Harness Introduces Developer 360 Subscription Model with New Startup Plan at $57/Developer/Month, Streamlining Pricing Structure
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024 captures of Harness's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: Startup plan introduced at $57/developer/month ($684 annually) plus 1.75% of annual cloud spend, designed for organizations under 500 employees with max 100 developer licenses; Free plan expanded to include Code Repository, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery & GitOps, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, and Chaos Engineering (previously limited to individual module trials); Introduced Developer 360 subscription model replacing module-specific pricing. Team plan ($100/service/month) discontinued in favor of developer-based Startup plan at $57/developer/month ($684 annually) plus 1.75% of annual cloud spend; Team plan at $100/service/month removed from pricing structure across all modules. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan, freemium change, package change, plan removed) with an upward direction.
Harness's previous recorded change was "Harness Removes Community Edition Plan and Pipeline Templatization from Enterprise, Adds Template Library to Free Plan" (Dec 2023). Harness has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Atlassian, Hashicorp and GitLab also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Startup · PlanAddedNo Startup planStartup plan
- Free Plan · Free tierFreemium change
Free plan expanded to include Code Repository, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery & GitOps, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, and Chaos Engineering (previously limited to individual module trials)
- Team · PackagingAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterDeveloper 360 subscription model replacing module-specific pricing
- Team · PlanRemoved
BeforeTeam plan at $100/service/month
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Startup | Plan | No Startup plan | Startup plan | Added |
| Free Plan | Free tier | Free plan expanded to include Code Repository, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery & GitOps, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, and Chaos Engineering (previously limited to individual module trials) | Freemium change | |
| Team | Packaging | Not listed | Developer 360 subscription model replacing module-specific pricing | Added |
| Team | Plan | Team plan at $100/service/month | Not listed | Removed |
Values as written on Harness's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Harness's pricing page (harness.io) from Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where Startup plan now appears.
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Harness, the last 90 days
Full history- Q4 2024packagingHarness Discontinues Startup Plan, Impacting Developers with $57/Month Pricing
- Q3 2024packagingHarness Introduces $0 Open Source Plan with Comprehensive Features Including CDE and Artifact Registry
- Q2 2024packagingHarness Introduces 2000 Cloud Credits per Month on Free Plan, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
- Q1 2024packagingHarness Introduces Developer 360 Subscription Model with New Startup Plan at $57/Developer/Month, Streamlining Pricing Structure · this change
- Dec 2023packagingHarness Removes Community Edition Plan and Pipeline Templatization from Enterprise, Adds Template Library to Free Plan
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- AtlassianJan 11Atlassian Opsgenie Confirms Opsgenie Discontinuation for New Customers, Introduces API Rate Limits for Standard and Enterprise Plans
- HashicorpJan 11Hashicorp Vault Reduces Monthly Vault Client Cost by 35% Amid Tier Consolidation and Renaming Changes
- GitLabJan 10GitLab Reduces Ultimate Plan Trial Period from 60 to 30 Days, Impacting User Access
Questions about this change
Did Harness raise prices in April 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan, freemium change, package change, plan removed.
What changed on Harness's pricing page between Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024?
Startup plan: No Startup plan → Startup plan, added; Free plan expanded to include Code Repository, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery & GitOps, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, and Chaos Engineering (previously limited to individual module trials); Team packaging: Not listed → Developer 360 subscription model replacing module-specific pricing, added; Team plan: Team plan at $100/service/month → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Harness change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Harness in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Harness Removes Community Edition Plan and Pipeline Templatization from Enterprise, Adds Template Library to Free Plan" in Dec 2023; Harness has been tracked since 2023-11-14.