# Harness vs Jenkins

| Attribute | Harness | Jenkins |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 50.8 (24% (low)) | 54.6 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 26,648 |
| content.faq | `[{"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}]` | `[{"answer":"A self-contained Java application that automates building, testing, and deployment workflows. Extensible through hundreds of community-maintained plugins and supports distributing work across multiple machines. It is indexed under CI/CD Tools.","source":"https://www.jenkins.io","question":"What is Jenkins?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Jenkins is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.jenkins.io","question":"Is Jenkins free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Jenkins supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.jenkins.io","question":"What platforms does Jenkins support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Jenkins can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.jenkins.io","question":"Can Jenkins be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Jenkins. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Jenkins not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.jenkins.io","question":"What security certifications does Jenkins have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. Jenkins is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins","question":"Is Jenkins open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source development infrastructure combining version control, automated pipelines, hosted development environments, and artifact management in a single system. | A self-contained Java application that automates building, testing, and deployment workflows. Extensible through hundreds of community-maintained plugins and supports distributing work across multiple machines. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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":"self","marketplace":true,"matrix_builds":true,"yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` |
| integrations.count | 27 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"name":"Subversion"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://www.jenkins.io","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T15:12:38.723Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 5 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.586","date":"2026-10-13T11:25:28Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.586"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.585","date":"2026-10-06T11:10:21Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.585"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.580.1","date":"2026-09-30T11:24:43Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.580.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.584","date":"2026-09-29T12:29:37Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.584"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.583","date":"2026-09-22T11:15:05Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.583"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.582","date":"2026-09-20T14:01:59Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.582"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.580.1-rc","date":"2026-09-10T10:36:21Z","type":"prerelease","version":"jenkins-2.580.1-rc"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.581","date":"2026-09-08T12:39:16Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.581"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.580","date":"2026-09-02T14:43:58Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.580"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.568.3","date":"2026-09-02T14:43:59Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.568.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.579","date":"2026-08-25T14:26:38Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.579"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.578","date":"2026-08-18T12:31:36Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.578"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.568.3-rc","date":"2026-08-19T13:27:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"jenkins-2.568.3-rc"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.577","date":"2026-08-11T11:06:25Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.577"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.576","date":"2026-08-05T13:46:41Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.576"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.568.2","date":"2026-08-05T13:46:42Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.568.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.575","date":"2026-07-28T10:36:25Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.575"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.574","date":"2026-07-21T10:53:52Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.574"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.568.2-rc","date":"2026-07-22T14:02:09Z","type":"prerelease","version":"jenkins-2.568.2-rc"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.573","date":"2026-07-14T10:39:15Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.573"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.7 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.harness.io/blog/an-in-depth-look-at-achieving-slsa-level-3-compliance-with-harness | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=jenkinsci%2Fjenkins&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (CI/CD Tools)

| Capability | Harness | Jenkins |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Self-hosted 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 2026-10-23T14:52:55.722Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*