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Harness pros and cons

Vendor: Harness
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

Harness is highly customizable for DevOps needs.
It automates processes seamlessly when integrated with organizations.
Harness centralizes execution pipelines, environment checks, and log monitoring in one location.
It provides convenience by integrating multiple functions in one place.
Harness enables rolling, basic, and blue-green deployments with zero downtime.

CONS

Room for improvement exists in debugging pipeline issues, which can become complex.
Even with automation, manual change requests for approvals are still required.
Integrating Harness with more than twenty applications reduces stability, necessitating improvements.
Failures sometimes occur when deploying multiple components to multiple environments, such as production and BCP.
Improvements are needed when deploying a single component to a single environment.
 

Harness Pros review quotes

NK
Oct 18, 2024
Harness starts integrating with organizations, making everything automated without the need for manual interruption.
Linwei Yuan - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 16, 2024
Harness integrates all functions like execution pipelines, environment checks, and log monitoring in one place.
RB
Apr 28, 2025
The features of Harness are valuable, supporting rolling deployments, basic deployments, and blue-green deployments with zero downtime.
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Misbah Mohammed Kollathodi - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 5, 2024
It's a highly customizable DevOps tool.
 

Harness Cons review quotes

NK
Oct 18, 2024
Even with automation, there's a requirement for manual change requests for approvals.
Linwei Yuan - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 16, 2024
I prefer the previous less compact UI version of Harness, which showed more details on the screen.
RB
Apr 28, 2025
When deploying multiple components to multiple environments, like production and BCP, failures sometimes occur. Improvements are needed when deploying one component to one environment.
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Misbah Mohammed Kollathodi - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 5, 2024
There's also room for improvement in debugging pipeline issues, which can sometimes become complex.