Detection as Code

Anvilogic vs SOC Prime

Anvilogic totals 5.48 and SOC Prime totals 5.11 on the 10 point detection-as-code rubric (sources read 2026-11-03 and 2026-11-04). Anvilogic leads by 0.37 points. The pair turns on rule health: Anvilogic describes it only in part, or as a vendor claim, and SOC Prime publishes nothing on it. Neither documents field drift alerts tied to rules.

The difference that decides this pair

The largest weighted gap on the rubric is rule health: Anvilogic scores 6.0 against 3.0 for SOC Prime, which is 0.54 of the 10 point total.

The pair splits on rule health: Anvilogic claims a dashboard for coverage and detection health and an 80 percent noise cut, a vendor claim with no method, and SOC Prime names no noisy, broken, drift or cost feature on the pages read. anvilogic.com read 2026-11-03 socprime.com read 2026-11-03

Rubric side by side

Anvilogic totals 5.48 and SOC Prime totals 5.11 out of 10.

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

MarkerCriterionWeightAnvilogicSOC Prime
+Rule languages and conversion paths155.08.0
-Git-native workflow and CI/CD185.04.0
Testing155.05.0
-Coverage analytics127.06.0
-Rule health186.03.0
-Versioning and rollback85.04.0
+Content library size and freshness85.07.0
-Pricing transparency66.05.0
Total1005.485.11

The 33 capabilities as a diff

Read it as a diff from Anvilogic to SOC Prime: 15 of 33 rows differ. A plus marks a row where SOC Prime documents more (6 rows), a minus a row where Anvilogic documents more (9 rows). Rows with no marker match.

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

MarkerCapabilityAnvilogicSOC Prime
Languages
SOC Prime documents moreSigma nativeAnvilogic, Sigma native: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Sigma native: partialpartial
SOC Prime documents moreSigma conversionAnvilogic, Sigma conversion: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Sigma conversion: partialpartial
YARA-LAnvilogic, YARA-L: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, YARA-L: not documentednot documented
SPLAnvilogic, SPL: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, SPL: not documentednot documented
KQLAnvilogic, KQL: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, KQL: not documentednot documented
EQL or ES|QLAnvilogic, EQL or ES|QL: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, EQL or ES|QL: not documentednot documented
PythonAnvilogic, Python: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Python: not documentednot documented
Anvilogic documents moreVisual builderAnvilogic, Visual builder: partialpartialSOC Prime, Visual builder: not documentednot documented
YARAAnvilogic, YARA: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, YARA: not documentednot documented
Lucene or KQL-likeAnvilogic, Lucene or KQL-like: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Lucene or KQL-like: not documentednot documented
Source control and CI
SOC Prime documents moreGit syncAnvilogic, Git sync: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Git sync: partialpartial
PR deployAnvilogic, PR deploy: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, PR deploy: not documentednot documented
CLIAnvilogic, CLI: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, CLI: not documentednot documented
Rule APIAnvilogic, Rule API: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Rule API: not documentednot documented
SOC Prime documents moreCI examplesAnvilogic, CI examples: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, CI examples: partialpartial
Anvilogic documents moreEnv promotionAnvilogic, Env promotion: partialpartialSOC Prime, Env promotion: not documentednot documented
Testing
Anvilogic documents moreUnit testsAnvilogic, Unit tests: partialpartialSOC Prime, Unit tests: not documentednot documented
ReplayAnvilogic, Replay: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Replay: not documentednot documented
Anvilogic documents moreSynthetic eventsAnvilogic, Synthetic events: partialpartialSOC Prime, Synthetic events: not documentednot documented
Backtest reportsAnvilogic, Backtest reports: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Backtest reports: not documentednot documented
Anvilogic documents moreTest coverageAnvilogic, Test coverage: partialpartialSOC Prime, Test coverage: not documentednot documented
Coverage analytics
ATT&CK mapAnvilogic, ATT&CK map: partialpartialSOC Prime, ATT&CK map: partialpartial
Gap viewAnvilogic, Gap view: partialpartialSOC Prime, Gap view: partialpartial
SOC Prime documents moreData sourcesAnvilogic, Data sources: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Data sources: partialpartial
Anvilogic documents moreLog source healthAnvilogic, Log source health: partialpartialSOC Prime, Log source health: not documentednot documented
Rule health
Anvilogic documents moreNoisy rulesAnvilogic, Noisy rules: partialpartialSOC Prime, Noisy rules: not documentednot documented
Anvilogic documents moreBroken rulesAnvilogic, Broken rules: partialpartialSOC Prime, Broken rules: not documentednot documented
Field driftAnvilogic, Field drift: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Field drift: not documentednot documented
Rule costAnvilogic, Rule cost: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Rule cost: not documentednot documented
Anvilogic documents moreLifecycleAnvilogic, Lifecycle: partialpartialSOC Prime, Lifecycle: not documentednot documented
Library
Library countAnvilogic, Library count: partialpartialSOC Prime, Library count: partialpartial
SOC Prime documents moreCommunityAnvilogic, Community: not documentednot documentedSOC Prime, Community: partialpartial
CadenceAnvilogic, Cadence: partialpartialSOC Prime, 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); SOC Prime claims Sigma translation to dozens of languages and names none.
Elastic estateAnvilogic is the better fit: it lists Elastic as a deployment target on its product page (vendor claim); SOC Prime claims Sigma translation to dozens of languages and names none.
Splunk estateAnvilogic is the better fit: it lists Splunk as a deployment target on its product page (vendor claim); SOC Prime claims Sigma translation to dozens of languages and names none.
Google SecOps estateSOC Prime is the only one of the pair with any stated route: it claims Sigma translation to dozens of languages and names none; Anvilogic documents no Google SecOps path.
a team starting from scratch with SigmaSOC Prime is the better fit: it claims Sigma conversion to dozens of targets that its pages do not name; Anvilogic documents no Sigma path.

When to pick each

Anvilogic: Pick Anvilogic when rule health is the deciding need: it claims a dashboard for coverage and detection health and an 80 percent noise cut, a vendor claim with no method. It also leads on versioning and lifecycle.

SOC Prime: Pick SOC Prime when CI and deployment is the deciding need: it lists repository sourcing and CI/CD adaptation on product pages with no workflow shown. It also leads on rule languages.

Profiles: Anvilogic, SOC Prime. Alternatives: to Anvilogic, to SOC Prime.