Swimlane Named a Top Technology Performer by QKS Group for Fourth Consecutive Year

DENVER – May 14, 2026 – Swimlane, the leader in agentic AI automation for every security function, today announced its placement as the leader for technology excellence and Ace Performer in the 2026 QKS Group SPARK Matrix™ for Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR). This marks the fourth consecutive year Swimlane has earned the top ranking for technology excellence, cementing its position as the most recognized platform in the security automation category.

QKS Group’s market research features a detailed analysis of the global market dynamics, major trends, vendor landscape and competitive positioning. The study also provides a competitive analysis and ranking of the Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) providers. 

“Four consecutive years at the top of this ranking is a testament to what our customers and our team have built together,” said Cody Cornell, CEO and Co-Founder at Swimlane. “Our AI-native security operation platform is providing the equivalent of over 60,000 security analysts’ work every single day. That’s not a roadmap, that’s what’s running in production for our customers right now.”

The Future of Security Automation

The SPARK Matrix™ includes leading global security automation vendors. According to Kunal Kumar, Senior Analyst at QKS Group, “Swimlane continues to distinguish itself as a clear Leader in the SOAR market. Its Turbine platform goes beyond conventional security orchestration by delivering a true hyper automation fabric, one that unifies people, processes and technology at cloud scale. With AI-native capabilities, unlimited integrations and a low-code playbook engine that empowers both seasoned engineers and resource-constrained SOC teams alike, Swimlane is not merely keeping pace with the evolution of security operations; it is actively defining it. Enterprises and MSSPs seeking to consolidate their security stack, reduce alert fatigue and demonstrate quantifiable ROI to the board need look no further.”

QKS Group’s analysis highlights that Swimlane differentiates itself through an AI-powered hyperautomation platform that unifies agentic AI and enterprise-scale automation in a single engine. Hero AI embeds expert agents directly into security workflows, enabling deeper investigation, complex reasoning and responses that complement the highly scalable, reliable, and low-latency capabilities of automation. 

Turbine Canvas is an AI development environment for rapidly building, deploying, and iterating on sophisticated use cases that leverage both agents and automation to give defenders an advantage in the AI era.

Together, these capabilities enable enterprises, government agencies, and MSSPs to modernize security operations, dramatically accelerate alert triage and incident response, and scale automation reliably across cloud, on-premises and air-gapped environments.

A Year of Unprecedented Innovation

This recognition reflects a year of significant product momentum for Swimlane. The company launched its Hero AI agent workforce, a fleet of expert agents and debuted the Swimlane AI SOC, an agentic deep agent platform that builds and deploys end-to-end investigation and remediation playbooks while keeping every decision explainable and every action auditable. Swimlane also joined the Wiz Integration Network (WIN), connecting Wiz’s real-time cloud risk visibility with Turbine’s agentic AI automation to move from detection to remediation at cloud speed.

About Swimlane
At Swimlane, we believe the convergence of agentic AI and automation can solve the most challenging security, compliance and IT/OT operations problems. With Swimlane, enterprises and MSSPs benefit from the world’s first and only AI automation platform for every security function. Only Swimlane gives you the scale and flexibility to unify security teams, tools and telemetry, ensuring today’s SecOps are always a step ahead of tomorrow’s threats.

Learn more: swimlane.com

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