About GitLab
GitLab is an integrated, open source DevOps lifecycle management platform for software development teams to plan, code, test, deploy and monitor product changes within a single application. GitLab allows users to streamline their collaborative workflows and visualize, prioritize, coordinate, and track progress using flexible project management tools.
GitLab helps streamline collaborative workflows whether a team uses Agile, Waterfall, or conversational development methods. Users are able to securely write and manage code and project data, and consolidate source code into a single DVCS that can be managed without disrupting the workflow. GitLab’s git repositories are provided with branching tools and access controls for a scalable, single source of truth for collaboration on projects and code.
Users are able to customize their approval workflow controls, and automatically test the quality of code. GitLab verification tools help users spot errors sooner while shortening feedback cycles with features such as built-in code review, code testing, code quality, and review apps. Users can manage custom container images with GitLab’s container registry, which provides users with enhanced security and access controls without third party add-ons.
Organizations can minimize complexity by building, testing, and releasing their code securely, whether deploying to one server, or thousands, using GitLab’s continuous delivery and deployment feature. Users can automate the entire workflow and customize everything from buildpacks to CI/CD. Best practice templates help users get started with minimal configuration. GitLab collects and displays performance metrics for deployed apps using Prometheus, allowing users to analyze shipping velocity and monitor application performance.
Pricing starting from:
US$29.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Key benefits of GitLab
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Supported Languages
Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese
Pricing starting from:
US$29.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of GitLab: 64
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- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Powerful toolset that are available on premise!
Reviewed on 16/09/2021
I am happy with the toolset - very grateful to the gitlab community for the work done on this. It...
I am happy with the toolset - very grateful to the gitlab community for the work done on this. It allows small startup companies to create their own instance and manage gitlab CI deployment pipelines.
Pros
I am not constrained at all by a company like GitHub or Bitbucket. It allows my team to have faith that what we are working on - remains in house. For piece of mind - without using git native.
Cons
Difficult to setup for the uninitiated linux administrator. Administration and upgrades are also difficult to do.
Alternatives Considered
GitHubReasons for Choosing GitLab
I needed to ensure that our repositories are private and held on premise.Reasons for Switching to GitLab
GitLab is totally free and can be hosted on premise.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
GitLab Review
Reviewed on 26/09/2019
GitLab resolved our version controlling problems, code review problems. It helps to maintain our...
GitLab resolved our version controlling problems, code review problems. It helps to maintain our code standards very easily. We can setup It on our local server also very easily. It is free anyone can try it.
Pros
GitLab is a superb source code managemanet provide. It is free. We can install it in our privet server also. As well as we can use their server with a free account. We use git for version control. GitLab provides awesome support for version control. It is a very easy tool. Anyone can use it very easily If someone has no more knowledge about versioning but He can use GitLab very easy. We can maintain our Repositories/Branchers. User access level also there. Currently, We use GitLab. We maintain feature branches, dev branch, and master branch. Everyone does not allow to merge code to the dev branch. If someone add merge request to the dev branch, our one-person review code and merge. Then we use GitLab it is easy for us. GitLab provides superb dashboard it very easy to review code. It shows all code changes with file by file. Easy to compare. As well as we can compare two branches vary easy. It provides a clear, unique, user-friendly dashboard. GitLab also supports CI/CD process. It's superb we can recommend for anyone. If our commit has some conflict it shows how to resolve that step by step.
Cons
When I add a new commit. If the file is large/have many lines. It not showing code changes directly. It shows a message file has many lines cannot show changes that kind of message. Sometimes when we compare two commits. It not more clear. Some times confusing. If I show some file history only show commits. not showing code changes by commits. We want to go and check every commits to show changes.
Reasons for Switching to GitLab
It's free. We can setup on our local servers. It provides an easy, powerful, clear, and userfriendly dashboard. Its same thing wants for version control. Its there on GitLab.- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Great for developers, not necessarily for other user groups
Reviewed on 28/11/2023
Company ended up keeping it for developers only and opted for different tooling for task/project...
Company ended up keeping it for developers only and opted for different tooling for task/project management and collaboration.
Pros
Developers like it and you can use labels to make it work for task management, to some extent. Facilitates proper code review and collaboration in merge requests.
Cons
Reporting functionality is limited compared to competitors. Would recommend it for development, but not for task/project management. Not that user-friendly for non-techies and requires a lot of customization to make it usable for sprints etc.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Source control is made easy with gitlab
Reviewed on 22/10/2019
We need to control our source code. We need to know exactly who has changed what line of code at...
We need to control our source code. We need to know exactly who has changed what line of code at what point. And git, nice though it is, needs a GUI. Gitlab provides us that GUI.
Pros
The software is stable.
Updates come out regularly.
SSO integration with our AD is very nice.
Cons
We are using gitlab not only for our source code, but also to control the configuration of all of our servers and firewalls. It would be nice if we could schedule scripts on gitlab to run automatically. We are now 'abusing' the pipelines for this purpose.
Alternatives Considered
Helix CoreReasons for Choosing GitLab
It's quite unfair to compare gitlab to visualSVN. Gitlab is an integrated issue tracker and source code management system.Reasons for Switching to GitLab
The staff just wanted to use git and gitlab. We did not want to host in GitHub since we want to be in control of our own data.- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
A great solution for controlling your own source code.
Reviewed on 07/09/2023
Overall, it's exactly what my old company needed, given that I was given zero budget and no...
Overall, it's exactly what my old company needed, given that I was given zero budget and no attention.
Pros
GitHub charges for company use, and my old company wouldn't have paid for SCM no matter how important it was to our department. Thankfully, GitLab installed just fine on a VM we spun up internally, and that was all we needed. Our Git repositories, client websites, and configuration files had a home. I can use the Git CLI, and there's a convenient web interface and hooks for everyone else (including me when I didn't want to use the CLI).
Cons
Setting this up internally is a hassle. You need a VM and a valid SSL certificate, which is a fairly low bar for entry, but more than most products. Also, it does update fairly often, which I suppose is better than it not updating at all.
Alternatives Considered
GitHubReasons for Switching to GitLab
My boss wouldn't pay for a GitHub business plan.GitLab FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for GitLab.Q. What type of pricing plans does GitLab offer?
GitLab offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$29.00/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Libre: $0 Premium: $29 per user, per month (billed annually) Ultimate: $99 per user, per month (billed annually)
Q. Who are the typical users of GitLab?
GitLab has the following typical customers:
2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does GitLab support?
GitLab supports the following languages:
Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese
Q. Does GitLab support mobile devices?
GitLab supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does GitLab integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations GitLab has
Q. What level of support does GitLab offer?
GitLab offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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