Harness Transitions to Flexible and Modular Pricing Model, Introducing Essentials Tier for Growing Organizations
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Harness's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Pricing model restructured from 'Developer 360 subscription' to 'Flexible and Modular Pricing' with tagline 'Pay for what you need'; New Essentials tier introduced for growing organizations with small to mid-size teams; Free plan description changed from part of 'Developer 360 subscription' to standalone 'For individual developers and small teams'. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change, new plan, plan renamed) with an upward direction.
Harness's previous recorded change was "Harness Discontinues Startup Plan, Impacting Developers with $57/Month Pricing" (Q4 2024). 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.
- — · PackagingReworded
BeforeDeveloper 360 subscription
AfterFlexible and Modular Pricing
- Essentials · PlanAddedNo Essentials tierEssentials tier
- Free Plan · PlanChanged
Beforepart of 'Developer 360 subscription'
Afterstandalone 'For individual developers and small teams'
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Packaging | Developer 360 subscription | Flexible and Modular Pricing | Reworded |
| Essentials | Plan | No Essentials tier | Essentials tier | Added |
| Free Plan | Plan | part of 'Developer 360 subscription' | standalone 'For individual developers and small teams' | Changed |
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, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "Developer 360 subscription" becomes "Flexible and Modular Pricing".
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Harness, the last 90 days
Full history- Apr 3, 2026packagingHarness Rebrands Chaos Engineering as Resilience Testing
- Feb 17, 2026improvedHarness adds Web App & API Protection to Security Testing suite
- Q1 2025packagingHarness Transitions to Flexible and Modular Pricing Model, Introducing Essentials Tier for Growing Organizations · this change
- Q4 2024packagingHarness Discontinues Startup Plan, Impacting Developers with $57/Month Pricing
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 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change, new plan, plan renamed.
What changed on Harness's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Packaging: Developer 360 subscription → Flexible and Modular Pricing, reworded; Essentials plan: No Essentials tier → Essentials tier, added; Free Plan plan: part of 'Developer 360 subscription' → standalone 'For individual developers and small teams', changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; 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 Discontinues Startup Plan, Impacting Developers with $57/Month Pricing" in Q4 2024; Harness has been tracked since 2023-11-14.