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Attribute Ratings
- GitLab is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
- Assembla and GitLab are tied in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

8.0
Assembla
80%
3 Ratings
9.0
GitLab
90%
87 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

Assembla
N/A
0 Ratings
9.4
GitLab
94%
3 Ratings
Usability

Assembla
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
GitLab
90%
4 Ratings
Support Rating

9.0
Assembla
90%
2 Ratings
9.0
GitLab
90%
20 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Assembla
Assembla works well when you are working with multiple groups or entities. We dealt with different time zones, different levels of involvement with the projects, etc so this allows for us to have responses back in a quicker fashion. It also helps us clue in the appropriate people and rely less on following multiple email chains
Associate Dean of Admission
Saint Louis UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees
GitLab
In our organisation we have a lot of applications that require a reliable source to manage source code and GitLab helps us to achieve this very well. We have functionality like after every merge request merger we have to deploy code to our server which is running on Kubernetes pods and GitLab is very helpful in this as it has a nice and easy implementation for integrating CI/CD for the deployment of code to servers and then we can our manual jobs to fetching data. Gitlab provides us a job status with visual logs and suggestions to make it better.
Software Engineer
Scripbox Advisor Pvt. Ltd.Investment Management, 201-500 employees
Pros
Assembla
- Well designed real time reporting and auditing.
- Scanning for secret key credentials and vulnerable component dependencies automatically.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesGitLab
- Safeguards implemented are customizable and allow our organization to set our level of verification before merging.
- One of the smoothest and most well-organized version control software products on the market.
- Super widespread use so our use of GitLab is understandable and usable by the customer with little "translation" as to what we are doing and what they are doing.
Software Engineer
Kythera Space SolutionsAviation & Aerospace, 201-500 employees
Cons
Assembla
- It should be easier to search for items by keyword.
- Settings could be easier to manage--for instance I may want every update on projects that I manage but daily recaps on other workspaces.

Verified User
Director in Product Management
Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employeesGitLab
- GitLab could improve some of the confusion around how permissions work (sometimes unclear why one user can do an action, but not another)
- GitLab should provide a way to rerun a merge pipeline, without rerunning the original Merge Request pipeline
- When jobs fail, it would be awesome if every user could see the information on the runner and the versions of the software it is running on (to better debug the issue)

Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering
Internet Company, 201-500 employeesPricing Details
Assembla
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Assembla Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—GitLab
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0 per user per month
GitLab Editions & Modules
On-premise Edition
Free | $01 |
---|---|
Premium | $191 |
Ultimate | $991 |
- per user per month
SaaS Edition
Free | $01 |
---|---|
SaaS Premium | $191 |
SaaS Ultimate | $991 |
- per user per month
Additional Pricing Details
We provide free Gold and Ultimate licenses to qualifying open source projects and educational institutions, find out more by visiting our pricing page.Likelihood to Renew
Assembla
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
GitLab
GitLab 9.4
Based on 3 answers
Gitlab is the best in its segment. They have a free version, they have open-source software, they provide a good service with their SaaS product, they are a fully-remote company since the beginning (which means they are fully distributed and have forward-thinking IMO). I would certainly recommend them to everyone.
Backend Engineer
DoistInternet, 1001-5000 employees
Usability
Assembla
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
GitLab
GitLab 9.0
Based on 4 answers
The web console management is superior and I would have given Gitlab a 10, but sometimes it is hard to find documentation about a configuration setting in the gitlab.rb configuration file. As we move everything to code that means moving our CVS tools to code as well - and Gitlab to code. The usability of Gitlab from the end user's perspective is superior and the usability from the operations team is very good and getting better but there could be a little improvement in the gitlab.rb config file layout and documentation.
Managing Member
ZenPan Technology Solutions, LLCInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Support Rating
Assembla
Assembla 9.0
Based on 2 answers
We are pleased with the support provided by the Assembla team. The response was always rapid and to the point. They are using a ticketing system which seems to be very efficient. They helped us a lot when we encountered some serious problems when doing integration with our internal document management system.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesGitLab
GitLab 9.0
Based on 20 answers
At this point, I do not have much experience with Gitlab support as I have never had to engage them. They have documentation that is helpful, not quite as extensive as other documentation, but helpful nonetheless. They also seem to be relatively responsive on social media platforms (twitter) and really thrived when GitHub was acquired by Microsoft

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Services Company, 501-1000 employeesAlternatives Considered
Assembla
Assembla was actually chosen by our vendor so we did not have a say in the selection. However, the product more than served the need we had for better distribution and completion of tasks. It has an easy to view interface, user friendly and efficient. I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a way to manage ongoing projects.
Associate Dean of Admission
Saint Louis UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees
GitLab
Gitlab made our product life cycle efficient. It has a better user interface and user experience. GitLab doesn't clutter with many features upfront and provides a lot of free services, which is missing in any other product. For small teams, it's the best piece of software. I always recommend giving it a try.
Director of Engineering
VenturePact LLCInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Return on Investment
Assembla
- We were able to spend less time tracking down the status of projects.
- We could become more self-sufficient on reviewing prior resolutions to help with current problems.
- Tasks were responded to quickly because we did not have to email one person, wait for an out of office email and then try someone else. Our task got assigned to the next available person.
Associate Dean of Admission
Saint Louis UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees
GitLab
- We are moving towards Gitlab only as our SCM & CI tool. So it would be an alternative to Jenkins. Saving our licensing cost there.
- We have also stopped using Confluence & using Gitlab for our documentation purposes. Reducing cost there as well.
Senior Software Engineer
Pitney BowesInformation Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees