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We performed a comparison between Harness and IBM Rational Build Forge based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It's a highly customizable DevOps tool."

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"All features are useful. Our customer doesn't have any complaints about the tool. It works pretty well for what they want and what they need to do.""Very good reporting features."

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Cons
"There's also room for improvement in debugging pipeline issues, which can sometimes become complex."

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"Its logging can be improved. When something goes wrong, it is not always very easy to find the problem. It is hard to identify whether the problem is because of low memory in the server or some configuration in Rational Build Forge. The error logs are not very detailed, and they should provide more information. It should also have more integration with third-party tools. It would be great to have more integration with third-party tools.""Not user friendly for the layman."

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Top Answer: It's a highly customizable DevOps tool.
Top Answer:The platform's initial setup process could be simplified. Additionally, security features and capabilities for understanding vulnerabilities within the application could be enhanced directly from the… more »
Top Answer:We use Harness for deploying Kubernetes clusters. It is a SaaS-based tool with a good graphical user interface. We can create workflows and deployment pipelines and easily visualize them. We can see… more »
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Overview

Harness is the first Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform that uses Machine Learning to simplify the entire process of delivering code from artifact into production – quickly, safely, securely, and repeatably.

IBM Rational Build Forge is an adaptive execution framework that helps automate and standardize the software assembly process. Rational Build Forge helps teams standardize repetitive tasks, improve software quality and manage compliance mandates. This software scales to 25 seats. Rational Build Forge delivers:
Flexibility - gives developers self-service access to preconfigured build processes from within their integrated development environment (IDE). You can add IBM Rational software products to further enhance automation, reporting and integration.
Productivity - accelerates build and release cycles through iterative development, parallel processes and efficient use of hardware.
Compliance - simplifies compliance management with self-documenting audit trails and role-based security.
Compatibility - increases team efficiency with centralized build and release management using the tools you have today.

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Financial Services Firm37%
Computer Software Company12%
Manufacturing Company7%
Healthcare Company5%
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Computer Software Company21%
Financial Services Firm19%
Educational Organization10%
Manufacturing Company7%
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Midsize Enterprise8%
Large Enterprise78%
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Harness is ranked 8th in Build Automation with 1 review while IBM Rational Build Forge is ranked 19th in Build Automation. Harness is rated 7.0, while IBM Rational Build Forge is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Harness writes "Provides a good graphical interface, but the initial setup process needs improvement ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational Build Forge writes "Great reporting features and very functional". Harness is most compared with Tekton, Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity and GitHub Actions, whereas IBM Rational Build Forge is most compared with Jenkins, Bamboo and Digital.ai Release .

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