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Tracecat

Name: Tracecat
Rating: 4.5 (134 reviews)

Open-source SOAR for AI-native security teams

4.5(134 reviews)

Security & Compliance

Quick buyer guide

Is Tracecat right for you?

Use this section to decide whether Tracecat belongs on your shortlist before you visit the vendor, request a demo, or start implementation planning.

Best for

Teams evaluating security & compliance tools for a real business workflow.
Users who need open-source soar for ai-native security teams.
Businesses that already use or can connect Splunk, PagerDuty, Jira.

Not ideal if

Organisations that need enterprise procurement, compliance, and dedicated support from day one.
Teams without a clear use case, owner, or success metric for the tool.
Businesses that cannot yet review data, privacy, permissions, and approval requirements.

Common use cases

Monitor risks, threats, compliance gaps, access, and suspicious activity.

Automate security reviews, policy checks, evidence collection, and alerts.

Help teams respond faster to incidents and audit requirements.

Reduce manual review across security and governance workflows.

Implementation effort

Medium

Tracecat should be tested on one focused workflow first, especially if it connects to existing business systems or customer data.

Pricing clarity

A free tier may be available, but useful business features often sit behind paid plans. Check limits, exports, integrations, and team controls.

Digital by Default verdict

Tracecat is worth considering if you need security & compliance capability and the core features match a real workflow. Treat it as a medium-effort adoption: shortlist it, compare alternatives, and test it on a small but realistic process before wider rollout.

Questions to ask before buying

1Which integrations are included, and which require extra setup or paid plans?
2How does pricing change with users, usage, data volume, or support level?
3What onboarding, migration, and support are included?
4How is your business data stored, secured, and used by the vendor?
5Can you test the tool on a small real workflow before rolling it out widely?

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About

Tracecat is an open-source, AI-native security orchestration, automation, and response platform designed for modern security operations centres. Founded by Y Combinator alumni, it combines a no-code drag-and-drop workflow builder with YAML-based templates for CI/CD integration, built-in case management, and native connections to over 100 MCP servers without custom integration work. Security teams use Tracecat to automate alert triage, enrichment, and incident response, significantly reducing mean-time-to-respond. Unlike legacy SOAR vendors that gate core features behind expensive licences, SSO and audit logs remain free even on the open-source tier. Teams can self-host on Docker, AWS Fargate, or Kubernetes, or subscribe to the fully managed enterprise cloud.