published.

Torq

Not published

Source: Torq pricing URL (returned not found) · Read 11 Oct 2026

HOSTING Cloud-native SaaS. Other hosting options: Not published.

Which should a lean team choose?

Choose Mate if

  • it matters most that it investigates end to end (9/10)
  • it matters most that it autonomy you can dial (9/10)

Choose Mate Security if you want every alert investigated and a documented way to move categories from recommendations to unattended action and back, or if you have SOAR playbooks you want carried over rather than rebuilt. Look elsewhere first if you need a defined pricing unit, a published integration catalogue or hosting in your own tenant.

Choose Torq if

  • it matters most that it reaches your data sources (9/10)
  • it matters most that it investigates end to end (8/10)

Choose Torq if you have many tools to connect and want fixed automations and AI agents in one product, built from plain-language descriptions. Look elsewhere first if you need named approval modes per action or published prices.

Where Mate Security scores lower

Mate Security ranks 1 of 10 on default weights. It holds the highest or tied highest score on Investigates end to end, Autonomy you can dial, Shows its reasoning and Brings SOAR playbooks along. It scores lower on Reaches your data sources (7 against Torq AI SOC Platform at 9), Hosting and data handling (6 against Conifers CognitiveSOC at 9) and Pricing clarity (4 against Dropzone AI and Intezer at 5).

Mate publishes no pricing unit (its only public price is an AWS Marketplace listing for one undefined usage tier), no integration count, and no single-tenant, customer-tenant or residency option. Its lead comes from autonomy control and playbooks: it is the only platform here that describes three autonomy levels with action checks outside the agent loop and translating existing SOAR playbooks.

Frequently asked questions

Which gives a team more control over autonomy, Mate or Torq?

Mate on our autonomy criterion (Mate 9/10, Torq 8/10). Mate: Three levels (Recommend only, Supervised, Auto-run), with each action scored on Confidence, Precision and Reversibility outside the agent loop. Torq: Presents oversight and control as core, with governance and audit logs on workflows; a named approval mode is not described on the pages reviewed.

Can Mate or Torq act without a person?

Mate documents actions on sign-off, and documents unattended actions within limits: Auto-run level with CPR checks outside the agent loop; falls back to Supervised on conflict with analysts. Torq does not document actions on sign-off natively, and documents unattended actions within limits: Autonomous remediation through Hyperautomation workflows. Rungs documented: Mate 5 of 5, Torq 4 of 5.

Which is easier to price, Mate or Torq?

Mate: Not published. Torq: Not published. Pricing clarity scores: Mate 4/10, Torq 2/10.

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