I use GitLab to manage our development lifecycle. We use it to store code and automate our CI/CD pipeline. Once developers commit their code, the CI/CD pipeline automatically starts, supporting development through various stages. It is part of our software development life cycle.
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DevOps Platform With A Wide Range Of Useful Tools.
What do you like best about the product?
There are so many things which i like best about gitlb. It offers tools for software development as well as version control. It's continuous integration and continous deployment is of top notch. Very helpful for managing projects .
What do you dislike about the product?
For beginners it's UI feels complex and cluttered. And it's premium features are costly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Gitlab solves a major problem i.e time consumption. Because being a platorm having multiple functionality, an individual doesn't have to use seperate tools for CI/CD, version control and project management . For myself it will be easier for me to track progress and manage task efficiently.
Boosted productivity with automated pipelines and seamless collaboration
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
There are some challenges with repository file management as GitLab may struggle to manage larger files. Improvements could be made regarding size management and file partitioning.
Also, the UI has remained the same for a couple of years and could benefit from an update with AI features and better customization.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using GitLab for three or four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have not encountered any performance or stability issues with GitLab so far. It has remained stable and reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
GitLab is scalable as multiple users can simultaneously access it without issues.
How are customer service and support?
We have rarely needed to escalate issues to technical support since GitLab usually runs seamlessly. Occasionally, issues might arise if the URL isn't up or due to server problems.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have worked with Bitbucket. In comparison, GitLab is more advanced, particularly in terms of cloud capabilities.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up GitLab is smooth and straightforward. There is no complexity as long as you're familiar with the basics. A simple code can be reused, facilitating easy installation and use.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
GitLab is mostly free, with potential costs arising from upgrade versions. There is a trial period of about six months during which it is free. Afterward, fees apply.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
What other advice do I have?
I recommend GitLab for DevOps engineers. It is easy and fast to use. While Jenkins is also good for understanding, GitLab offers an easier user experience. I rate GitLab as ten on a scale of one to ten.
GitLab Review
What do you like best about the product?
GitLab is really having best UI and its easy to use. GitLab is used as a repository which helps organization to collaborate their data and code among teams or people. We can our code to GitLab repo and everyone from our team can make changes to it or they can use that code.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing much but the impletation is little bit complex and long. Sometimes the site goes down.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is helping our team to contantly and continuously collaborate withing the team. Through GitLab we as team can work on same code and collaborate on our projects. Its really helping out in our project.
Love how easy it is to deploy now
What do you like best about the product?
I love the ease of creating a pipeline and deploying through differen environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
Would like to reuse the same pipeline to redeploy through all the environments.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are able to set up branches to be used in build pipelines and deploy through all environments. I am not super technical as a QA person and this makes it all so easy.
DevOps platform for teamwork; easy to configure and monitor.
What do you like best about the product?
One of the things I like most about GitLab is the set of collaboration features it makes available to us, it has really facilitated teamwork, on top of that, it provides effective security measures. It provides us with role-based access control tools to manage user roles, excellent workflows, version control, continuous integration, and customizable issue dashboards that allow us to track issues while promoting efficient teamwork.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is an issue with the interface that permits us to run jobs before their requirements are satisfied. This has to be fixed immediately.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it to collaborate on projects; it offers a wide set of functions and tools for working with source code, web editor, version control, issue tracking, among others that greatly simplify the development process. GitLab's task management integrates excellently with code changes and is very easy to configure, use and manage.
A must have version control interface
What do you like best about the product?
- Gitlab open source nature as helps us to setup our own VC.
- Continuous pipeline and deployement feature never fails to impress me.
- Seamless integeration with apps and usage.
- The security and frequent updates are on point.
- Continuous pipeline and deployement feature never fails to impress me.
- Seamless integeration with apps and usage.
- The security and frequent updates are on point.
What do you dislike about the product?
So far, GitLab is the best of the best version control out there. But, I wish there would have been mobile/remote analytical suppport.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
- Gitlab helps me and my team to keep track of the code even to the last minute details.
- Using this tool the team collaboration has been smooth and transient.
- Being verstaile in nature, gitlab stands out from the competition and other version control tools.
- Using this tool the team collaboration has been smooth and transient.
- Being verstaile in nature, gitlab stands out from the competition and other version control tools.
Easy to use, well structured product to manage your code
What do you like best about the product?
Good interface, usefull management tools, flexible settings, a lot of integrations and amazing project and code managment.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some part of UX. Sometimes it is very difficult to jumb between the right pages of projects and repositories.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We keep the code safety and can manage the development inside the team without issues. Also we are using it to store some critical tasks, using the board.
Gitlab
What do you like best about the product?
I liked the groups system of Gitlab System as it allow you to group projects into directories and give users to several projects at once.
What do you dislike about the product?
GitLab's extensive features can sometimes lead to complexity
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows us to track our code changes and so helps us to see the changes visually without fear of losing our source code. Also it allows to create groups and group projects together.
SCM that harness the power of multiple addons features
What do you like best about the product?
The UI, Support and Integration of many tools with the code management platform makes it super ready to hit the market
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of the features doesn't work as we want for example- report export based on filters and dashboard integration with other third party apps
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is helping me to automate pipeline based DevSecOps where I got the visibility to many aspects of shift left approaches
Self-hosted Gitlab Community Edition Server
What do you like best about the product?
GitLab Community Edition is open-source, which means its source code is freely available to the public.
Despite being the free version, GitLab Community Edition offers a wide range of features for source code management, issue tracking, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and more.
GitLab Community Edition integrates seamlessly with various third-party tools and services, enhancing its functionality and adaptability to different development workflows.
While GitLab Community Edition is suitable for small to medium-sized teams, it also scales well to larger organizations. This scalability ensures that teams can continue using GitLab as their projects grow in complexity and scope.
Despite being the free version, GitLab Community Edition offers a wide range of features for source code management, issue tracking, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and more.
GitLab Community Edition integrates seamlessly with various third-party tools and services, enhancing its functionality and adaptability to different development workflows.
While GitLab Community Edition is suitable for small to medium-sized teams, it also scales well to larger organizations. This scalability ensures that teams can continue using GitLab as their projects grow in complexity and scope.
What do you dislike about the product?
Gitlab community edition is need to self-hosted server.
It server is needed for minium 4Gb memory and expensive disk space ,as for me , it is not pleasure.
It server is needed for minium 4Gb memory and expensive disk space ,as for me , it is not pleasure.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Streamlined Collaboration helps teams work together more efficiently, share code, review changes, and coordinate tasks seamlessly.
Efficient Version Control with GitLab's version control system.
Automated Workflows with gitlab's ci/cd.
Efficient Version Control with GitLab's version control system.
Automated Workflows with gitlab's ci/cd.
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