GitLab Reviews

Pros

I like how easy it was to set up and configure. Adding runners (servers that build your code) was intuitive, CI/CD works fine. When you switch from GutHub, you must get used to the naming convention, but this requires only a couple of minutes to get used to.Overall I highly recommend GitLab for anyone who wants to set up such a platform on-premise.

Cons

When you switch from other tools like GitHub you see features that are missing, mainly in CI/CD. You can't update a global variable from a job and must use workarounds. The pricing is a bit high, especially for the Ultimate plan.

Alternatives Considered

GitHub

Reasons for Switching to GitLab

We needed something that we could use on our own servers. We build critical apps for our customers and we must be sure the source code stays at our own servers. GitHub Enterprise was not taken into account because of the price.

Pros

Gitlab is a one stop shop for all of your sdlc life cycle from project planning to scm, ci/cd, security, documentation it has a fully pipeline curated for most use cases.

Cons

The restricted options for privileges are a small bind it would be more useful if you could design custom roles with privileges that suit your organisation.

Pros

An alternative to github that we can run on our own hardware and control our own data.

Cons

Upgrades can be difficult as the automated portions fail at each major upgrade and require manual intervention.

Alternatives Considered

GitHub and Azure DevOps Services

Reasons for Switching to GitLab

Price was the deciding factor when we made the choice.

Pros

User friendly interface, easy to use controls. The Visual Studio Code UI for inline editing of files is very helpful in case we want to update code directly in the web-UI without needing to download the code in local, edit in IDE and then push back it to the source control.

Cons

The latest update had moved the profile and sidebar to the left and has not given proper customization options to the user. The old interface of having it customizable was better.

Pros

Integration of Code repository with pipelines which run on the fly in its own container with minimum effort to deploy.

Cons

Too many features at times make it difficult to look or search or navigate to

Pros

The UI is really straightforward, set-up a in-house deployment also is super easy , and cheaper

Cons

Sometimes apply the updates is a bit tricky

Pros

It essentially operates the same as github, however, it scales much better. I really enjoy gitlab, even though in some instances it isn’t free. Good choice for your next project.

Cons

I don’t love that’s it’s not free. It’s kind of a deal breaker for some, especially because github exists.

Alternatives Considered

GitHub and Bitbucket

Reasons for Choosing GitLab

The team I was apart of used it, so it was my only choice.

Switched From

GitHub

Reasons for Switching to GitLab

once again my team was using it so it was a natural choice.

Pros

Straightforward alternative to the Github experience. Good layout. Does not get in the way. Tracks what needs tracking.

Cons

Purely that it's a different experience from Github, which takes some getting used to.

Pros

Like that it's very complete and easy to use.

Cons

CICD Pipelines are sometimes a bit difficult to develop.

Alternatives Considered

GitHub

Reasons for Switching to GitLab

Some clients required a custom installation and we found it to be easy set up with GitLab

Pros

It has the same usability has other git services and I feel that there are more engaging

Cons

Not many people recommend or use it, although is has similar capabilities.

Pros

Its comprehensive and integrated DevOps toolchain, which helps to streamline the entire software lifecycle. Makes it so much easier for version controlling to CI/CD and project management. It has a robust access controls and also it s having detailed permission settings makes the security and collaboration very good. Also its GUI and big API support makes the automation very easy. This all-in-one GitLab simplifies the workflows and reduces need for switching to multiple tools and helping us to increase productivity.

Cons

It's quite hard to find a con in this. Only thing I felt is the its GUI has a lot of features makes a new user's work challenging.

Pros

I like the clean, nice-looking interface and controls. I how it sets up pipelines, displays status of each deployment and allow me to re-run.

Cons

It would be nice to be able to re-start a pipeline rather than having to create a new one, even a duplicate feature to create the same one again.

Pros

It's feature of source code management and keep tracking my codes. Also useful tool for team collaboration.

Cons

I don't see any not good of using this application/tool.

Pros

The most I like about GitLab is Source Code Management and CI/CD.

Cons

The least I like about GitLab is authentication. Authentication in GitLab is not easy to login with Google. Sometimes, I got failed to authenticate from GoogleOauth2.

Pros

The features that impressed me about gitlab are Version Control, issue tracking, and the ability to automate development workflows through CI/CD. Thank to the intuitive interface and ease of use, it helps to easily implement it into projects. Also the possibility of hosting projects in the Gitlab cloud or deploying locally helps a lot to adapt to needs.

Cons

In very large projects, perfomance and speed may be slowed down. Also the advance configuration that Gitlab offers can be very complex for new users, some features could be simplified and made more accessible. Although Gitlab has a lot of documentation, more tutorials and examples would be needed to fully take advantage of Gitlab.

Pros

I like the philosophy of the team that built GitLab and it reflects in the product. It is open, flexible, and powerful. The CI templates make it easy to setup continuous integration on new projects and that is a huge productivity boost.

Cons

The UI feels sluggish sometimes. It just feels that everything takes a fraction of second longer and it adds up overall.

Pros

Free plan.
Collaboration.
Ease of setup.

Cons

Have limits in free plan.
No much community support like Github.

Alternatives Considered

GitHub

Pros

In software development lifecycle gitlab has very integrated approach and it has built in CI/CD pipelines.And It is very user friendly even though it is for developers.

Cons

It's documentation is not that much easy to understand and even though it has so many features, new user might find himself/herself lost in getting to be aware.

Pros

The best GitLab has are the pipelines. They can be used for integration, for unit tests, for external scanners and, what is most important for me, security scans.

Cons

The only thing I can say I don't like about GitLab is the project management approach. I don't really find the issue and incidences schemas complete and I would like them to have more options.

Pros

GitLab's collaboration features, including merge requests and issue boards, promote efficient teamwork. It prioritizes security with role-based access control, customizable workflows, and strong CI/CD pipelines. The platform simplifies the development process by setting up and managing pipelines directly within the repository.

Cons

For those who are unfamiliar with the tool, there may be a learning curve involved in navigating the site and comprehending all of its potential.

Pros

Task management is quite nice. Allocation of incidents is working well.

Cons

Quite lazy responses from the system and a lot of mess in the interface organization. Low reporting system.

Pros

Easily manage the versions
Able to create ci/cd pipeline

Cons

Na.

Pros

Agile and dynamic ability to build solutions across our complex organization with optimal visibility.

Cons

No cons have been experienced by the organization since using GitLab as our DevOps platform.

Pros

Great version control features and allows other users to work on the same project. Great documentation features which help document information for a project.

Cons

Resource intensive which can cause performance issues when running with other programs and code.

Pros

Integrated IDE! Love this feature, I want to develop, debug and commit in the cloud, I don't need local IDE

Cons

New UI - it is horroble, please, rollback UI what was before - not it is confusing to find commits, repo main page, make setting disabled if I can't do there but explain why! UX needs to be improved a lotNotifications is a mess - I need to manually click all the categories