Backlog vs GitHub

Likelihood to Recommend

Project planning, project management, and tracking. Live git integration and project monitor make it possible to develop software using Agile methodology. Also if you are on a very small budget, then one should not go for this tool. But great support.

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Sanyam Jain

RPA Consultant

Self employedInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Any scenario where source control is needed is a scenario where GitHub is well suited - that means, any time you are writing code and don't want to immediately throw it away once you are finished. GitHub is especially well-suited for remote work and any work where integration with third-party tools would prove helpful.

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Tim Hardy

Senior Developer

Ulterra Drilling Technologies L.P.Oil & Energy, 501-1000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Backlog

GitHub

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Team Collaboration

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Pros

Gantt chart
Github support

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Sanyam Jain

RPA Consultant

Self employedInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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GitHub's ease of use is one of its biggest strengths. The site is structured around Git, a code version control system, which is used by developers around the world. GitHub's UI is minimal and allows you to focus on what's important, whether it be your branches, pull requests, or issues.
GitHub's integrations and tools are fairly ubiquitous. You'll likely find an integration with GitHub on every development tool with integrations. This makes it easy to incorporate in whatever workflow you may have.
GitHub is incredibly reliable. I don't remember the last time it was down for any significant period of time. This is essential for companies that rely on it for their daily operations.

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Frank Ramirez

Co-Founder, CTO and Product Lead

SixPlusHospitality, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Price is very high for small teams and department of short term contracts.
GUI can be more intuitive.

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Sanyam Jain

RPA Consultant

Self employedInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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GitHub is not easy to learn for beginners. It took me about a year to really feel comfortable with it. For those who are not experienced programmers, GitHub can be difficult to get used to.
Although I appreciate that GitHub allows merging of different versions, merging two conflicting versions can be quite difficult. The default merge tool in GitHub is vimdiff, which I found incredibly unintuitive. I installed a different tool, Meld, which I like much better.
One of the best things about GitHub is that it is free. However, with a free account, you can only create public repositories (anyone can access your repository). You can create private repos in GitHub, but they are not free.

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Maike Holthuijzen

Ph.D student

University of VermontHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

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Usability

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GitHub 9.0

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- Easy to use compared to other version control software. UI interface makes it easy to use, as well as protects against making a major mistake by deleting code, etc.- UI looks modern.- Support for multiple platforms, which I assume will only get better with time.- Student benefits are awesome!- The size limitations on their repositories make sense to me. Not too crazy but realistic from a business perspective.

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Vishwanath Raman

Student - Rochester Institute of Technology

Baxter International Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Backlog 8.0

Based on 1 answer

I would give 9 but one less because of the high price.

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Sanyam Jain

RPA Consultant

Self employedInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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GitHub 9.0

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Never had the need to use GitHub's customer support. The tool is already very intuitive, has a lot of FAQ on their website, or you can easily find your needs by just googling the issue. Also, GitHub has abundant documentation online for any specific scenario that the user may have.

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Verified User

Consultant in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

All of them have their own uniqueness.

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Sanyam Jain

RPA Consultant

Self employedInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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At the time to evaluation - Bitbucket was very tightly integrated into Atlassian’s suite of tools. For an organization that is starting out and looking to spend limited funds effectively - the cost/benefit of using that suite of tools usually doesn’t make sense. Granted things may have changed since then (its been over 5 years) - but at the time GitHub was effective - and all prospective engineers knew about it and already had accounts. This made it very easy to add to the organization and not lose time in training, etc. Developers seem to really love GitHub above most other tools out there - so that plays into the decision making as well.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Engineering

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Software interns get easily used to this tool.
One who works in the SDLC gets recognized and it's easy to track rank board.

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Sanyam Jain

RPA Consultant

Self employedInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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GitHub is an incredible service for hosting any kind of code of versionable content. It's extremely affordable, even for an individual who wants to host a huge number of private repositories. It integrates with just about everything that you could want, to the point where you can even use GitHub's integration list as a portal to finding other great services you can use online.

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Vikas Lalkiya

Software Developer

Technobrain It Solutions Pvt.LtdComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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GitHub

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GitHub

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GitHub

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GitHub

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Project Management

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Team Collaboration

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

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Cons

Usability

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