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Depot vs Harness comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Depot
Ranking in Build Automation
21st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Harness
Ranking in Build Automation
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (12th), Cloud Cost Management (8th), Feature Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Depot is 0.5%. The mindshare of Harness is 4.8%, down from 7.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Harness4.8%
Depot0.5%
Other94.7%
Build Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Esam Sharfeldin - PeerSpot reviewer
Consulting at T2iServices
IAM workflows have streamlined secure access to websites and magazines for new users
I think Depot can be improved by updating an old website I can refer to as Cognitune, where we create and manage aspects such as new managers needing access. Improving this tool to a new version would make us really happy. For now, updating that old tool is the main area for improvement; everything else is acceptable. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Depot a nine. I choose nine out of ten because, in terms of security architecture, it is really good. However, they need improvement with older servers due to storage space issues, which prevents me from giving a perfect score of ten.
MK
Technical Associate at ZS
Templatized pipelines have improved efficiency while limitations in code-based development remain
Harness UI can do a lot of good things. Harness's UI should not feel very complicated. At the current stage, it feels very commercialized and compared to other platforms such as Argo CD or Jenkins, which feel much more lively and much more simple. Infrastructure as code or pipeline as code is something that Harness severely lacks. There is not a lot of good support for pipeline as code, and I often find myself not using pipeline as code the way other platforms such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins integrate pipeline as code. Pipeline as code is definitely one of the disadvantages when it comes to Harness. Additionally, the entire platform feels very commercialized, which is something that a lot of developers, especially open-source enthusiasts, might not appreciate even within the organization. One of the very important key factors I observed was that there is no way to execute nested pipelines, which means that we cannot execute child pipelines within child pipelines and child pipelines even within those child pipelines. There is no way to execute nested pipeline execution, which may or may not be required based on the use case, but it is definitely one of those features that I wish the platform had.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Depot has positively impacted my organization in an awesome way, and the fact that I can save time gives me the possibility to have more clients during the day, saving at least 20% each day because of Depot."
"Depot has positively impacted our organization by ensuring that everything works fully, which makes other clients really happy."
"Harness positively impacts our organization by reducing deployment time, improving release confidence, and lowering operational overhead during deployment."
"The features of Harness are valuable, supporting rolling deployments, basic deployments, and blue-green deployments with zero downtime."
"Approximately seventy-five percent time was reduced in case of deployment and around sixty to sixty-five percent time was reduced while troubleshooting it."
"Everything in Harness is configured and runs smoothly."
"The time to resolve issues has been cut by about thirty to thirty-five percent, while the time to deploy has actually been cut in half."
"Harness starts integrating with organizations, making everything automated without the need for manual interruption."
"Some of the best features of Harness include powerful CI/CD pipeline automation, intelligent deployment strategies, and building monitoring, and its automation capabilities significantly improve speed and reliability while saving time by reducing manual operational tasks and the number of employees needed for deployments."
"Harness has impacted my organization positively; we use Harness in most of all deployments, so it is uniform."
 

Cons

"Depot is a useful tool and there is space for improvement, but I can't figure out what can be done, which is why I chose eight out of ten."
"However, they need improvement with older servers due to storage space issues, which prevents me from giving a perfect score of ten."
"The initial setup can be complex and time-consuming, and the advanced features may require some learning time due to a steep learning curve."
"One improvement I see for Harness is simplifying the configuration process for smaller teams or startups, as the platform offers powerful features that new users may require some time to understand."
"Harness can be improved by providing more clarity on the credits it issues for Harness Cloud, as it has a tiered pricing structure involving license and credit costs, which can get confusing."
"There are some UI components that can be improved."
"Even with automation, there's a requirement for manual change requests for approvals."
"When integrating Harness with more than twenty applications in one place, it becomes less stable, causing improvements to be necessary."
"I prefer the previous less compact UI version of Harness, which showed more details on the screen."
"The licensing cost can be significant for larger teams, which should be taken into account."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
44%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
9%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Depot?
Regarding my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Depot, I have faced many challenges with cost optimization. We need to manage what services we can use and optimize the cost, whi...
What needs improvement with Depot?
There are many things I wish were different or better about Depot. There is a lot to improve in the product's functionality, especially regarding the use cases of Kubernetes. The provider is develo...
What is your primary use case for Depot?
My main use case for Depot is for automation purposes across my whole workflow, so I can use Depot in my day-to-day tasks. Depot is really useful for automation purposes throughout the entire flow.
What needs improvement with Harness?
Harness is a very feature-rich platform, but the large number of modules can feel overwhelming for beginners as it requires a certain learning curve to understand module configurations and deployme...
What is your primary use case for Harness?
Initially, the main use case for Harness was to manage CI/CD and automate software delivery workflows across the engineering infrastructure, as we had challenges across fragmented tools such as Jen...
What advice do you have for others considering Harness?
My advice for organizations considering Harness is to evaluate the complexity of their workflows. For smaller teams with simple deployment needs, lightweight tools may suffice, but larger teams wit...
 

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Sample Customers

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Linedata, Openbank, Home Depot, Advanced
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