Harness

Continuous Integration

VS

CircleCI

Harness Continuous Integration vs CircleCI

Continuous Integration

Harness CI is an enterprise-ready, cloud-native CI solution fully integrated as part of the Harness Software Delivery Platform that’s performant, easy to maintain, and easy to scale.
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CircleCI

CircleCI is a modern continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform. CircleCI automates building, testing, and deploying software.

Company size
Company size

600+

Founded
Founded

2011

Funding
Funding

315m
Latest funding: Series F $100 million round of funding in 2021

CircleCI is categorized as:
Continuous Integration

CircleCI is a purpose-built CI/CD solution that focuses on performance and extensibility, providing a large number of Orbs, or plugins, that integrate with common DevOps tools to automate application development. With a core focus on CI, it lacks many native governance capabilities, can be expensive due to hidden costs, and has historically experienced stability issues that make Harness CI a great option for teams looking to modernize how they build, test, and deploy their applications.

What is the difference between Harness CI vs. CircleCI?

CircleCI vs Harness CI: DevOps Tools Comparison | Harness

Updated

November 30, 2023


Features
Harness CI
Harness CI
CircleCI
Solution
Open Source Version

Free and Paid

Free and Paid

Harness CCM
Turbonomics
Hosting Options

SaaS and On-Premise

SaaS and On-Premise

Harness CCM
Turbonomics
GitHub Stars

26200

1500

Harness CCM
Turbonomics
Plugins

5000+

2500+
(called "Orbs")

Harness CCM
Turbonomics
Declarative Pipeline Yaml

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Harness CCM

<yes><yes>

Turbonomics

<yes><yes>

Pricing Model

Per use, Per minute for hosted builds

Per use and pipeline minute

Harness CCM
Turbonomics
Build & Test
Containerized Pipelines

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Parallel Builds

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Fully-Managed Builds

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Test Intelligence

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Manual Tests Splitting

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Automatic Tests Splitting

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<with><with>

<with><with>

Cache Intelligence

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Config-as-Code

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Pipeline Notifications

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Remote Docker Layer Caching

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Custom Variables

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Source Code Management
GitHub

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

GitHub Enterprise

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

GitLab

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

GitLab On-Premise

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Bitbucket Cloud

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Bitbucket Server

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Azure DevOps

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Integrations
Drone Plugins

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

GitHub Actions

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Bitrise Steps

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Security & Governance
Secrets Management

<yes><yes>
Vault/KMS/3rd party

<with><with>

Policy as Code (OPA)

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Native RBAC

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Full Audit Trails

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

IP Whitelisting

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Encryption at Rest

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

SAML

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<with><with>

<with><with>

SCIM

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<with><with>

<with><with>

Reporting and Metrics
DORA Metrics OOTB

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Customizable Dashboards

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Centralized Pipeline Visibility

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Platform Support
Cloud-Native App Support

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Traditional App Support

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

Multi-Platform

<yes><yes><yes><yes>
(Linux/Windows/MacOS)

<yes><yes><yes><yes>
(Linux/Windows/MacOS)

Ease of Use
Self-Service (Simple)

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<with><with>

<with><with>

Visual Pipeline Editor

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<no><no>

<no><no>

Code Editor

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

<yes><yes>

*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.


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