A Comprehensive Platform Beyond Humanitec’s Dynamic Configuration and IaC

Why Infrastream is built for organizations that treat security as non-negotiable

Harness Cloud’s IDP and Infrastream both aim to simplify internal platform operations, CI/CD, and developer workflows. But while Harness focuses on orchestrating existing tools, Infrastream is a purpose-built platform with embedded security and governance at its core — not as an add-on, but as the default.

Infrastream’s edge over

Security: 
Built-In vs. Optional

Humanitec allows teams to define security controls if they choose to integrate them. Security policies are often user-defined and optional.

Infrastream mandates security controls by design. From automatic mTLS, default-deny network policies, to Falco/eBPF runtime protection, every environment inherits strong, non-optional protections.

Infrastream ensures no gaps in coverage, no misconfigurations, and no excuses.

Identity & Credential Management

Humanitec uses static or semi-static credentials and relies on external IAM configurations to prevent misuse.

Infrastream introduces ephemeral Executors; identity-driven, short-lived credentials scoped to a single task. These credentials are impossible to reuse or exploit for lateral movement.

Infrastream eliminates credential sprawl by enforcing just-in-time, scoped identity.

Governance & Exception Management

Humanitec supports policy enforcement, but managing exceptions can lead to ad hoc workarounds.

Infrastream offers a structured exception workflow — deviations from default policies are logged, audited, and approved at the org level.

No more "Shadow IT". Infrastream turns flexibility into governed freedom.

Secure Cloud-Native Integrations

Humanitec can deploy security components if defined in templates.

Infrastream directly manages cloud-native tools like GCP IAP, Service Mesh, and Secret Manager, offering opinionated, secure configurations out of the box.

Infrastream reduces risk by owning the secure lifecycle of these tools, not just deploying them.

AI/ML and HPC Workloads

Humanitec requires users to script AI/ML stack deployments via IaC.

Infrastream delivers a deeply integrated, secure experience for Vertex AI, BigQuery, and Modular Max runners—with Executor-powered security and policy governance built-in.

Infrastream supports next-gen workloads without compromising enterprise security.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Standalone Platform

Self-Hosted

Employee RBAC

Managed HPAM Hub

Opinionated Security

Continuous Integration (CI)

Repository Management

Source Control Permission Mgmt

Standardized Pipelines

Automatic SAST

Continuous Delivery (CD)

Private Runners

Monitoring & Tracing

Supports Kubernetes

Serverless Workloads

Supports Compute

Role-Based Access Control

Built-in Cross Integrations

Routing / DNS / Cert Mgmt

Standalone Identity Providers

Kubernetes

Managed Service Mesh

Vault

EventStore DB

Centralized HPAM

GitHub

GitLab

Google Workspace

GCP

HashiCorp Vault

AlloyDB

OAuth2 (Employees)

OAuth2/OpenID (Clients)

Robust all-in-one solution

Offers on-premise option for data-sensitive orgs

Fine-grained access controls for team roles

Centralized hub for platform access

Enforces best practices by default

Native GitOps integration

Role-based repo access

Templated pipelines for consistency

Auto static analysis for security

Dedicated runners for isolation

Auto-integrated observability

Deep Kubernetes support

Built-in support

Bare metal & VM friendly

Platform-level security

Automated & integrated

SSO / SAML / OIDC ready

Fully native integration

Integrated mesh options

Secret store compatible

Native support for events

Manage team/user access directly

Centralized permission flows

Manage user/group-based auth flows

Assign IAM roles from platform

Manage secrets/users at scale

Access & role provisioning via platform

Federated auth & role sync

Role-based client access provisioning

Orchestrates (your IaC)

(On-prem/VPC)

(Integrates with Vault)

(Via your tools/policies)

(Integrates)

Via SCM

(Via CI integration)

Via CI Integration

Via CI/CD Integration

Via integration

(Core focus)

Via Cloud/Tool Int.

(Integrates Okta, etc.)

(Core Integration)

Via Integration (e.g. Istio)

(Strong Integration)

(Integrates if needed)

(Uses, doesn't manage access)

(SSO integration only)

(Uses credentials)

(Reads/writes secrets)

(Managed via GCP IAM)

(Integrates as client/IdP)

Can act as IdP/broker

Ready to Redefine Your Infrastructure?

As infrastructure becomes more intelligent and workloads more autonomous, security can no longer be an afterthought. With Infrastream’s approach, we’ve reimagined access control for the modern era, where automation, auditability, and zero-trust are built-in from day one.