Harness has been recognized by TechStrong Group for its comprehensive, AI-native platform vision, winning Best End-to-End DevOps Platform, Best Platform Engineering Solution, and DevOps Industry Leader of the Year.
At Harness, our mission has always been simple but ambitious: to enable every software engineering team in the world to deliver code reliably, efficiently, and quickly to their users, just like the world’s leading tech companies. As AI coding assistants accelerate application teams' ability to change code, traditional delivery processes are becoming a bottleneck, making DevOps excellence more important than ever. Today, the industry validated the critical nature of this work with a resounding vote of confidence.
We are incredibly honored to announce that TechStrong TV and DevOps.com have recognized Harness with three prestigious DevOps Dozen Awards.
While we are grateful for every accolade, this year’s wins are particularly special. They don’t just recognize individual features; they validate our complete vision for the future of software delivery, one that is platform-centric, AI-native, and developer-focused.
Here is a look at the categories Harness took home this year.
1. Best End-to-End DevOps Platform
This is the big one. Winning Best End-to-End DevOps Platform is a testament to the shift we are seeing across the entire market. Organizations are moving away from fragmented, brittle toolchains of "point solutions" and rigid all-or-nothing platforms toward modular platforms that meet them where they are.
Modern engineering teams need more than just CI or CD in isolation. They need a comprehensive platform that offers a best-in-class modular approach. Whether it is accelerating builds with Continuous Integration, governing deployments with Continuous Delivery, or optimizing spend with Cloud Cost Management, the real magic happens when these modules work together.
This award reinforces that the Harness Platform—with its unified pipeline orchestration, automated governance, and shared intelligence—is the standard for end-to-end software delivery.
2. Best Platform Engineering Solution: IDP (Back-to-Back Wins!)
For the second year in a row, Harness has been named the Best Platform Engineering Solution.
Platform Engineering is no longer a "nice to have." It is a necessity for scaling innovation. The Harness Internal Developer Portal (IDP) is designed to solve the critical challenge of developer cognitive load. By providing golden paths and self-service capabilities with automated guardrails, we allow developers to focus on what they love: creating new capabilities.
Winning this award two years running proves that our commitment to the developer experience is resonating deeply with the industry.
3. DevOps Industry Leader of the Year: Jyoti Bansal
Finally, we are thrilled to see our CEO and Co-founder, Jyoti Bansal, recognized as DevOps Industry Leader of the Year.
From founding AppDynamics to leading Harness, Jyoti has spent his career obsessed with solving the hardest problems in software. His vision for AI for Everything After Code is driving the industry forward, moving us from simple automation to true intelligent orchestration. This award recognizes not only his leadership at Harness but also his contributions to the DevOps community as a whole.
Forward Momentum
These awards from DevOps.com add to a year of incredible momentum, joining recent recognition from major analyst firms like Gartner and Forrester.
But we aren't slowing down. With our continued investment in AI agents, automated governance, and expanding our module ecosystem, we are just getting started.
To our customers, partners, and the Harness team: Thank you. These awards belong to you.
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Eric Minick is an internationally recognized expert in software delivery with experience in Continuous Delivery, DevOps, and Agile practices, working as a developer, marketer, and product manager. Eric is the co-author of “AI Native Software Delivery” (O’Reilly) and is cited or acknowledged in the books “Continuous Integration,” “Agile Conversations,” and “Team Topologies.” Today, Eric works on the Harness product management team to bring its solutions to market. Eric joined Harness from CodeLogic, where he was Head of Product.
