Parachute vs Shuffle

Parachute automates security incident response through web and API access. It can run a configured response when an alert matches, with runbooks authored in YAML or a visual editor, version controlled in Git, and tested with simulated alerts. The service can isolate hosts through AWS, GCP, and Azure APIs, and gather logs, process lists, network flow captures, and memory snapshots into packaged, hashed evidence. Listed integrations include PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Datadog, Splunk, AWS, GCP, Azure, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Linear, and Elastic/Kibana. Webhook-capable tools can trigger a runbook, and the REST API accepts custom alerts. The maker says data in transit uses TLS 1.3 and stored data uses AES-256-GCM; inbound webhooks are checked with HMAC-SHA256 and a five-minute timestamp tolerance. It says incident data is not used to train AI models and evidence is deleted after its configured retention period. Founded in 2024 and based in Sydney, Parachute offers a free Developer plan, a 14-day trial, and paid plans from $49/mo. SOC 2 Type II is planned but not yet certified; ISO 27001 is on the roadmap.

Shuffle is an open-source automation platform for security teams to build and run workflows. Its visual designer works with a no-code app creator that can generate integrations from Swagger or OpenAPI specifications and API documentation URLs. The public catalog contains more than 2,500 apps, including Slack, Gmail, MISP, Wazuh, Splunk, and Jira. Workflows can start through webhooks, schedules, subflows, or user input; extension triggers include AWS Lambda, AWS S3, Kafka, and Pub/Sub.

Deployment choices include self-hosted open source, self-hosted licensed software, Shuffle Cloud, and hybrid setups. Documented runtime architectures include Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, a cloud-hybrid local Orborus runner, and Kubernetes with Helm charts. Shuffle documents bcrypt password hashing, AES-256 encryption, tenant-controlled SAML/SSO and MFA, and a Bearer-token API. The free Scale plan is free and includes 2,000 app runs per month, with a hard limit, three tenants, and one location. Custom Python apps are not yet easy to create for Shuffle Cloud, though on-premises instances support local app hotloading.