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Cortex XSOAR

Composite Score

7.8 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

28 Reviews Write a Review

What is Cortex XSOAR?

Cortex XSOAR is a comprehensive security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) platform that unifies case management, automation, real-time collaboration, and threat intelligence management to serve security teams across the incident lifecycle.

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Awards & Recognition

Cortex XSOAR won the following awards in the Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response category

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4 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2025

4 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

6 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

Cortex XSOAR Ratings

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87 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+99 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cortex XSOAR?

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100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Case Management

Integration Capabilities

Management and Sharing of Intelligence

Capable of Use Case Development

Team Collaboration

Document & Artifact Storage

Data Model

Automated Phishing Handling

Playbooks/Runbooks and Workflow Builder

Dashboards

Orchestrate & Automate

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Cortex XSOAR Reviews

Miguel H.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

One of the most complete orchestration and respons

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cortex XSOAR from other similar products?

XSOAR differentiates itself from the competition by having the best indicators management in the market as well as a wide marketplace that contains more and more integrations with third parties.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of XSOAR is the ability to have centralized management of indicators of compromise across the network.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Integrations usually require some work and hours to achieve the proposed objective. That is, someone is required who can program all the modifications to the playbook according to the requirements

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I think it is important to detail the size of the network with caution in order to determine the number of incidents you want to handle in XSOAR

Pros

Helps Innovate
Unique Features
Inspires Innovation
Respectful

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Security Protects

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Cortex XSOAR Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+99 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cortex XSOAR?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Case Management Reduction in false positives by integrating threat intelligence directly in case reports by linking cases and to historical or other ongoing cases.

Integration Capabilities Flexible playbooks to support integration workflows and REST API to allow flexibility in integration development.

Management and Sharing of Intelligence The ability to heavily leverage a REST API and represent data in a way that can be shared among multiple teams and tools. STIX/TAXII support.

Capable of Use Case Development Enable the organization to create use cases that may be proprietary to the organizations circumstances or environment.

Team Collaboration Team-based notifications and tasking, commenting and markdown support and escalation management.

Document & Artifact Storage Extensible storage to meet growing needs. The ability to link documents and artifacts to relevant intelligence or other information.

Data Model Flexible data model that supports bespoke indicators. Associations can be formed between different objects, e.g. between threat actors and their capabililities.

Automated Phishing Handling Eliminate the burden of manually analyzing and remediating the growing volume of phishing emails.

Playbooks/Runbooks and Workflow Builder Solution should enable playbook and workflow creation and modification using simple techniques—such as drag-and-drop interfaces.

Dashboards Create multiple, custom dashboards tailored to different teams.

Orchestrate & Automate Ability to prioritize mission-critical playbooks. Performance easily monitored from central location with no execution limits and additional servers as needed.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Cortex XSOAR Reviews

Miguel H.

One of the most complete orchestration and respons

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Case Management

Integration Capabilities

Management and Sharing of Intelligence

Capable of Use Case Development

Team Collaboration

Document & Artifact Storage

Data Model

Automated Phishing Handling

Playbooks/Runbooks and Workflow Builder

Dashboards

Orchestrate & Automate

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features