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Score 8.8 out of 10

Based on 142 reviews and ratings

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Score 7.1 out of 10

Based on 25 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

GitLab

Redmine

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Team Collaboration

Support for Agile Methodology

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

GitLab

Redmine

Quotes/estimates

Invoicing

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Pros

It uses the well-known Git language to communicate with, which is very popular
The interface is slick and easy to get used to
They are very transparant in their security issues
Updating the software from the command line is the easiest I have come across

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Dylan Eikelenboom

Software Programmer and Security Officer

IXON B.V.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Issue Tracker - Redmine allows in-depth issue tracking complete with workflows and customization.
Release Tracker - Redmine allows releases to be tracked by milestones, collecting relevant issues in each milestone.
Agile Management - With a few free or low-cost add-ons, Redmine becomes a great tool for Agile project management

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Financial Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

The permissions system i adequate, but could use some additional flexibility. As it is, there are only predefined roles a user can be put into.
The issue tracking system is somewhat immature. It's effective for tracking bugs and enhancements, but is not very usable as a project management system.

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Engineer in Engineering

Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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The design and user-interface are a little outdated. It looks like a product that was designed ten years ago and doesn't have a polished look and feel like newer apps have.
It's not particularly designed to support agile-based project management methodologies such as Scrum.

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Senior Web Application Developer

City of PortlandGovernment Administration, 5001-10,000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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.

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Willian Molinari

Backend Engineer

DoistInternet, 1001-5000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Usability

GitLab 8.8

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.

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Managing Member

ZenPan Technology Solutions, LLCInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Redmine 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Redmine is a great product to have in an organization. It's extremely flexible, costs much less to maintain than other alternatives, and as a tool, it is relatively fast to get experienced with. The primary advantages of working with Redmine are: flexible platform, API, open-source and highly configurable, stability.

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Researcher

Instituto de TelecomunicaçõesTelecommunications, 501-1000 employees

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Support Rating

GitLab 8.6

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

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Information Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Redmine 6.7

Based on 3 answers

Redmine is free, easy to use and it's everything you could want in a free project management program. The fact that it has wiki integration and that it can track on such a granular level is amazing. Assigning tasks to other users, such as our development team, is fantastic and ensures we are always up-to-date on where we are what - on what projects.

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Verified User

Partner in Corporate

Information Technology and Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

There are similar features among others. However, GitLab [has] better security and faster flow of information. It also allows us to do the monitoring of our work. There is also better collaboration with others across our regional teams. IT has [a] better, cleaner, and bug free environment that anyone can use.

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Manager in Finance and Accounting

Government Administration Company, 51-200 employees

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Basecamp was very busy and seemed more into the "wow" factor than into being an efficient tool. Redmine has none of the characters or kid-like appearance of Basecamp's model. I found Basecamp to be too cluttered in views and its interactions confusing, making it difficult to find where centrally kept information was.

Redmine has a straightforward no-nonsense default UI, though you can change it how you like of course. The views were designed for simplicity and thinking of the least amount of steps to get to one goal instead of trying to make a pleasing color palette that was overstimulating. I think Basecamp is more geared towards the "chat" aspect whereas Redmine is good for the larger overview of a project.

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Project Manager for Software Development

CTI Solutions IncComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Openness is a mandate at the Digital Impact Alliance, Gitlab helps achieve this in all aspects of the work
The built-in build pipelines, along with in-browser editing of source code make managing the static site extremely easy
Gitlab nears feature parity with github, making software development workflows fairly easy

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Software Engineer

Digital Impact AllianceInternational Affairs, 11-50 employees

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Positive: Redmine's initial impact is minimal: in terms of Dollars-the cost of acquisition is the price you pay for Electricity, Internet bandwidth and hardware
Redmine's REAL cost is time and knowledge: You will need a Linux expert to implement Redmine.
Readmine's configuration is also Time intensive, and it's better to augment your current staff, or hire someone directly to implement your Redmine configuration changes.

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Verified User

Consultant in Corporate

Computer & Network Security Company, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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 https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/open-source/

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Redmine Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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