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Harness vs North Cloud 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

Harness
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Build Automation (7th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (13th), Feature Management (2nd)
North Cloud
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
9th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.9
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of Harness is 2.2%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of North Cloud is 1.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Harness2.2%
North Cloud1.1%
Other96.7%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Evan Kesten - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO & Co-Founder at Cabinet
Need broader cloud savings but have reduced compute costs and extended financial runway
I have found the integration very seamless and easy. The best features North Cloud offers are easy onboarding integration and a non-invasive business model. I find the easy onboarding integration and non-invasive business model to be the best features because we were able to reduce spend on our AWS bill without using any internal employee hours and without worrying about any complicated account changes.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"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."
"Harness integrates all functions like execution pipelines, environment checks, and log monitoring in one place, making it convenient."
"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."
"Everything in Harness is configured and runs smoothly."
"Harness has positively impacted my organization as several teams have already migrated to it, and some are in the process of moving, reducing the dependency on one specific platform and making it faster with shortened build times and much faster deployments."
"The features of Harness are valuable, supporting rolling deployments, basic deployments, and blue-green deployments with zero downtime."
"North Cloud was able to get us access to savings plans that cut approximately 20% from our monthly AWS costs."
"North Cloud is super valuable in just allowing us to focus on where we add the most value to our organization and not have to worry about operational overhead such as cost savings plans."
"North has been an excellent partner in managing our AWS costs."
"North Cloud has been a great partner in helping us navigate cloud cost savings."
"North Cloud has positively impacted my organization by reducing our AWS bill by 15%."
 

Cons

"Even with automation, there's a requirement for manual change requests for approvals."
"Infrastructure as code or pipeline as code is something that Harness severely lacks."
"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."
"When deploying multiple components to multiple environments, like production and BCP, failures sometimes occur. Improvements are needed when deploying one component to one environment."
"I prefer the previous less compact UI version of Harness, which showed more details on the screen."
"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 deployment pipelines."
"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."
"I'm not really sure how North Cloud can be improved, but if I had to pick something, maybe some integrations with Slack or something, because it can be a bit difficult to jump around different panels."
"I think North Cloud could be improved with additional savings for more AWS services."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Construction Company
37%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise9
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Harness?
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...
What is your primary use case for Harness?
Harness automates the CI/CD pipelines and manages applications deployments across different environments like staging, development, and production. I use it to monitor the deployments and ensure st...
What advice do you have for others considering Harness?
I appreciate that Harness provides good visibility into pipeline execution and deployment status, and I appreciate how it simplifies the complex CI/CD workflows. Its automation features help reduce...
What needs improvement with North Cloud?
North recently added support for database reservations, which would have been next on my wish list. I look forward to their menu expanding as AWS adds additional savings vehicles.
What advice do you have for others considering North Cloud?
The team is extremely helpful and communicative. Immediately upon working with them, they set up a Slack connect channel and give you a live line of communication with someone in their engineering ...
 

Comparisons

 

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Sample Customers

Linedata, Openbank, Home Depot, Advanced
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Find out what your peers are saying about Harness vs. North Cloud and other solutions. Updated: April 2026.
893,164 professionals have used our research since 2012.