GitLab Ultimate

To store the data.

Git  merging allows us to track the details of how and who has done what. This is the best feature which is useful for all companies.

As we are using it in Kubernetes  clusters, we don't have any issues.

GitLab  needs to improve the CI/CD functionality because it is not compatible with Jenkins  and other tools, as it is not that efficient. Security-wise, we have security features enabled in GitLab  for code vulnerability and other aspects, but it is not up to market standards.

Approximately four to five years.

Recently we had an issue where an employee left the company and their commits were erased. We raised a request with GitLab support, but they were unable to help because they could not find the root cause of what went wrong. We restored the data from previous backups.

GitLab is suitable for small and mid-size organizations, but not for enterprise use.

We raised a request with GitLab support when an employee's commits were erased, but they were unable to help because they could not find the root cause of what went wrong.

Positive

I worked with GitLab Enterprise at a previous company. GitLab Enterprise is far better than the free version. For enterprise-level customers, we can recommend GitLab Enterprise. Regarding competitors, we have explored GitHub , Bitbucket , and CircleCI . However, GitLab Enterprise has more features than any of these tools.

I am working with Kyndryl , which is part of IBM. They have their own decision-making team who manages these aspects.

We are currently using general GitLab, not GitLab Premium .

We are using Jira  and Confluence , but not Bitbucket .

We are currently using GitLab integrated with Sonar  for code vulnerability checks, Jenkins , Camunda , and XL Deploy. We use Camunda  to deploy folders and XL Deploy for server deployment.

We are not using the security features on the GitLab side, as we use different tools for that purpose. My team is not using the GitLab merge request process, but we work on providing GitLab access for admin activities, as developers are in different teams handling development and merge requests.

We are using basic features currently, so I cannot comment on detailed functionality comparisons. Every  versioning control tool provides similar basic features, and we are not utilizing the full functionality of GitLab.

The system is easy to use.

On a scale of 1-10, this solution rates a 7.

Public Cloud

Google

What do you like best about the product?

The seamless integration of version controll, CI/CD pipilines and project management in a single platform.

What do you dislike about the product?

Some features feel heavy on resources and the UI can be slow at times.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

it streamlines code collaboratino, automates deployments, and improves team productivity by keeping everything in one place.

What do you like best about the product?

Gitlab starts of as feeling like a clone of github. But that misses the point. Gitlab gives you way more freedom to work as you please, to install and run on-premise or work with SaaS in the hosted gitlab.

I'm a bit OCD maybe but "merge request" is more accurate than "pull request" as github calls it. So it feels more 'technically correct'. All the usual integrations exists, very easily links to IntelliJ products, as command line of course still remains there for the die hards. I use gitlab every day, multiple times a day. It's part of my software engineering workflow.

To get started, there's some clicking around to find your way, but it becomes natural to understand when youknow the basics. Especially good are the features to resolve merge conflicts by editing online and running interactive merge tools online, as well as the interactive CI configuration editor.

What do you dislike about the product?

Gitlab is not a slick and "fun" as Github. But it's way better to use than running a "pure git" repository over ssh connection or shared filesystem with your colleagues.

Self-hosted, while that brings it's benefits, can be slow, and combined with the clicking around to figure stuff out, makes it feel a bit clunky. SaaS cloud hosted is much better and faster, but of course you pay for that.

As an "end user" it's easy to get going with gitlab, and there's endless community support as well as customer support. Though you can see some feature requests do lag for a long time until getting resolved.

As an admin, integrating Gitlab could be worse than it is, but it's way better to maintain and operate than doing without it.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gitlab ticks many boxes. Managed software development and version control of course. QA and test automation incuding peer review. This is a really strong point including inline code suggestions to reduce the burden of change and re-review. The CI and CD elements of Gitlab are newer to me, but are super powerful, and once I established a pattern that worked in my company, re-implementing it over multiple projects was then a very quick job.

I am now very happy that my pipeline, after merging can build, release and the deploy new services in one click - fire and forget. And as a bonus optional one-click to deploy a merge request into a dev environment for testing. Really sweet.

What do you like best about the product?

I appreciate that GitLab provides an all-in-one solution for version control, continuous integration, and project management. The built-in CI/CD features are powerful and easy to set up, and I love being able to track issues, merge requests, and deployments without switching tools. The documentation and community support are also excellent.

What do you dislike about the product?

GitLab is very powerful, but the learning curve can be steep, especially for teams that are new to DevOps tools. Some integrations or third-party apps don’t always work as smoothly as expected, and occasionally there are minor bugs or delays when running pipelines.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

GitLab solves the problem of managing the entire software development lifecycle by bringing everything—code hosting, issue tracking, CI/CD, and code review—into a single platform. This integration has made it much easier for our team to collaborate, automate builds and deployments, and track progress on projects. As a result, we spend less time switching between tools and more time focusing on development.

What do you like best about the product?

Rich feature set very powerful for managing code realse and issue management related to code release.

What do you dislike about the product?

Complex significant effort to understand intermediat funtionality. Not always intuitive.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helping us manage code revisions.