Runbear vs Tines (2026)

Runbear

by Runbear, Inc.

Tines

by Tines

Pros

• ✓Works in both MCP directions, acting as a client from Slack and exposing its own hosted MCP server for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and Zed.
• ✓Credit-based pricing with no per-seat charge, so cost tracks usage rather than headcount, and both published tiers list their exact credit allowance.
• ✓Per-user authorization on shared agents plus a SIEM-exportable audit log, and the vendor states plainly that customer data is not used for model training.

Limitations

• ⚠The MCP server is in early access with an expanding tool set, and the vendor states some agent settings remain dashboard-only.
• ⚠The vendor publishes two different integration counts, 2,500+ on its integrations page and 2,000+ in its llms.txt and its own submission, and we could not establish which is current.
• ⚠Independent evidence is thin at one G2 review and seven Product Hunt reviews, with no Capterra or Trustpilot presence, and the SOC 2 Type II report is gated behind a trust center access request.

Pros

• ✓Three workflow modes in one environment: human-led for judgment calls, deterministic for compliance and triage, and agentic for autonomous action, so teams can automate mission-critical work without committing entirely to autonomous AI.
• ✓Publishes an MCP server on every edition including the free one, exposing any API or workflow to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline and other MCP clients, with four access control modes.
• ✓ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certified for AI management alongside SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022, all verified in an ungated Trust Center, which few workflow platforms can show.

Limitations

• ⚠No published rates above the free edition: Business and Enterprise are both quote-only, so budgeting or comparing against Zapier or Make requires entering a sales conversation first.
• ⚠The free edition is capped at three live workflows and MCP server builds count against that limit, so a single MCP build consumes a third of the free allowance.
• ⚠The platform is most mature for SecOps and ITOps, and teams in marketing, sales, or product will find fewer pre-built templates than on Zapier or Make.