Harness

Harness

A modular platform for CI, deployment, GitOps, infrastructure automation, security, resilience testing, and cloud-cost workflows.

freemium
Last Updated 8/28/2026

About Harness

Harness is an end-to-end software delivery platform for teams that want CI, deployment, GitOps, feature rollout, infrastructure automation, security checks, reliability testing, and cloud-cost work in one system. Its modular design lets an organization adopt a focused capability or combine several modules around shared pipelines and governance. Developers can build, test, publish, and deploy code, while platform teams define reusable workflows, approvals, rollback behavior, and policy controls. The developer hub documents modules for Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Feature Management & Experimentation, Database DevOps, Infrastructure as Code Management, Artifact Registry, and Resilience Testing. Harness also describes AI agents and automated verification as part of its delivery workflow. Pricing is freemium, but the pricing page also directs enterprise buyers to select modules, so a realistic evaluation should account for which modules are needed, how many teams will use them, and whether paid support is required. Free subscriptions receive community support; guaranteed response times depend on a paid support plan. The broad module set can reduce tool switching, but setup, module selection, governance design, and migration from existing CI/CD systems can require substantial platform-engineering work.

Best for

Platform engineering teams standardizing delivery workflows
Development teams consolidating CI and deployment work
Enterprises that need governed, modular software delivery

Best use cases

Replacing fragmented CI/CD tools with shared pipelines

Adding GitOps, automated verification, and rollback controls

Coordinating infrastructure, artifacts, feature rollout, and resilience work

Compare before choosing

Compare the total module bundle, not only the entry price

Check migration effort and compatibility with existing delivery systems

Compare community support with paid response-time commitments

Features

Build and test software

Create scalable CI pipelines to build, test, and publish code.

Deploy applications

Use pipeline or GitOps workflows with deployment strategies, verification, and rollback.

Manage infrastructure and releases

Coordinate infrastructure-as-code changes, feature rollouts, artifacts, and resilience checks.

Pros

  • Broad module coverage can reduce switching between separate delivery tools.
  • Freemium access lowers the cost of initial evaluation and smaller workflows.
  • Shared pipelines, governance, verification, and rollback can standardize delivery across teams.

Cons

  • Enterprise cost is not a single public price because buyers select modules and request a quote.
  • Adopting several modules can require significant setup, governance design, and migration work.
  • Free subscriptions rely on community support; guaranteed response times require paid support.

Pricing Plans

Free

$0Free subscription
  • Core access for evaluation and smaller workflows
  • Community support
  • Self-service product access

Enterprise

Contact salesCustom
  • Select the modules required by the organization
  • Advanced governance and software-delivery capabilities
  • Paid support options with guaranteed response times

* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Harness's official website.

FAQ

Harness is a unified software delivery platform covering CI, deployment, GitOps, feature management, infrastructure automation, artifact management, resilience testing, security, and cost-related workflows.
Harness uses a freemium model. Free subscriptions receive community support, while guaranteed support response times require an eligible paid support plan.
The enterprise offer is module-based and directs buyers to select the capabilities they need. Contact Harness sales for a quote and confirm module scope and support terms.

Tool Information

DeveloperHarness
Release Date7/20/2026
Pricingfreemium