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This page collects 24 short answers from across the guide, in four groups: the basics of autonomous hunting, trials and pricing, what each vendor in the directory publishes, and how this guide works. Every answer links to a page with more detail. Vendor answers restate what each vendor publishes; none of them compares or ranks vendors.
Guide updated September 2026 · Autonomous Threat Hunting editors
Autonomous hunting basics
What is autonomous threat hunting?
Software that turns threat intelligence into hunt hypotheses, runs the queries across an organization's existing data, checks its own findings and hands people a short list to confirm. Products differ mainly in how much they do without being asked.
Read more: What is autonomous threat hunting
How is hunting different from detection rules?
A detection rule fires when a known pattern appears in new data. A hunt looks for activity no rule has flagged yet. When a hunt finds something real, its logic can be promoted into a new rule.
Read more: How it works
What is the autonomy ladder?
This guide's own five-level model, from Level 0 manual hunting to Level 4 autonomous hunting with human-approved actions. It is an editorial framework, not an industry standard, and a higher rung is not better for every team.
Read more: Autonomy levels
Does autonomous hunting replace threat hunters?
No vendor in the directory describes removing people from deciding whether a finding is real. The work shifts from writing queries to reviewing evidence, approving detections and, at Level 4, approving actions.
Read more: Human in the loop
Does an autonomous system need its own copy of my logs?
Not always. Several vendors in the directory state that they query data where it already lives, and one describes ingesting hot-path data while querying high-volume data in place. Ask which applies to each of your sources.
Read more: Side-by-side view
Why do hunts get mapped to MITRE ATT&CK?
ATT&CK gives hunts and rules a shared vocabulary of tactics and techniques, which makes coverage discussable. A mapping is a label, though, not proof that the logic would find the technique in your data.
Read more: Behaviors before indicators
Trials, pricing and access
Do autonomous threat hunting vendors publish prices?
None of the six vendors in this guide's directory publishes a list price on the pages we reviewed in September 2026. Ask each for a written price basis and what drives it.
Read more: Calculator
What costs are there besides the licence?
Queries run in place are executed and metered by your data platforms, which shows up on those platforms' bills. The other large cost is people's time to review what the system surfaces.
Read more: Query cost and data scope
How long should a trial run?
Long enough to see a full billing cycle on the data platforms the system queries, and long enough to measure review time across at least two weeks of normal work.
Read more: Risks
What should a trial test?
Whether the system finds a known past incident you plant, how long reviews take, whether its account of the queries it ran matches your platforms' own query logs, and whether its approval settings hold.
Read more: Checklist
What access does a hunting agent need?
Read access to each data source its agreed hunts require, ideally through a dedicated service identity with least privilege. List every credential it holds and keep the platforms' own query logs on for that identity.
Read more: Glossary: least privilege
How can I compare vendors on this site?
Use the calculator to mark your must-haves, the side-by-side view for up to six vendors, a head-to-head page for any pair, or an alternatives page for each vendor. None of them ranks vendors or names a winner.
Read more: Side-by-side view
What each vendor publishes
What does Anvilogic describe?
AI automation across SOC workloads, with agents for onboarding, search, detection and investigation on top of data customers already store, and detection-as-code with version control. Its material describes Level 3 on this guide's ladder. It does not publish a list price.
Read more: Anvilogic in the directory
What does Artemis Security describe?
An AI-native protection platform that correlates identity, cloud, endpoint and SaaS data, runs continuous hunts daily and stages response actions that require human confirmation. Its material describes Level 4 on this guide's ladder. It does not publish a list price.
Read more: Artemis Security in the directory
What does Cotool describe?
Agents for detection, response and threat hunting built across a team's existing security stack, including agents that gather intel, check its relevance and propose detections. Its material describes Level 3 on this guide's ladder. It does not publish a list price.
Read more: Cotool in the directory
What does Mars Security describe?
Hunts converted from threat intelligence and run continuously against data where it already lives, with a corroborated shortlist handed to analysts and each rule backtested against 30 days of the customer's data. Its material describes Level 3 on this guide's ladder. It does not publish a list price.
Read more: Mars Security in the directory
What does Nebulock describe?
A platform to hunt continuously, deploy detections and run investigations, including hunts "without a directive", a Retrohunt gate on every rule and open-source hunting frameworks on GitHub. Its material describes Level 3 on this guide's ladder. It does not publish a list price.
Read more: Nebulock in the directory
What does Vega describe?
An AI-native SecOps platform where a user supplies a hypothesis and the system runs the whole hunt across sources in place, with detections kept in source control. Its material describes Level 2 on this guide's ladder. It does not publish a list price.
Read more: Vega in the directory
How this guide works
Does this guide rank or score vendors?
No. Vendors appear in alphabetical order everywhere, and no page gives a score, a ranking or a winner. The directory and the comparison pages record what each vendor publishes.
Read more: Method
What does Not published mean?
That we did not find the detail on the vendor's public pages when we reviewed them in September 2026. It does not mean the product lacks it; treat it as a question for the vendor.
Read more: Method
Who writes this guide?
The Autonomous Threat Hunting editors write it, from public sources.
Read more: Method
How are vendors placed on the autonomy ladder?
Each vendor is placed on the rung that matches the words on its own public pages. We did not test any product, and a placement records what a vendor says, not what it does in your environment.
Read more: Autonomy levels
How often is the guide updated?
The guide was last reviewed in September 2026. The news page is updated monthly, and each page shows its stamp.
Read more: News
How do I report an error?
Write to editors@autonmusthreathunting.com with the page and the source. We correct factual errors within ten days.
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