Likelihood to Recommend It's a relatively simple version control system so it works great for an individual or small team (less than 10 people). But if you have a medium to large team, especially one with members distributed over a large geographic area, or one where individuals need to be able to work "offline" without access to a central server, Apache Subversion will likely not be the best choice.
Also, if you're maintaining an open-source project where outside people will be interacting with your code repository, git is probably a better choice because it's becoming the de-facto standard these days and what most developers are familiar with.
Read full review For small to medium engineering and architecture firms, Ajera appears to be the right size. Beyond the engineering software, Deltek Ajera has all the features a small to medium firm will need for smooth operation. AR, AP, Payroll, reporting, project management are all in one package. We chose to self-host because the licensing was more cost effective for us, but cloud hosting is also available.
Read full review Pros Revision control done properly - you have end to end visibility of all changes in the project. Conflict resolution - visually highlighting the differences helps to track down the problem. Being open source and very popular. We are using SVN hosted in our network - it is very stable, we had almost zero downtime in 4 years. Rollbacks are made simple and easy to use. Read full review Widgets are the best feature of Ajera. Designers can make tiny reports for the entire company, or for one or two individuals. These little reports are the first things that the employee sees when they log in. Viewers of the reports are able to filter, sort, group, print or export the widget without impacting the other users. Deltek has been releasing new features that allow the editing of data in widgets. You can now create new projects or edit timesheets from the widgets. Credit card importing and credit card reconciliation in Ajera has greatly decreased time spent by administration. You can import credit card transactions from your credit cards. It saves on data entry, and it is easy to see what receipts you are missing when you get the statement. Mobile timesheets and expense reports help engineers or other users enter their time and expenses as they are on the go. They can take pictures or receipts or submit their timesheet from home. The Project Command Center is a one stop fountain of information. Everything the project manager wants to know about a project can be found here. You can also add custom fields that allow you to tract addition information. Read full review Cons Distributed development - I've never worked in an environment where distributed development (developers widely scattered geographically) was a factor, but that's why git exists. Merging - Merging of code from one branch to another can be painful, especially if it's not done frequently. (On the other hand, doing merges is one of the reasons I get a nice salary, so I can't complain too much!) Acceptance - Let's face it, git is what "all the cool kids are using." If you've got a bunch of developers fresh out of school, they'll probably know git and not Subversion. Read full review Would be nice if the reports would have more creativity with the ability to add more charts and graphics. The user interface for time sheets could be more user-friendly. The user interface for expense sheets could be more user-friendly. Read full review Likelihood to Renew While there are interesting alternatives, such a GIT, Subversion has been a breath of fresh air compared to its predecessors like CVS or Microsoft Source Safe (now called Team Foundation Server). Its ease of use and high adoption rate is going to keep me using this product for years to come.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Git has become the new standard of version control, with its support for distributed design. As a tool to manage and control versions, Subversion does it well, but
Git is the future.
Read full review The previous systems were essentially timesheet systems only with very basic accounting. It's mostly the accounting subsystem that made us select Ajera.
Read full review Return on Investment Subversion helps us feel secure in maintaining access to all of our product code, both current and historical. Being free and open source makes it an even better "investment". Read full review Made accounting and payroll's jobs harder. Improved visibility on project cost management and profit. Read full review ScreenShots