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66 Ratings
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Based on 121 reviews and ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Atom
My recommendation depends on whether my colleague is already using Atom or not. If they are not using Atom, I sincerely find VSCode to be a slightly better editor with a much brighter future in terms of feature development, upcoming plugins, and support. So they should start with VSCode. However, if they are already using Atom, I see no reason to switch for the time being. Atom was a great editor for a long time, and though feature development has stalled, it continues to perform well. It will meet most people's needs when it comes to editing dynamically typed languages.
Senior Software Engineer
IterableInternet, 201-500 employees
GitLab
Gitlab is a great opportunity to "practice what you preach" if you are a shop that advocates the use of open source tools. Whether you use [Gitlab] or your own internal deployment, this tool offers good value for money (typically free in both cases for most organizations' needs). It would be less appropriate when an organization:
- Doesn't want to host their own revision control, for less hands-on DevOps
- Needs their code to be private/proprietary, and
- Already has existing products and workflows for Continuous Integration and project management
Software Engineer
Digital Impact AllianceInternational Affairs, 11-50 employees
Pros
Atom
- Atom is highly customizable and allows for various themes and extensions that can make your code easier to read.
- Atom has many code hinting features that allow users to write faster and integrate with services likeLINT that can clean up your code once your done to meet your internal teams style choices.
- It's very fast and manages projects well - Accessing other files within a related folder(s) is very easy and intuitive.
- It's free!
Sr. Instructional Designer
Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and QualityEducation Management, 10,001+ employees
GitLab
- Pipelines: Gitlab Pipelines is an excellent way to get started with pipelines easily and without much overhead. And with it being all encapsulated within Gitlab itself, it makes integrating your code into that pipeline even easier. Just a little bit of code and VOILA. You have at least a minimum viable pipeline.
- VCS: Gitlab is, of course, a great version control system.
- Usability: Gitlab has really put a significant amount of focus into usability. They've drilled down and ensured that the way companies and individuals need to use the tool, they can.
- Groups: Gitlab makes setting permissions on projects extremely easy. Other version control systems make it more difficult to set things granular enough, but gitlab allows you to group things in a granular enough way for your projects.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Services Company, 501-1000 employeesCons
Atom
- Due to some default settings, when I opened the file in Atom and commit it on Git it shows almost every line is changed so my PR is looking too big/ugly.
- I think omitting the empty spaces should not be the default setting.
- Performance needs some attention.
Senior Software Developer - NodeJS/Express, Angular, MVC Framework
CareAxiomComputer Software, 11-50 employees
GitLab
- Third-party integrations. Many developer tools integrate deeply with GitHub, but lack support for Gitlab. Gitlab does have webhook support so it's possible to build your own integrations, but this can be time-consuming.
- Gitlab's main competitor (GitHub) has a massive social network of coders and hosts nearly all popular open source projects. If you are looking for this type of community, Gitlab may not be for you.
- Customer support & reliability. In the time I've used Gitlab, it's not uncommon to experience hours-long periods of downtime without any announcement or indication from the support team when it will be available again.
Founder
finbox.ioInternet, 1-10 employees
Likelihood to Renew
Atom
Atom 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Well Atom is open source so the re-new is a no brainer. The only way I would stop using Atom is if the developers somehow made it not function well. Or, if the project got forked to a commercial version or something. Or, there could be the case that development stops or that it was not updated on this or that platform
Instructional Technologist
Pomona CollegeHigher Education, 201-500 employees
GitLab
GitLab 10.0
Based on 2 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
Atom
Atom 9.0
Based on 2 answers
I give Atom a 9 because it is one of the most modern text editors built with JavaScript intentionally to allow the editor to be changed and modified with custom functionality that a team may need. I think I would otherwise give atom an 8 due to support, but it gets a 9/10 because of the extensibility/plugin capability.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesGitLab
GitLab 8.7
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
Atom
Atom 8.3
Based on 26 answers
I never got to reach out to the support team for an urgent/critical matter, but simple functionality or features that required understanding, or submitting a feature request found after using the product for specific use (specific javascript coding features that could be done through other products)
IT Security Engineer
SofttekHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees
GitLab
GitLab 8.5
Based on 20 answers
I will admit, being an enterprise Gitlab user may come with additional access to Gitlab support. With that said, I have found them to be very supportive and responsive when prompted with questions about the tool. The engineers I've worked with have been very keen to listen to feedback from my team and have taken it back as suggestions for improvements to the tool.
Senior Systems Reliability Engineer
The Walt Disney CompanyEntertainment, 10,001+ employees
Implementation Rating
Atom
Atom 10.0
Based on 2 answers
Just download and install
Instructional Technologist
Pomona CollegeHigher Education, 201-500 employees
GitLab
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Atom
Compared to coding programs, I've found Brackets to be more robust. Some aspects of Atom I've found to be somewhat cumbersome (JSON customization when GUI should be an option), but ultimately Atom is a better experience. Other programs like Dreamweaver tend to be clunky and promise more than they deliver. While basic text edit programs may "do the trick," there is no reason to search further than Atom.
Creative Director
Lake Superior Christian ChurchReligious Institutions, 1-10 employees
GitLab
Easy to use - The interface is almost similar to one of the competitors acquired by microsoft.Security - Security is well maintained as Basic Auth plus SSH options both are present and can be utilised organisation wise to improve the authorisation part.Cost effective - Its better compared to the other competitors out there in terms of cost for various team sizes.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 5001-10,000 employeesReturn on Investment
Atom
- There really was no ROI for us using or not using Atom, positive or negative.
- The only positive thing I can think of is that I got some face time with the software and realized it just was not for me.
Systems Administrator | Research & Development
AIKG LLCEntertainment, 501-1000 employees
GitLab
- Developer salaries are very expensive, and this tool saves developer time, so I'd estimate at least $1000/month ROI per developer using this tool.
- The CI interface can do wonders to improve release time and software quality. If you leverage this, there's a strong ROI here.
- Part of our business relied on secure private source code hosting; GitLab is totally the right choice for that.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesScreenshots
Atom
—Pricing Details
Atom
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Atom Editions & Modules
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Additional Pricing Details
—GitLab
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
GitLab Editions & Modules
On-premise Edition
Free | $01 |
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Premium | $191 |
Ultimate | $991 |
- per user per month
SaaS Edition
Free | $01 |
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SaaS Premium | $191 |
SaaS Ultimate | $991 |
- per user per month