Shuffle vs Tines

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.

Tines 3B is an AI-native platform for building, running and monitoring AI agents, apps and automated workflows. Builders can create processes with natural language, code, Git integration and branching, including conditional logic and webhook triggers. The platform supports connected LLM chat, AI skills and coding assistants such as Claude Code or Codex. Tines says it can connect to any API or Model Context Protocol service, rather than relying only on a fixed catalogue of integrations. Each workflow step runs in an isolated sandbox; connector credentials are supplied at runtime rather than exposed to builders or stored in code. Deployment options include self-hosted, on-premises and hybrid setups. Monitoring covers AI spend, access, duplicate work, workflow savings, frontend routes and package dependencies. The platform is intended for business-team builders, with Security and IT governing the work. Tines states it maintains SOC 2 Type II compliance and undergoes annual audits. Its Free edition costs nothing and permits three live workflows.