# GitHub Actions vs Harness

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** GitHub Actions

| Attribute | GitHub Actions | Harness |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 70 (71% (medium)) | 50.8 (24% (low)) |
| adoption.stackoverflow_questions | 42,000 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Built-in automation tooling that enables developers to create reusable workflow steps for continuous integration and deployment, supporting multiple runner environments and languages. It is indexed under CI/CD Tools.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What is GitHub Actions?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"GitHub Actions offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Free, Pro and GitHub Enterprise Cloud. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Is GitHub Actions free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"GitHub Actions supports the web, iOS, Android and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does GitHub Actions support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. GitHub Actions can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Can GitHub Actions be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 29 integrations for GitHub Actions, including Jira, npm, Docker, GitHub Packages, GitHub Pages, CodeQL, Slack and AWS, plus 21 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What does GitHub Actions integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for GitHub Actions. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as GitHub Actions not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://github.com/security","question":"What security certifications does GitHub Actions have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"GitHub Actions is available in the United States, the EU and Australia.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Where is GitHub Actions available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A DevOps platform integrating continuous integration, continuous delivery, security testing orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code management. It supports multi-cloud, on-premises, serverless, and hybrid deployments with policy-as-code governance and automated deployment strategies including canary releases and blue-green deployments. It is indexed under CI/CD Tools.","source":"https://www.harness.io/pricing","question":"What is Harness?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Harness does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 3 plans (Free, Essentials and Enterprise), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.harness.io/pricing","question":"How much does Harness cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Harness supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.harness.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Harness support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Harness can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.harness.io/pricing","question":"Can Harness be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 32 integrations for Harness, including Google Analytics, mParticle, Segment, Sentry, Datadog, Jira, New Relic and Sumo Logic, plus 24 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.harness.io/pricing","question":"What does Harness integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Harness. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Harness not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.harness.io/products/security-testing-orchestration/features","question":"What security certifications does Harness have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Harness is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.harness.io/pricing","question":"Where is Harness available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Built-in automation tooling that enables developers to create reusable workflow steps for continuous integration and deployment, supporting multiple runner environments and languages. | An open-source development infrastructure combining version control, automated pipelines, hosted development environments, and artifact management in a single system. |
| features.capabilities | `{"caching":true,"hosting":"both","marketplace":true,"matrix_builds":true,"yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"secrets_management":true,"deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` | `{"caching":false,"hosting":"cloud","marketplace":true,"matrix_builds":false,"yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"secrets_management":true,"deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` |
| hosting.model | cloud | - |
| integrations.count | 23 | 27 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"npm"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"GitHub Packages"},{"name":"GitHub Pages"},{"name":"CodeQL"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"TruffleHog"},{"name":"Prowler"},{"name":"Gosec"},{"name":"Super-Linter"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"OpenCommit"},{"name":"Render","native":true,"category":"ci_cd"},{"name":"Linear","native":true,"category":"project_management"},{"name":"CodeRabbit","native":true,"category":"code_review"},{"name":"Codemagic CI/CD","native":true,"category":"ci_cd"},{"name":"Codecov","native":true,"category":"code_quality"},{"name":"Azure Pipelines","native":true,"category":"ci_cd"},{"name":"Zenhub","native":true,"category":"project_management"},{"name":"Codacy","native":true,"category":"code_quality"},{"name":"CircleCI","native":true,"category":"ci_cd"},{"name":"Mergify","native":true,"category":"workflow_automation"},{"name":"GuardRails","native":true,"category":"security"},{"name":"PullApprove","native":true,"category":"code_review"},{"name":"DeepSource","native":true,"category":"code_review"},{"name":"Azure Boards","native":true,"category":"project_management"}]` | `[{"name":"Google Analytics"},{"name":"mParticle"},{"name":"Segment"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Sumo Logic"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"source_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitLab","native":true,"category":"source_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Bitbucket","native":true,"category":"source_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Jenkins","native":true,"category":"ci","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true,"category":"orchestration","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Google Cloud","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Dynatrace","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ServiceNow","native":true,"category":"ticketing","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Terraform","native":true,"category":"iac","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"OpenTofu","native":true,"category":"iac","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Terragrunt","native":true,"category":"iac","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Snyk","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Semgrep","native":true,"category":"sast","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Checkmarx","native":true,"category":"sast","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Bandit","native":true,"category":"sast","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Sonarqube","native":true,"category":"sast","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Wiz","native":true,"category":"security","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"JFrog Artifactory","native":true,"category":"artifact_repository","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault","native":true,"category":"secrets_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Argo CD","native":false,"category":"gitops","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"regional","availableCountries":["US","EU","AU"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"ci_cd_minutes_per_month":"2000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"ci_cd_minutes_per_month":"3000"}},{"free":false,"name":"GitHub Enterprise Cloud","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"ci_cd_minutes_per_month":"50000"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from Pro tier upward.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T13:21:19.498Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free tier","features":["Harness Open Source","Litmus Chaos","Community support"],"description":"For individual developers and small teams","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Essentials","summary":"All-in-one bundle — contact sales","features":["CI","CD","Infrastructure as Code","Security Testing Orchestration","Standard support"],"description":"All-in-one bundle including CI, CD, IaC, and security for growing organizations","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"organizations":"up to 500","code_repository_storage":"250GB","pipeline_execution_history":"6 months"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Fully modular — contact sales","features":["Feature Management & Experimentation","Database DevOps","Artifact Registry","Resilience Testing","Application Security Testing","Web Application & API Protection","AI Security","Cloud AI Cost Management","Self-hosted runners","Deployment freeze windows","Premier support with dedicated account manager"],"description":"Modular platform with mix-and-match modules and enterprise-grade features","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"organizations":"Unlimited","pipeline_execution_history":"25 months"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Essentials and Enterprise plans require contacting sales.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.harness.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-03T22:58:43.573Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://github.com/security | https://www.harness.io/blog/an-in-depth-look-at-achieving-slsa-level-3-compliance-with-harness |

## Capabilities (CI/CD Tools)

| Capability | GitHub Actions | Harness |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |
| Self-hosted runners | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Core** |  |  |
| Config-as-code pipelines | ✓ | ✓ |
| Matrix / parallel builds | ✓ | ✗ |
| **Build** |  |  |
| Container-native builds | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Build caching | ✓ | ✗ |
| **Security** |  |  |
| Secrets management | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Deployment environments & approvals | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| Reusable actions / marketplace | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:38:15.362Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*