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Artemis Security and Cotool both appear in this guide's vendor directory. On the autonomy ladder, Artemis Security's own material describes Level 4, Autonomous, human-approved actions and Cotool's describes Level 3, Continuous hunting, human review. Both state 2 of the twelve capabilities in our matrix. Artemis Security states findings arrive with corroboration or shown working and response actions staged for human approval where Cotool does not; Cotool states detection changes kept in version control, names its intelligence sources and states MCP support where Artemis Security 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 Artemis Security and Cotool differ?
Artemis Security states, Cotool does not publish
- Findings arrive with corroboration or shown working: Correlates identity, cloud, endpoint and SaaS signals during autonomous investigation.
- Response actions staged for human approval: Response actions are staged and require human confirmation.
Cotool states, Artemis Security does not publish
- Detection changes kept in version control: Compatible with existing detection-as-code infrastructure; agent version control.
- Names its intelligence sources: Agents crawl the web for intel; custom intel sources including STIX/TAXII.
- States MCP support: Custom MCP listed among integrations.
Both state
Hunts start without a per-hunt request, Maps hunts or detections to MITRE ATT&CK
Neither states
Queries data where it already lives, New rules tested on historical data before release, Publishes an open framework or specification, States a security attestation, Publishes a list price
How do they compare row by row?
| Capability | Artemis Security | Cotool | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunts start without a per-hunt request | StatedContinuous hunts run daily against a growing library and "100+ intelligence feeds". | StatedAgents gather intel from the web, check relevance to the environment and propose detections. | Both state it |
| Queries data where it already lives | Partly stated"Hot-path data ingested, high-volume data queried where it lives." | Not publishedWorks through 40+ native integrations; whether data is queried in place or copied is not stated on the pages reviewed. | Neither states it |
| New rules tested on historical data before release | Not publishedHow detections from hunts are reviewed before going live is not published. | Not publishedHow proposed detections are approved before deployment is not published. | Neither states it |
| Detection changes kept in version control | Not publishedNot described on the pages reviewed. | StatedCompatible with existing detection-as-code infrastructure; agent version control. | Only Cotool states it |
| Findings arrive with corroboration or shown working | StatedCorrelates identity, cloud, endpoint and SaaS signals during autonomous investigation. | Not publishedNot described on the pages reviewed. | Only Artemis Security states it |
| Response actions staged for human approval | StatedResponse actions are staged and require human confirmation. | Partly statedDescribes Respond automation; approval steps are not described in detail. | Only Artemis Security states it |
| Maps hunts or detections to MITRE ATT&CK | StatedStates "comprehensive MITRE coverage from day one"; tactic-level detail not published. | StatedMaps the detection suite across sources onto MITRE ATT&CK to surface gaps. | Both state it |
| Names its intelligence sources | Partly statedStates "100+ intelligence feeds"; individual feeds are not named on the pages reviewed. | StatedAgents crawl the web for intel; custom intel sources including STIX/TAXII. | Only Cotool states it |
| Publishes an open framework or specification | Not publishedNone found on the pages reviewed. | Not publishedNone found on the pages reviewed. | Neither states it |
| States MCP support | Not publishedNot stated on the pages reviewed. | StatedCustom MCP listed among integrations. | Only Cotool 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 on the pages reviewed. | Not publishedNo list price on the pages reviewed. | Neither states it |
What does each publish about pricing?
| Artemis Security | No list price on the pages reviewed. |
|---|---|
| Cotool | No list price on the pages reviewed. |
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?
Artemis Security
- "Hot-path data ingested, high-volume data queried where it lives."
- Ingested sources named: Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Exabeam, LogRhythm, CrowdStrike NG-SIEM.
- Queried in place: AWS Athena, AWS Security Lake, Google SecOps, BigQuery, Snowflake, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse, Trino.
- Identity: Entra ID, Okta, Auth0, JumpCloud, PingOne. EDR: CrowdStrike, Defender XDR, SentinelOne, Carbon Black, Cortex XDR. The connectors page states 225+ connectors in 17 categories.
- Response actions are staged and require human confirmation.
Cotool
- Works through integrations; the detect page states 40+ native integrations and compatibility with existing detection-as-code infrastructure.
- Integrations named include CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne, Okta, Code42, Kandji, Splunk, Datadog, Panther, Snowflake, Databricks, incident.io, Jira, Linear, TheHive, Tines, VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, GreyNoise, urlscan, Socket, Slack and Microsoft Teams; custom MCP.
- Custom intel sources including STIX/TAXII.
- Agent version control. Approval steps for proposed detections are not described in detail.
Which should you look at first?
Look at Artemis Security first if your must-haves include findings arrive with corroboration or shown working or response actions staged for human approval.
Look at Cotool first if your must-haves include detection changes kept in version control or names its intelligence sources.
Either way, put both through the same trial questions, and try the calculator with your own must-haves.
Frequently asked questions
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