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Comparison

Dagger vs Harness

No clear leader: Dagger (53.3) and Harness (50.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Dagger53
Harness51
Score
vioscaleAI score
Dagger53 / 100medium · 69%
Harness51 / 100low · 24%
Pricing
Free tier
Dagger✓
Harness✓
Model
Daggerfreemium
Harnessopen_source
Price level
Daggermid
Harnessfree
Starting price
Dagger$50
Harness–
Transparent
Dagger✓
Harness✗
Integrations
Count
Dagger6
Harness27
Security
Certifications
Dagger–
HarnessSOC 2
Gdpr
Dagger✓
Harness–
Scorecard
Dagger4.6
Harness–
Soc2
Dagger✓
Harness✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Dagger✓
Harness✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Dagger17
Harness–
Github stars
Dagger16,245
Harness–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Dagger100
Harness–
Release
History
Dagger20 items
Harness–
License
Spdx
DaggerApache-2.0
Harness–
Language
Primary
DaggerGo
Harness–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Dagger7 items
Harness7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ci/cd tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Hosting
DaggerCloud + self-hosted
HarnessCloud only
Self-hosted runners
Dagger✓
Harness✓
Core
Config-as-code pipelines
Dagger✗
Harness✓
Matrix / parallel builds
Dagger-
Harness✗
Build
Container-native builds
Dagger✓
Harness✓
Performance
Build caching
Dagger✓
Harness✗
Security
Secrets management
Dagger✓
Harness✓
Delivery
Deployment environments & approvals
Dagger✓
Harness✓
Ecosystem
Reusable actions / marketplace
Dagger✓
Harness✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Dagger

A platform for automating software delivery that enables teams to define build, test, and deployment workflows as code in multiple programming languages. Pipelines execute consistently across local machines, CI systems, and cloud infrastructure with built-in caching, tracing, and container orchestration.

Independently observed

Harness

An open-source development infrastructure combining version control, automated pipelines, hosted development environments, and artifact management in a single system.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Dagger

from $50/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

Free for individuals. $50/month for teams (up to 10 users, 2-week free trial).

  • IndividualFree
    • Pipeline visualization
    • Local and cloud execution
  • Team$50/month for up to 10 users, 2-week free trial
    • Centralized control plane
    • Pipeline telemetry and visualization
    • Distributed cache orchestration
as of verify ↗

Harness

HybridFree tier

Free tier available. Essentials and Enterprise plans require contacting sales.

  • FreeFree
    • Harness Open Source
    • Litmus Chaos
    • Community support
  • EssentialsContact sales
    • CI
    • CD
    • Infrastructure as Code
    • Security Testing Orchestration
    • Standard support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Feature Management & Experimentation
    • Database DevOps
    • Artifact Registry
    • Resilience Testing
    • Application Security Testing
    • +6 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Dagger✓
Harness✓
macOS
Dagger✓
Harness✗
Windows
Dagger✓
Harness✗
Linux
Dagger✓
Harness✗
CLI
Dagger✓
Harness✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Dagger✓
Harness✗
Self-hosted
Dagger✓
Harness✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (4)
  • GitHub
  • Kubernetes
  • Terragrunt
  • GitLab

Dagger

10 total - 6 not shared
  • Docker
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Istio
  • Jaeger
  • Honeycomb
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed

Harness

32 total - 28 not shared
  • Google Analytics
  • mParticle
  • Segment
  • Sentry
  • Datadog
  • Jira
  • New Relic
  • Sumo Logic
  • Bitbucket
  • Jenkins
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Dynatrace
  • ServiceNow
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • Snyk
  • Semgrep
  • Checkmarx
  • Bandit
  • Sonarqube
  • +4 more
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Dagger or Harness: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.