OWASP DefectDojo vs Harness Security Testing Orchestration

OWASP DefectDojo9.0Visit Harness Security Testing Orchestration8.5Visit

Higher score OWASP DefectDojo #3 in Application Security Orchestration Platforms 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit DefectDojo

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Harness Security Testing Orchestration #6 in Application Security Orchestration Platforms 8.5/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Harness

• OWASP DefectDojo fits best

  Organizations preferring open-source finding management

• Harness Security Testing Orchestration fits best

  CI/CD teams orchestrating many scanners

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Side by side

Feature	OWASP DefectDojo 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Harness Security Testing Orchestration 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.5
Ranking	#3 in Application Security Orchestration Platforms	#6 in Application Security Orchestration Platforms
Best for	Organizations preferring open-source finding management	CI/CD teams orchestrating many scanners
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Compliance	SSO/SAML, 2FA	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations	500+ integrations	40+ integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features OWASP DefectDojo 3/4 · Harness Security Testing Orchestration 4/4
Finding deduplication	✓	✓
Remediation workflows	✓	✓
Policy gates	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Ticketing sync	✓	✓
Specs
Risk prioritization	Risk-based	Risk-based
Deployment model	Hybrid	Cloud
Our review
Pros	Imports and reimports findings from 500+ supported security tools Deduplication, triage, risk acceptance, SLAs, and remediation workflows REST API, Swagger UI, dashboards, reporting, and ticket synchronization	Supports 40+ scanners with normalization and deduplication Risk correlation, prioritization, OPA gates, and exemptions Jira synchronization, audit logs, and reusable pipeline templates
Cons	Priority scoring and Rules Engine automation require Pro Role-based access control and tenant isolation are Pro features Pro uses quote-based pricing rather than a published price	STO is available through paid bundles or modular Enterprise plans The Free Plan does not include STO Jira auto-ticket creation may require a feature flag
Our verdict	OWASP DefectDojo is an open-source DevSecOps platform for organizations that need to aggregate, organize, standardize, and track application security findings. It is suited to security and engineering teams managing results from multiple… Read the review →	Harness Security Testing Orchestration (STO) centralizes application security findings across CI/CD pipelines. It is designed for AppSec, DevOps, and development teams managing security testing across many pipelines. The platform supports… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• OWASP DefectDojo — where it wins

  • Imports and reimports findings from 500+ supported security tools
  • Deduplication, triage, risk acceptance, SLAs, and remediation workflows
  • REST API, Swagger UI, dashboards, reporting, and ticket synchronization

  Where it doesn't

  • Priority scoring and Rules Engine automation require Pro
  • Role-based access control and tenant isolation are Pro features
  • Pro uses quote-based pricing rather than a published price

• Harness Security Testing Orchestration — where it wins

  • Supports 40+ scanners with normalization and deduplication
  • Risk correlation, prioritization, OPA gates, and exemptions
  • Jira synchronization, audit logs, and reusable pipeline templates

  Where it doesn't

  • STO is available through paid bundles or modular Enterprise plans
  • The Free Plan does not include STO
  • Jira auto-ticket creation may require a feature flag

• OWASP DefectDojo9.0/10 · Free plan

  A flexible open-source hub for importing, triaging, prioritizing, and tracking security findings.

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• Harness Security Testing Orchestration8.5/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad scanner-orchestration layer for CI/CD teams that need normalized, prioritized findings.

  Visit HarnessFull verdict →