Digital.ai Release vs Harness comparison

Digital.ai and Harness are both solutions in the Build Automation category. Digital.ai is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.0, while Harness is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.7. Digital.ai holds a 0.8% mindshare in BA, compared to Harness’s 5.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Digital.ai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Harness users who would recommend it.

Digital.ai Release

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Digital.ai Release

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Digital.ai Release and Harness based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Build Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Digital.ai Release vs. Harness

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Categories and Ranking

Digital.ai Release

Ranking in Build Automation

16th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Release Automation (9th), DevSecOps (10th)

Harness

Ranking in Build Automation

11th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (30th), Cloud Cost Management (15th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Digital.ai Release is 0.8%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Harness is 5.7%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Navanath Gajare

DevOps Tech Lead at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Effectively automates deployments and applies one template across applications

Our company uses the solution to handle deployments for new releases. Whenever there is a new release, the solution creates a new provision template for deployment. We also orchestrate and manage all users. We integrate with other tools like GitHub, Jenkins, or Digital.ai Deploy to manage…

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Linwei Yuan

Software Engineer at Citi

Streamline microservices deployment with integrated execution pipelines and comprehensive monitoring

Harness integrates all functions like execution pipelines, environment checks, and log monitoring in one place. It is very convenient since we have many microservices, so having one platform for all of them is beneficial. The dashboard allows me to monitor all core services' deployment status in one place, making it easier to find bugs and check logs.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Digital.ai Release is its ability to communicate with various deployment systems, such as XLD and batch deployments, as well as integrate with tools, such as Flyway and Bamboo. We use Bamboo as our build orchestrator, and Digital.ai Release also integrates with Jira, another Atlassian solution. These capabilities make it a powerful tool for managing workflow, test automation, and other processes."

"The time is also reduced because the manual work has tremendously decreased. We just have to click one button, and it will create everything for us."

"The orchestration, building the release, and then just executing it and managing that pipeline — the orchestration capabilities are great for that."

"The solution can apply one template across multiple applications."

"It's a highly customizable DevOps tool."

"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."

"Harness integrates all functions like execution pipelines, environment checks, and log monitoring in one place."

Cons

"Currently, we put artifact details manually. What we could improve, in our case, is the deployment instruction base. Developers input all the information, including which artifact and where it needs to be deployed. What Digital.ai could do is automatically go to the deployment instruction page, take those artifact details, and implement them."

"The backfill could be improved, we could automate that. Right now it's subjective — it's up to the lead developer's memory to remember to backfill."

"The solution is a little bit expensive."

"Digital.ai Release could improve by having a better plugin that works with Guardian that we use for mainframe migrations. If there could be an interface or plugin for Guardian that would be beneficial."

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

"When integrating Harness with more than twenty applications in one place, it becomes less stable, causing improvements to be necessary."

"Even with automation, there's a requirement for manual change requests for approvals."

"I prefer the previous less compact UI version of Harness, which showed more details on the screen."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Overall, the price is just too high; especially considering we're in the middle of a pandemic."

"The solution's license includes all features."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

55%

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

34%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Manufacturing Company

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By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Digital.ai Release ?

The time is also reduced because the manual work has tremendously decreased. We just have to click one button, and it will create everything for us.

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What needs improvement with Digital.ai Release ?

There are many areas of improvement. Currently, we put artifact details manually. What we could improve, in our case, is the deployment instruction base. Developers input all the information, inclu...

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What is your primary use case for Digital.ai Release ?

It helps with creating documentation, release processes, deploying to lower environments, scheduling meetings, and sending emails to stakeholders. The goal is to reduce manual work and save time.

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What do you like most about Harness?

It's a highly customizable DevOps tool.

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What needs improvement with Harness?

Previously, when deploying a version that had been deployed successfully before, it sometimes failed upon trying again, which seems to be an intermittent issue about stability. I prefer the previou...

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What is your primary use case for Harness?

I used Harness for CICD, and it served as the release platform that our team used for Java applications. We do Java microservices, and we used it to deploy them.

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Comparisons

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Compared 52% of the time

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Compared 27% of the time

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Compared 22% of the time

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Compared 22% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Also Known As

XL Release, XebiaLabs XL Release

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Overview

Automate, orchestrate, and gain visibility into your release pipelines at scale using Digital.ai Release, a release management tool that is designed for enterprises. Control and track releases, standardize processes, and bake compliance and security into your software release pipelines.

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.

Sample Customers

3M, GE, John Deere, Deutsche Telekom, Cable & Wireless, Xerox, and Société Générale, Liberty Mutual, EA, Rabobank

Linedata, Openbank, Home Depot, Advanced

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