

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Cost Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
The biggest ROI comes from faster software delivery and improved engineering productivity.
The AI features that they have and with which we can rewrite the pipeline and troubleshoot issues significantly saved time.
By adopting templates and various different pipelines across our own IDP platform, we have saved upwards of 30 to 40% of development time.
I did not need more employees and was able to reduce headcount by a ratio of one to three because North Cloud performs the work that other engineers would do.
I have seen a return on investment through time saved and achieving 10 to 30% cloud cost savings by optimizing my environment and reducing idle resource wastage.
We have rarely faced issues with Harness tech support.
We have not faced any customer support issues, with tickets resolved in less than a four-day SLA.
I have not required extensive customer support involvement, as the documentation is well-structured.
We reached out during onboarding, and they were very responsive and technically helpful.
Customer support for North Cloud is really good, as I receive responses within a timely manner.
Customer support for North Cloud is great; they are friendly.
Our entire organization uses it with hundreds of applications, and it supports this scale effectively.
It is able to work on our infrastructure side, which is EKS, and we are able to handle our organization growth effectively for an enterprise use case.
It handles increasing complexity in deployment pipelines and maintains high release frequency without any issues.
North Cloud is scalable in a way that when you are growing your enterprise, it grows with you.
North Cloud's scalability is excellent, as it handles growth and changes in our cloud environment well.
It is optimized for multi-accounts and multi-cloud environments, with a better caching mechanism for frequent queries.
Deployment pipelines, rollback systems, and performance reliability have been excellent even during high deployment activity.
Harness is completely stable, and we are using it in production without facing any stability issues at all.
We have rarely faced issues with Harness tech support.
I have not seen any downtime in the tool.
North Cloud is stable as we have not experienced any downtime or issues.
The output of North Cloud is very efficient and reliable, providing appropriate answers with high accuracy in cost reporting and billing source-based reliability.
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.
Improved documentation and onboarding tutorials would help accelerate adoption.
One key area for improvement is simplifying the onboarding of new users; the reduction of platform complexity will help new users understand how all components interact, which feels initially very difficult.
Enhancing custom reporting with a more flexible report builder, drag-and-drop functionality, SQL support, and the ability to create custom KPIs per unit.
This isn't a limitation on the North side, as they were able to rapidly add support for the existing database savings plans offerings when they launched, but more of an AWS limitation.
I would like to see additional savings for RDS and data transfer, as that would help my organization.
From what I understand with respect to Harness, licensing and setup costs were relatively low for an enterprise, and the pricing was more catered toward enterprises who would invest in the technology.
However, once Harness was fully integrated into our workflow, the operational benefits became clear, justifying the investment for our use case, despite the slightly higher cost for smaller teams.
The licensing cost is a little bit too high.
Pricing for North Cloud is acceptable at $99 per month, which is affordable.
The setup cost is low with minimal infrastructure efforts needed, as it is fully cloud-based and requires cloud account integrations, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, billing access setup, and roles and permission configurations.
With our North Cloud account, we can take advantage of cost savings without committing to a contract, which makes it flexible for seasons when usage fluctuates.
Harness uses AI to suggest errors in case of deployment failures.
The platform also supports cloud-native environments and Kubernetes deployments, making pipeline management easier, and its automation capabilities significantly improve speed and reliability.
The unified platform through Harness is extremely valuable because it has reduced our tool sprawl; instead of maintaining separate CI/CD, feature flagging, and verification tools, we can now manage everything effectively.
We were able to reduce spend on our AWS bill without using any internal employee hours and without worrying about any complicated account changes.
North Cloud has positively impacted our organization because we are aware of what we will incur in terms of the cost of using AWS or GCP. It has really helped us to save more, which was not happening in the past.
The unique aspect of the real-time analytics feature is that instead of logging into Google Cloud Platform, I can log into North Cloud and see exactly how the usage breaks down across CPU, RAM, storage, and network components.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| Harness | 2.2% |
| North Cloud | 1.2% |
| Other | 96.6% |

| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 4 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 1 |
| Large Enterprise | 10 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 11 |
| Large Enterprise | 1 |
Harness offers a comprehensive toolset for automating deployment processes and enhancing software update efficiency. It's lauded for its CI/CD capabilities, feature flagging, and real-time deployment monitoring. Key features include an intuitive UI, secret management, and robust rollback functionalities, all contributing to improved productivity and reduced errors in DevOps environments.
North Cloud provides cost management solutions tailored for AWS, helping businesses reduce expenditures through no-commitment savings plans and user-friendly dashboards.
North Cloud stands out with its seamless onboarding, intuitive spend breakdowns, and proactive cost-saving guidance. The automated plan management and environmentally optimized interface add value. Users find it surpasses AWS Cost Explorer by offering detailed spend insights and reduced AWS expenditures. Its non-invasive business model allows strategic resource reallocation for maximum benefit, while room for improvement includes expanded AWS savings plans and streamlined integrations like Slack. Despite straightforward setup, a single-pane interface could enhance efficiency with multiple platform management.
What are North Cloud's most important features?In industries leveraging cloud platforms for infrastructure, North Cloud is implemented for its robust cost management capabilities. Companies utilize its features to minimize AWS spend and benefit from discounted compute savings plans, maintaining operational efficiency without heavy resource dedication.
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