Detection as Code

Anvilogic vs Hunters

Anvilogic totals 5.48 and Hunters totals 3.44 on the 10 point detection-as-code rubric (sources read 2026-11-03 and 2026-11-04). Anvilogic leads by 2.04 points. The pair turns on coverage analytics: Hunters documents it in full, and Anvilogic documents it only in part, or as a vendor claim. Neither publishes anything on CI and deployment or rule languages.

The difference that decides this pair

The largest weighted gap on the rubric is rule health: Anvilogic scores 6.0 against 3.5 for Hunters, which is 0.45 of the 10 point total.

Anvilogic claims Maturity Scoring against ATT&CK with Validated, Deployed and Gap states, on a product page only; Hunters, by contrast, draws a Threat Coverage map on ATT&CK v14 with uncovered techniques in gray. docs.hunters.ai read 2026-11-03 anvilogic.com read 2026-11-03

Rubric side by side

Anvilogic totals 5.48 and Hunters totals 3.44 out of 10.

Rubric criteria for Anvilogic and Hunters, scores out of 10. A plus marks a criterion where Hunters scores higher, a minus where Anvilogic does.

MarkerCriterionWeightAnvilogicHunters
-Rule languages and conversion paths155.03.0
-Git-native workflow and CI/CD185.03.0
-Testing155.04.0
-Coverage analytics127.04.0
-Rule health186.03.5
-Versioning and rollback85.03.0
-Content library size and freshness85.04.0
-Pricing transparency66.03.0
Total1005.483.44

The 33 capabilities as a diff

Read it as a diff from Anvilogic to Hunters: 9 of 33 rows differ. A plus marks a row where Hunters documents more (4 rows), a minus a row where Anvilogic documents more (5 rows). Rows with no marker match.

Capability rows for Anvilogic and Hunters, grouped. Changed rows are shaded and carry a marker.

MarkerCapabilityAnvilogicHunters
Languages
Sigma nativeAnvilogic, Sigma native: not documentednot documentedHunters, Sigma native: not documentednot documented
Sigma conversionAnvilogic, Sigma conversion: not documentednot documentedHunters, Sigma conversion: not documentednot documented
YARA-LAnvilogic, YARA-L: not documentednot documentedHunters, YARA-L: not documentednot documented
SPLAnvilogic, SPL: not documentednot documentedHunters, SPL: not documentednot documented
KQLAnvilogic, KQL: not documentednot documentedHunters, KQL: not documentednot documented
EQL or ES|QLAnvilogic, EQL or ES|QL: not documentednot documentedHunters, EQL or ES|QL: not documentednot documented
PythonAnvilogic, Python: not documentednot documentedHunters, Python: not documentednot documented
Visual builderAnvilogic, Visual builder: partialpartialHunters, Visual builder: partialpartial
YARAAnvilogic, YARA: not documentednot documentedHunters, YARA: not documentednot documented
Lucene or KQL-likeAnvilogic, Lucene or KQL-like: not documentednot documentedHunters, Lucene or KQL-like: not documentednot documented
Source control and CI
Git syncAnvilogic, Git sync: not documentednot documentedHunters, Git sync: not documentednot documented
PR deployAnvilogic, PR deploy: not documentednot documentedHunters, PR deploy: not documentednot documented
CLIAnvilogic, CLI: not documentednot documentedHunters, CLI: not documentednot documented
Rule APIAnvilogic, Rule API: not documentednot documentedHunters, Rule API: not documentednot documented
CI examplesAnvilogic, CI examples: not documentednot documentedHunters, CI examples: not documentednot documented
Anvilogic documents moreEnv promotionAnvilogic, Env promotion: partialpartialHunters, Env promotion: not documentednot documented
Testing
Anvilogic documents moreUnit testsAnvilogic, Unit tests: partialpartialHunters, Unit tests: not documentednot documented
Hunters documents moreReplayAnvilogic, Replay: not documentednot documentedHunters, Replay: documenteddocumented
Anvilogic documents moreSynthetic eventsAnvilogic, Synthetic events: partialpartialHunters, Synthetic events: not documentednot documented
Backtest reportsAnvilogic, Backtest reports: not documentednot documentedHunters, Backtest reports: not documentednot documented
Anvilogic documents moreTest coverageAnvilogic, Test coverage: partialpartialHunters, Test coverage: not documentednot documented
Coverage analytics
Hunters documents moreATT&CK mapAnvilogic, ATT&CK map: partialpartialHunters, ATT&CK map: documenteddocumented
Hunters documents moreGap viewAnvilogic, Gap view: partialpartialHunters, Gap view: documenteddocumented
Hunters documents moreData sourcesAnvilogic, Data sources: not documentednot documentedHunters, Data sources: partialpartial
Log source healthAnvilogic, Log source health: partialpartialHunters, Log source health: partialpartial
Rule health
Noisy rulesAnvilogic, Noisy rules: partialpartialHunters, Noisy rules: partialpartial
Anvilogic documents moreBroken rulesAnvilogic, Broken rules: partialpartialHunters, Broken rules: not documentednot documented
Field driftAnvilogic, Field drift: not documentednot documentedHunters, Field drift: not documentednot documented
Rule costAnvilogic, Rule cost: not documentednot documentedHunters, Rule cost: not documentednot documented
LifecycleAnvilogic, Lifecycle: partialpartialHunters, Lifecycle: partialpartial
Library
Library countAnvilogic, Library count: partialpartialHunters, Library count: partialpartial
CommunityAnvilogic, Community: not documentednot documentedHunters, Community: not documentednot documented
CadenceAnvilogic, Cadence: partialpartialHunters, Cadence: partialpartial

documenteddocumentedpartialpartialnot documentednot documented

Sources for the rows that differ

Verdict by buyer type

Which of the two fits each kind of team.

BuyerVerdict
Microsoft Sentinel estateAnvilogic is the better fit: it lists Azure Sentinel as a deployment target on its product page (vendor claim); Hunters documents no Sentinel path.
Elastic estateAnvilogic is the better fit: it lists Elastic as a deployment target on its product page (vendor claim); Hunters documents no Elastic path.
Splunk estateAnvilogic is the better fit: it lists Splunk as a deployment target on its product page (vendor claim); Hunters documents no Splunk path.
a team starting from scratch with SigmaNeither Anvilogic nor Hunters documents a path for this buyer, so it does not separate them.

When to pick each

Anvilogic: Pick Anvilogic when published pricing is the deciding need: it lists a free tier at 0 USD a month and routes the paid tiers to sales.

Hunters: Pick Hunters when coverage analytics is the deciding need: it draws a Threat Coverage map on ATT&CK v14 with uncovered techniques in gray.

Profiles: Anvilogic, Hunters. Alternatives: to Anvilogic, to Hunters.