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Anvilogic and Vega both appear in this guide's vendor directory. On the autonomy ladder, Anvilogic's own material describes Level 3, Continuous hunting, human review and Vega's describes Level 2, Directed autonomous hunts. Both state 3 of the twelve capabilities in our matrix. Anvilogic states hunts start without a per-hunt request where Vega does not; Vega states findings arrive with corroboration or shown working, publishes an open framework or specification and states MCP support where Anvilogic does not. This guide does not pick a winner; which differences matter depends on your must-haves.
Guide updated September 2026 · Autonomous Threat Hunting editors
Where do Anvilogic and Vega differ?
Anvilogic states, Vega does not publish
- Hunts start without a per-hunt request: Describes agents that take threat intel through to deployed detection logic.
Vega states, Anvilogic does not publish
- Findings arrive with corroboration or shown working: "Every step of the hunt shows its work."
- Publishes an open framework or specification: Detection Skills, released 4 August 2026 as an open specification built on the Agent Skills format.
- States MCP support: MCP support.
Both state
Queries data where it already lives, Detection changes kept in version control, Maps hunts or detections to MITRE ATT&CK
Neither states
New rules tested on historical data before release, Response actions staged for human approval, Names its intelligence sources, States a security attestation, Publishes a list price
How do they compare row by row?
| Capability | Anvilogic | Vega | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunts start without a per-hunt request | StatedDescribes agents that take threat intel through to deployed detection logic. | Not publishedThe hunting page describes a user supplying the hypothesis; whether hunts start without one is not published. | Only Anvilogic states it |
| Queries data where it already lives | Stated"One query across Splunk, Snowflake, Sentinel, S3, and more, without moving the data." | StatedFederated analytics: "No migration, ingestion, or egress." | Both state it |
| New rules tested on historical data before release | Partly statedDescribes "validated, deployed detection logic"; what validation consists of is not published. | Not publishedPromotion of a hunt to a detection is described; a backtest step is not published. | Neither states it |
| Detection changes kept in version control | StatedDetection-as-code with version control. | Stated"Every change has a diff, an author, and an approver." | Both state it |
| Findings arrive with corroboration or shown working | Not publishedHow hunt results are presented for review is not published. | Stated"Every step of the hunt shows its work." | Only Vega states it |
| Response actions staged for human approval | Not publishedResponse actions are not described on the pages reviewed. | Not publishedResponse actions are not described on the pages reviewed. | Neither states it |
| Maps hunts or detections to MITRE ATT&CK | StatedTuning agents and coverage scoring against MITRE ATT&CK. | Stated"Promote it to a MITRE-mapped detection on the spot." | Both state it |
| Names its intelligence sources | Not publishedIntelligence sources are not named on the pages reviewed. | Not publishedIntelligence sources are not named on the pages reviewed. | Neither states it |
| Publishes an open framework or specification | Not publishedNone found on the pages reviewed. | StatedDetection Skills, released 4 August 2026 as an open specification built on the Agent Skills format. | Only Vega states it |
| States MCP support | Not publishedNot stated on the pages reviewed. | StatedMCP support. | Only Vega states it |
| States a security attestation | Not publishedNot found on the pages reviewed. | Not publishedNot found on the pages reviewed. | Neither states it |
| Publishes a list price | Not publishedNo list price. A calculator estimates data-lake compute and storage and states that savings do not include Anvilogic annual licensing. | Not publishedNo list price on the pages reviewed. A sandbox is offered at sandbox.vega.io. | Neither states it |
What does each publish about pricing?
| Anvilogic | No list price. A calculator estimates data-lake compute and storage and states that savings do not include Anvilogic annual licensing. |
|---|---|
| Vega | No list price on the pages reviewed. A sandbox is offered at sandbox.vega.io. |
Neither vendor publishes a list price on the pages reviewed. Ask each for a written price basis and budget separately for query compute on your data platforms.
Where does each run, and what controls does it describe?
Anvilogic
- Runs on top of the customer's storage layer; the platform page describes "Augment, Standalone, or Any Combination".
- Search: "One query across Splunk, Snowflake, Sentinel, S3, and more, without moving the data."
- Data platforms named: Splunk, Azure Sentinel, CrowdStrike NG-SIEM, Elastic; Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Log Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, Amazon Security Lake; S3, Azure Blob, GCS.
- Detection-as-code with version control implies reviewable changes; approval steps for hunts are not described on the pages reviewed.
Vega
- Federated analytics that queries every source in place: "No migration, ingestion, or egress."
- MCP support. The connectors page does not name individual connectors. A sandbox is offered at sandbox.vega.io.
- "Every step of the hunt shows its work."
- "Detections live in source control, reviewed like any other code change"; "Every change has a diff, an author, and an approver."
Which should you look at first?
Look at Anvilogic first if your must-haves include hunts start without a per-hunt request.
Look at Vega first if your must-haves include findings arrive with corroboration or shown working or publishes an open framework or specification.
Either way, put both through the same trial questions, and try the calculator with your own must-haves.
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