# Harness alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 232 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Harness holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/harness/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- GitHub Actions: 132
- GitLab CI/CD: 52
- Azure DevOps: 7
- CircleCI: 5
- Azure Pipelines: 1
- Buildkite: 1

## CI/CD platforms

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Harness.

- GitHub Actions: first choice in 74 of those 83
- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 8 of those 83
- CircleCI: first choice in 3 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Harness (Harness is #7 of 13 at 0%).

- GitHub Actions: first choice in 47 of those 80
- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 19 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Harness (Harness is #10 of 12 at 0%).

- GitLab CI/CD: first choice in 25 of those 69
- GitHub Actions: first choice in 11 of those 69
- Azure DevOps: first choice in 7 of those 69
- CircleCI: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Azure Pipelines: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Buildkite: first choice in 1 of those 69
- CloudBees CI: first choice in 1 of those 69
- GitHub Actions on GitHub Enterprise Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 69

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.