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PROS

Swimlane is highly effective at representing workflows that involve multiple users.
The most valuable feature is its excellent support.
It significantly reduces the time required for processes, saving 80 to 90 percent of time by efficiently handling information.
Swimlane enables significant manpower savings by allowing two analysts to perform the work of ten.
It is considered the best SOAR available and is highly recommended for integration with clients.

CONS

Swimlane is currently two-dimensional, lacking a third dimension for enhanced usefulness.
Stability has room for improvement, with users facing issues.
Swimlane is not scalable, requiring manual configuration through coding.
Version control is lacking, making it challenging to move changes between environments during significant updates.
Swimlane's initial setup and deployment are complex.
 

Swimlane Pros review quotes

reviewer1248516 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager, Cyber Security at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 23, 2025
The biggest advantage of Swimlane for us is that it saves time, which in turn helps us in cost-saving.
reviewer2847426 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security automation specialist at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Jun 3, 2026
Swimlane has positively impacted my organization by saving a lot of time, reducing all the manual work that the SOC used to do, and improving response times.
MD
Software Engineer III at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jun 4, 2025
On a scale of one to ten, this solution deserves a rating of nine.
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reviewer2714010 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Consultant at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 2, 2025
We are using it for a SOAR platform at a Cyber Security company which is MSSP.
SS
Associate at Deloitte
Mar 18, 2025
Our primary goal was to reduce analyst time, and we have been successful in that.
US
Senior Solutions Architect at Tata Consultancy
Apr 25, 2025
Swimlane saves us 80 to 90 percent of our time by quickly helping us design the journey and efficiently passing information to various components.
reviewer2857164 - PeerSpot reviewer
Critical Incident Response Center Analyst (Circulation) at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jun 15, 2026
Swimlane has positively impacted my organization by helping us quickly work on alerts and document them, leading to improved response times and efficiency since we are able to work very easily using the amazing UI and the tool.
Apr 2, 2025
Swimlane enables two SOC analysts to work efficiently as much as ten analysts would without Swimlane, which translates to significant manpower savings.
FS
Operation Analyst at Aurea
Apr 2, 2025
Swimlane is a very effective way to represent workflows involving multiple users.
Srikanth Nuthalapati - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineering Manager at Deloitte
Jan 30, 2023
The most valuable feature of the solution is the support.
 

Swimlane Cons review quotes

reviewer1248516 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager, Cyber Security at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 23, 2025
One of the disadvantages of Swimlane is that to manage the platform, we need hardcore developers.
reviewer2847426 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security automation specialist at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Jun 3, 2026
Swimlane's scalability was adequate to some extent, but then it needed a DevOps engineer to maintain it properly, which we lacked.
MD
Software Engineer III at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jun 4, 2025
Swimlane is not scalable because it is not exposed. Currently, it's a manual component that requires configuration through coding.
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reviewer2714010 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Consultant at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 2, 2025
Swimlane's search bar is not working effectively, and there is no option to differentiate between two cases at the same time.
SS
Associate at Deloitte
Mar 18, 2025
There is a need for enhanced version control in Swimlane. Currently, our version does not support it, making it tough to move changes between environments during significant updates.
US
Senior Solutions Architect at Tata Consultancy
Apr 25, 2025
I would prefer to have more colors added to represent different risks or notations, which can be used for the prioritization of risks and the significance of information.
reviewer2857164 - PeerSpot reviewer
Critical Incident Response Center Analyst (Circulation) at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jun 15, 2026
Swimlane can be improved by being faster and quicker so it is easier for us and does not hang sometimes.
Apr 2, 2025
I would like to see improvements in the minor bugs that occur with each update, as some features might have issues.
FS
Operation Analyst at Aurea
Apr 2, 2025
Swimlane is currently two-dimensional. If a third dimension could be added, it might be more useful.
Srikanth Nuthalapati - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineering Manager at Deloitte
Jan 30, 2023
The stability of the solution has room for improvement.