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7AI v Mate Security: which AI SOC can a lean team hand more to?

SHORT ANSWER

Mate Security scores higher overall on our weights, 7.90 to 6.95. 7AI scores higher on no criterion; Mate scores higher on Investigates end to end, Autonomy you can dial, Reaches your data sources, Hosting and data handling and Brings SOAR playbooks along; they tie on Shows its reasoning and Pricing clarity. 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.

7AI

Rank 6 of 10

7AI autonomy ladderTRIAGE: Documented; INVESTIGATE: Documented; SHOW WORK: Documented; ACT ON SIGN-OFF: Documented; ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITS: DocumentedTISAL7AI autonomy ladder. TRIAGE: Documented; INVESTIGATE: Documented; SHOW WORK: Documented; ACT ON SIGN-OFF: Documented; ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITS: Documented.

Best for: Teams whose analysts must read every step before trusting a verdict

Read the 7AI profile

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

Which platform scores higher on each criterion?

7AI and Mate: score per criterion; open Why for both reasons and sources
Criterion7AIMateHigher
Investigates end to end 20%
Why

7AI: Agents take every alert to a determination, with Federated SIEM queries that read data where it lives.

Source: 7AI platform · Read 11 Oct 2026

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

8 / 109 / 10Mate
Autonomy you can dial 20%
Why

7AI: Response is guided or automatic with humans on the loop, behind approval gates with a full audit trail.

Source: 7AI response · Read 27 Sep 2026

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

8 / 109 / 10Mate
Shows its reasoning 15%
Why

7AI: Each agent's mission, the tools it ran, the exact request and response, and its conclusion are visible.

Source: 7AI investigations · Read 27 Sep 2026

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

9 / 109 / 10Tie
Reaches your data sources 15%
Why

7AI: Lists endpoint, identity, cloud, email, network and threat intel sources but publishes no integration count.

Source: 7AI platform · Read 11 Oct 2026

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

6 / 107 / 10Mate
Hosting and data handling 10%
Why

7AI: SOC 2 Type II audit completed and AWS Security Hub integration; self-hosted or residency options are not described.

Source: 7AI security · Read 11 Oct 2026

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

5 / 106 / 10Mate
Brings SOAR playbooks along 10%
Why

7AI: Builds response into the platform and calls itself a force multiplier rather than a replacement; no playbook translation described.

Source: 7AI response · Read 27 Sep 2026

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

6 / 109 / 10Mate
Pricing clarity 10%
Why

7AI: AWS Marketplace listing shows $50,000 for a 12-month contract with custom pricing on request; the pricing address returned not found and no unit is defined.

Source: AWS Marketplace: 7AI Agentic SOC Platform listing · Read 11 Oct 2026

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

4 / 104 / 10Tie

How far does each go without a person?

7AI

7AI 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

    Agents take every alert from source to a determination.

    Source: 7AI platform · Read 11 Oct 2026

  2. INVESTIGATEDocumented

    Investigations with Federated SIEM queries across sources.

    Source: 7AI platform · Read 11 Oct 2026

  3. SHOW WORKDocumented

    Mission, tools, requests, responses and conclusion visible per agent.

    Source: 7AI investigations · Read 27 Sep 2026

  4. ACT ON SIGN-OFFDocumented

    Approval gates with a full audit trail.

    Source: 7AI response · Read 27 Sep 2026

  5. ACT ALONE, WITHIN LIMITSDocumented

    Automatic response with humans on the loop.

    Source: 7AI 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.

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.

Documented by 7AI only: none. Documented by Mate only: none. Documented by both: triage, investigate, show work, act on sign-off and act alone, within limits.

A partial rung counts as not documented in these sentences.

What do they cost, and where do they run?

7AI

Not published

No price on 7AI's site; the /pricing address returned not found. AWS Marketplace listing: $50,000 for a 12-month contract (dimension 7AI Platform, custom pricing through 7AI support); fees non-cancellable and non-refundable.

Source: AWS Marketplace: 7AI Agentic SOC Platform listing · Read 11 Oct 2026

HOSTING SaaS; listed on AWS Marketplace and integrated with AWS Security Hub. Self-hosted or residency options: Not published. SOC 2 Type II.

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.

Which should a lean team choose?

Choose 7AI if

  • it matters most that it shows its reasoning (9/10)
  • it matters most that it investigates end to end (8/10)

Choose 7AI if your analysts will not trust a verdict they cannot trace step by step, or if you want the option of a fully managed service on the same platform. Confirm integrations and hosting early, since neither is published.

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.

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, 7AI or Mate?

Mate on our autonomy criterion (7AI 8/10, Mate 9/10). 7AI: Response is guided or automatic with humans on the loop, behind approval gates with a full audit trail. Mate: Three levels (Recommend only, Supervised, Auto-run), with each action scored on Confidence, Precision and Reversibility outside the agent loop.

Can 7AI or Mate act without a person?

7AI documents actions on sign-off, and documents unattended actions within limits: Automatic response with humans on the loop. 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. Rungs documented: 7AI 5 of 5, Mate 5 of 5.

Which is easier to price, 7AI or Mate?

7AI: Not published. Mate: Not published. Pricing clarity scores: 7AI 4/10, Mate 4/10.

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