# Harness Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Harness Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Harness

## What is Harness?

Harness makes it simple for DevOps and Software Engineers to build CD pipelines in a self-service, scalable, and secure manner. Leave scripting toil behind forever by using Harness CD for rolling, Blue-Green, or Canary deployments. Reduce security risk and easily pass audits with fine-grained RBAC and complete audit trails. Integrate with enterprise monitoring solutions for automated deployment verification and rollback. Top it off with Cloud Cost Management Tools to drive down cost.

## What is Harness used for?

[DevOps](https://www.capterra.com/devops-software/)[Application Development](https://www.capterra.com/application-development-software/)[Continuous Integration](https://www.capterra.com/continuous-integration-software/)

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Overall rating

Based on 32 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

94%

Neutral

3%

Negative

3%

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Harness

4.5 (32)

VS.

[4.8 (56)](https://www.capterra.com/p/264871/DoiT/reviews/)

Starting Price

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Starting Price

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Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.4 (32)

Ease Of Use

4.6 (2,259)

Value For Money

4.4 (23)

Value For Money

4.6 (1,741)

Customer Service

4.8 (24)

Customer Service

4.8 (1,684)

## Harness alternatives

[4.7 (343)](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/reviews/)

Starting price

$10.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (255)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172323/ManageEngine-Applications-Manager/reviews/)

Starting price

$395.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/)

[4.7 (2,259)](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

96%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/)

[AWS CloudFormation](https://www.capterra.com/p/205397/CloudFormation/)

[4.5 (106)](https://www.capterra.com/p/205397/CloudFormation/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

95%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/205397/CloudFormation/)

[View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/186312/Harness/alternatives/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Access Controls/Permissions

4.8 (5)

80.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Debugging

3.8 (5)

60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Detect and remove errors

Change Management

4.5 (4)

100.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Track and monitor efficient handling of all changes/transitions

Source Control

3.5 (4)

50.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Tracks every modification made to source code

API

3.7 (3)

133.33% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Deployment Management

4.7 (3)

100.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Manage the processes involved when making the application ready for use

Harness 50 features

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Track, manage and store the applications of potential future members, customers or candidates

Manage the process of evaluating documents or requests submitted for approval

Route documents and other data through one or more stakeholders for review and approval

Plan, schedule, and execute organization's accounts and assets to ensure compliance with policies and laws

Verify the identity of users/devices to enable secure access

Execution of software tests by leveraging automation tools

Monitor and track bugs and issues in the system.

Assessment of resource optimization and capacity availability across the environment

Track and monitor efficient handling of all changes/transitions

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Configure existing workflows to meet your organization's needs

Identify component attributes like servers, hardware, software, and manage relationships across all services

Process of building and deploying software from the build to the production environment

A process to automatically release code changes from repository to production environment

A process to automatically integrate code changes from multiple contributors into a shared repository

Manage budgets, track and optimize spending and align capacity to workload demand

Development of custom software, web apps, mobile apps, etc.

Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics

Detect and remove errors

Manage the processes involved when making the application ready for use

A chronological record of actions or occurrences within a network, software, or process

Tracking the status of previously identified performance measurements

Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user

Allows businesses to monitor and secure applications and workloads across multiple public clouds

Monitor and analyze the performance and status of a server or system/application

Organize and manage the accomplishments and development of employees or performance of applications or systems

A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc.

Track the progress of long term goals, campaigns, and opportunities, for sales, projects, business ventures etc.

Create, manage, and track policies and procedures within an organization

Systematic evaluation of various aspects of a project or service to prevent defects or issues

Receive data and information in real time

Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks

Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs

Active reporting of data and metrics

Planning, scheduling, and overseeing the release of software or system changes into a live or production environment

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Process of planning, scheduling and executing the optimal and effective use of human capital across projects

Set & manage permission levels based on user roles and restrict access to only authorized individuals

Automates and streamlines business processes by creating a sequence of predefined rules and actions that govern the flow of work

Allow users to access multiple services after entering their login credentials once

Development of software programs

Tracks every modification made to source code

Test specific APIs to determine if systems are properly functioning

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Manage user accounts, profiles, roles, permissions, and other details across applications, devices or networks

Development of applications that are delivered over the internet through a browser

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Features

4.4 (32)

4.4

Based on 32 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.4 (23)

### Starting price

Contact vendor  
for pricing

Free trial  
available

Value for money

4.4 (23)

4.4

Based on 23 reviews

## Integrations

[

Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/)[

Microsoft Azure](https://www.capterra.com/p/16365/Azure/)[

STACK](https://www.capterra.com/p/147181/STACK-Takeoff/)[

JIRA Service Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/227102/JIRA-Service-Management/)[

Jenkins](https://www.capterra.com/p/171026/Jenkins/)[

Docker](https://www.capterra.com/p/148132/Docker/)[

Datadog](https://www.capterra.com/p/135453/Datadog-Cloud-Monitoring/)[

ServiceNow](https://www.capterra.com/p/254088/ServiceNow/)

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.8 (24)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.8 (24)

4.8

Based on 24 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.5

Based on 32 reviews

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5(19)

4(11)

3(1)

2(1)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

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AU

Anonymous User

Senior Software Development Engineer

Internet

### "Program has a strong point in strategic development tasks."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

May 29, 2024

Although it handles several deployment volumes at the same time, I would say that it is missing something to surpass the previous programs that I have mentioned, perhaps a more refined solution that is easier to learn in the curve as I previously mentioned.

Pros

I like it, Harness simplifies and automates complex processes, allowing engineers to focus on more strategic tasks. Regarding security, the program offers integrated security features that ensure that only verified and approved versions of applications are deployed to production.

Cons

The program gives me displeasure as it has a steep learning curve, especially for engineers accustomed to other CD tools. This has slowed down the learning process and in this regard, more costs are required. The program is necessary for projects. specific and we could not discontinue it completely.

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JW

Joshua W.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Financial Services

### "Harness for the win!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 28, 2021

From shopping to inception it's been an absolute blast. Lucky, \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] have helped every step of the way to transition to the dumpster fire of Jenkins we had, to the new hotness for our CI/CD.

Pros

1) It's not Jenkins, 2) ease of use and setup 3) empowerment for developers to be self service 4) pipeline and workflow malleability 5) no plugins to maintain 6)not jenkins

Cons

Only con is their can be some feature requests to be done (non product impacting) but, they jump right on those. It's pretty cool to grow with harness. That's literally the only thing I can think of.

Switched from

[Jenkins](https://www.capterra.com/p/171026/Jenkins/)

Have you ever used Jenkins?

Alternatives considered

[GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)

Reasons for choosing Harness

When we had questions our Service rep never responded. Well he did once, two months later after we decided to go with Harness

Review source

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TW

Thomas W.

SRE Manager

Telecommunications

### "Great Product for Orchestrating Deployments"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

October 11, 2021

A great tool. We implemented it to save the development time on building out a pipeline using other tools like Jenkins. We managed to get a production ready pipeline up and running within a month. Support from Harness is excellent and they are always there to help when required.

Pros

The out of the box functionality does as exactly as it says on the tin. No need to worry about how to implement a deployment method for the infrastructure you are running on. Harness simply lists the deployment methods and the infrastructure type you are deploying to and it just works.

Cons

Some of the behind the scenes configuration is slightly confusing (e.g. Harness delegate profiles) but once set-up correctly it works like a charm. Adding bespoke scripting to pipelines can be tricky with selecting the correct configuration options to run smoothly. When things go wrong, the debugging could be improved.

Reasons for choosing Harness

Minimal development time and turn around for getting a pipeline up and running.

Review source

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Renan C.

Sales engineer

Information Technology and Services

### "The mostly integrated CI/CD tool"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 6, 2021

Pros

The tool is completely integrated with other devop tools, making easy to work and deploy what you need and if someone goes wrong he will told you too.

Cons

The tool is upgrading and developing more features day after day and some functions isn’t finished yet

Switched from

[Jenkins](https://www.capterra.com/p/171026/Jenkins/)

We had lost our dev who has developed all Jenkins scripts and the change to Harness was amazing because we don’t need to script anymore

Alternatives considered

[CircleCI](https://www.capterra.com/p/150380/CircleCI/)

[GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)

Reasons for choosing Harness

Harness is much more robustly and have much more functions to our devops day a day

Review source

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AC

Alex C.

CDO

Information Technology and Services

### "Decisive for performance and time to market"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 6, 2021

Pros

Easy, quick setup. And the value it brings to development teams in putting secure software into production.

Cons

Some things like reusing pipelines could be easier to setup.

Review source

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NS

Nicolas S.

DevOps Engineer

Health, Wellness and Fitness

### "Great Tool to make life easier"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

September 28, 2021

Great experience overall, great customer service when we had doubts about the product. The software does what it says it does and really helps to make the CD easier.

Pros

The ease of use of the platform. It really helps in making the continuous deployment a smooth process. Once the pipeline is configured, it is really easy to make new deployments in different environments.

Cons

The price might be too expensive for a company that does not has the budget to

Review source

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BR

Benjamin R.

Dev Ops Engineer 2

Computer Software

### "Deployments with Harness are great"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

September 28, 2021

Pros

Implementing Blue/Green and other deployments is very intuitive, without much setup or management.

Cons

The Infrastructure as Code in Harness could be better implemented, but using the UI is very intuitive.

Switched from

[Buildkite](https://www.capterra.com/p/218862/Buildkite/)

Review source

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MS

Moshe S.

Sr Infrastructure Tools and Automation Engineer

Computer Software

### "Solid product for CI/CD, would be even better with proper GitOps approach."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

September 28, 2021

As a CI/CD product- Harness is pretty solid. The setup process is really easy and once you know to use most of its features- it's a pretty powerful product.

Pros

Config as Code is pretty great, especially due to the bi-directional sync with a Git repo. Also the verification step in a workflow could be really useful.

Cons

Not having the full GitOps functionality, specifically the reconciliation loop is something that is really missing from the product and would be very beneficial to have.

Review source

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RG

Rodolpho G.

Devops architect

Insurance

### "Future and beyond"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

September 27, 2021

Pros

Integration with our current process was very smooth to be performed.

Cons

Some details in the cloud pricing (cost calculator module) can be improved.

Review source

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DB

Daniel B.

Arch

Hospital & Health Care

### "Good"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

September 27, 2021

Just CD for now, CI maybe in the future

Pros

Easy to use, nice support, new cool things coming.

Cons

Bitter expensive yet, maybe get a little cheaper in the future.

Alternatives considered

[GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)

Reasons for choosing Harness

Pretty cool

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[View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/186312/Harness/reviews/)

Popular comparisons

[Google Cloud vs Harness](https://www.capterra.com/compare/186312-268690/Harness-vs-Google-Cloud-Platform) 

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