500-1000
2016
$425M
Harness is categorized as:
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Cloud Cost Management
Cloud Cost Optimization
Feature Flags
Service Reliability Management
Security Testing Orchestration
Chaos Engineering
Software Engineering Insights
Cloudbees Enterprise is an end-to-end automated software delivery system that allows companies to balance governance & developer freedom.
501+
2010
121.2m
Cloudbees is categorized as:
Continuous Integration
CloudBees vs Harness CI | Harness
Updated
November 30, 2023
Free & Paid
24800
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Vault/KMS/3rd
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Lightweight
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Free & Paid
500
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Heavyweight
<no><no> 2-5 FTE
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<yes><yes> Free
<yes><yes> SaaS, Hybrid, and On-Premises
With Harness you can choose between using Harness Cloud (Harness hosted builds), using a SaaS platform with self-hosted build environment, or a fully self-hosted solution
<yes><yes> SaaS, Hybrid, and On-Premises
With Harness you can choose between using Harness Cloud (Harness hosted builds), using a SaaS platform with self-hosted build environment, or a fully self-hosted solution
<with><with> Self-Managed only
CloudBees CI is fully self-hosted
<with><with> Self-Managed only
CloudBees CI is fully self-hosted
<yes><yes> SaaS, Hybrid, and On-Premises
With Harness you can choose between using Harness Cloud (Harness hosted builds), using a SaaS platform with self-hosted build environment, or a fully self-hosted solution
<with><with> Self-Managed only
CloudBees CI is fully self-hosted
<yes><yes> Cloud-Native
Harness CI offer modern Cloud-Native enterprise-ready CI solution
<with><with> Based on Jenkins
CloudBees CI is based on Jenkins, a traditional automation server, carrying many downsides of the Grandfather of CI such as security vulnerabilities, heavily scripted pipelines, etc.
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Declarative Yaml
Declarative, readable and easy to use yaml syntax that enabled any developer to create and maintain pipelines.
Declarative Yaml
Declarative, readable and easy to use yaml syntax that enabled any developer to create and maintain pipelines.
<with><with> Scripted (most common)
While declarative yaml is available, most users use Groovy-based domain specific languages with complex scripting, and use scripted templates.
<with><with> Scripted (most common)
While declarative yaml is available, most users use Groovy-based domain specific languages with complex scripting, and use scripted templates.
Declarative Yaml
Declarative, readable and easy to use yaml syntax that enabled any developer to create and maintain pipelines.
<with><with> Scripted (most common)
While declarative yaml is available, most users use Groovy-based domain specific languages with complex scripting, and use scripted templates.
<yes><yes> Built in Visual Editor
Built-in visual editor that is fully integrated with Git, allowing anyone to easily author pipelines.
<no><no> Inactive Blue Ocean Plugin
Pipelines are typically defined in a file in a source repository, and edited as text. There is a community project Blue Ocean that provides limited visualization but is no longer maintained.
<yes><yes> Built in YAML Editor
IDE-like built-in yaml editor with auto-complete and schema validation, makes it easy to author pipeline as code. The editor is fully integrated with Git
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<yes><yes> Multiple types of Community plugin
Harness allows you to leverage many types of community plugins: Drone plugins, Github Actions and Bitrise integration
<with><with> Community + Proprietary plugins
CloudBees CI includes proprietary plugins designed for large organizations, and supports Jenkins Community plugins.
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<yes><yes> Native and simple
Open Policy Agent (OPA) based pipeline policies integrated in the platform, allowing you to meet security needs
<yes><yes> Native and Simple
Open Policy Agent (OPA) based pipeline policies integrated in the platform, allowing you to meet security needs
<no><no> with scripted pipelines
Scripted pipelines are dynamic in nature, making it challenging to set pipeline policies.
<no><no> with scripted pipelines
Scripted pipelines are dynamic in nature, making it challenging to set pipeline policies.
<yes><yes> Native and Simple
Open Policy Agent (OPA) based pipeline policies integrated in the platform, allowing you to meet security needs
<no><no> with scripted pipelines
Scripted pipelines are dynamic in nature, making it challenging to set pipeline policies.
Flexible & Intuitive
Flexible & Intuitive
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<with><with> Limited & Complex
Flexible & Intuitive
<with><with> Limited & Complex
Free & Paid
Harness CI is licensed per developer. Credits for Harness hosted builds are available as add-on.
Free & Paid
Harness CI is licensed per developer. Credits for Harness hosted builds are available as add-on.
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Paid
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Free & Paid
Harness CI is licensed per developer. Credits for Harness hosted builds are available as add-on.
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Native and Simple
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Complex Configuration
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Native and simple
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Complex configuration
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<yes><yes> Native and Simple
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<yes><yes> Low efforts (if any)
Our SaaS platform take this burden of the customer, while upgrading our self-managed solution require low efforts
<yes><yes> Low efforts (if any)
Our SaaS platform take this burden of the customer, while upgrading our self-managed solution require low efforts
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Efforts extensive
<with><with> Efforts intensive
<yes><yes> Low efforts (if any)
Our SaaS platform take this burden of the customer, while upgrading our self-managed solution require low efforts
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*Please note: Our competitors, just like us, release updates to their products on a regular cadence. We keep these pages updated to the best of our ability, but there are bound to be discrepancies. For the most up-to-date information on competitor features, browsing the competitor’s new release pages and communities are your best bet.