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Harness

Self-hosted, open source platform for end-to-end software delivery

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Available worldwide

What is Harness?

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

Independently observed

Harness pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

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HybridFree tier

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

Free

Free
Free

For individual developers and small teams

  • Harness Open Source
  • Litmus Chaos
  • Community support

Essentials

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All-in-one bundle including CI, CD, IaC, and security for growing organizations

organizations
up to 500
code_repository_storage
250GB
pipeline_execution_history
6 months
  • CI
  • CD
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Security Testing Orchestration
  • Standard support

Enterprise

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Modular platform with mix-and-match modules and enterprise-grade features

organizations
Unlimited
pipeline_execution_history
25 months
  • 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

What Harness does

The capabilities that matter for ci/cd tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Deployment
Hosting
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
✓
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (32)

Independently observed
source_control
  • GitHub⇄•
  • GitLab⇄•
  • Bitbucket⇄•
ci
  • Jenkins⇄•
orchestration
  • Kubernetes→•
cloud
  • AWS→•
  • Azure→•
  • Google Cloud→•
monitoring
  • Dynatrace→•
ticketing
  • ServiceNow→•
chat
  • Slack→•
  • Microsoft Teams→•
iac
  • Terraform→•
  • OpenTofu→•
  • Terragrunt→•
security
  • Snyk→•
  • Wiz→•
sast
  • Semgrep→•
  • Checkmarx→•
  • Bandit→•
  • Sonarqube→•
artifact_repository
  • JFrog Artifactory→•
secrets_management
  • HashiCorp Vault→•
gitops
  • Argo CD→
  • Google Analytics
  • mParticle
  • Segment
  • Sentry
  • Datadog
  • Jira
  • New Relic
  • Sumo Logic

Security & compliance

Independently observed
  • SOC 2active

Harness FAQ

Common questions about Harness, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Harness?

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

How much does Harness cost?

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

What platforms does Harness support?

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

Can Harness be self-hosted?

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

What does Harness integrate with?

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

What security certifications does Harness have?

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

Where is Harness available?

Harness is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.

Source: https://www.harness.io/pricing

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Balanced composite 51 / 100
low · 24%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Capabilities810.097.1✓
Security posture400.187.0✓
Integrations420.052.2✓
Stars00.030.0-
Dependent projects00.070.0-
Development activity00.110.0-
Release cadence00.070.0-
Package downloads00.150.0-
Security score00.080.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.050.0-

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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq7 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesCaching: No · Hosting: cloud · Marketplace: Yes · Matrix builds: No · Yaml pipelines: Yes · Container native: Yesmediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count27mediumsource · 2026-09-03 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityHqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-08-13 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60%
Modelopen_sourcemediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60%
TransparentNomediumsource · 2026-09-03 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
CertificationsSOC 2mediumsource · 2026-09-03 · 60%
Soc2Yeshighsource · 2026-09-18 · 75%
Trust centerhttps://www.harness.io/blog/an-in-depth-look-at-achieving-slsa-level-3-compliance-with-harnessmediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60%
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