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What is GitLab?

GitLab DevSecOps platform enables software innovation by aiming to empower development, security, and operations teams to build better software, faster. With GitLab, teams can create, deliver, and manage code quickly and continuously instead of managing disparate tools and scripts.…

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GitLab The Ultimate Go-To Software for Seamless CICD Integration

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 28, 2025
Vetted ReviewVerified User
It is one of the top-of-the-line open-core DevOPs Software packages which provides all functions of securing a software code base and also provides a way to establish a custom...
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Engineer
GitLab2 years of experience

Making development life easy with GitLab

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 12, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I have used GitLab previously in one of the team project. The built in CI/CD pipeline feature helps a lot where we don't have to worry about deploying the code manually after ...
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Nirmal Gaur
Employee - Information Technology
Software Developer
Cumulations Technologies
GitLab3 years of experience

GitLab: The best SCM and CI platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 19, 2025
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We are using GitLab as a cloud-based SCM service which we use to keep our application source code safe, secure, and easily accessible. We are also using GitLab as a CICD tool....
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Pranay Jain
Consultant - Information Technology
Senior Consultant
GeeksRadar
GitLab4 years of experience

A very valuable, Cost effective and Performance booster platform

Rating: 10 out of 10
October 3, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
My organization is using git for the source code management like pull, push, merge request and changes history. We are also using GitLab to track the issues and resolutions. I...
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Pankaj Choudhary
Engineer - Engineering
Freelancer Android Developer
Freelancer
GitLab5 years of experience

Modern VCS for Next Gen Agile Development.

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 22, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Gitlab to track issues by project, whether Terraform IaC projects, Node JS projects, Jupyter Notebook data analysis products, or custom in-house Python packages. We als...
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Austin Franchino
Engineer - Engineering
Senior Data and Security Engineer
Lumos Data
GitLab6 years of experience
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How GitLab Differs From Its Competitors

Continuous Integration

The continuous integration of GitLab allows us easily run Linting, Tests and Building of various images such as container images which are even used in the tests or specifically selected environments to ensure compliance and stability of our repositories before being deployed to the final …
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Continuous Integration

The CI/CD part of Gitlab now has a central role in our organization. We just had to set some conventions and rules, like the repository branch naming, and we stick to them in all the projects. We also use the merge requests to make the code review match a colleague and avoid silly errors. So far …
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Security

We haven't tried out GitLab security vulnerability features to detect and mitigate them. We rely on third-party vendors and static code analysis tools for detecting [and] mitigating security vulnerabilities across the codebase.
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Continuous Integration

GitLab provides excellent integration with continuous integration techniques to deploy [and] test at scale for every branch. As a developer within our team would use the CI feature to test the test cases for every branch before merging them into production branches. This way it has completely …
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Security

We are on the community version. Still, the community was so supportive, and the software has regular updates that keep you safe from vulnerabilities. Overall when you consider the paid plan, GitHub is a good alternative. Security features are great, with options to add SSH to the account and …
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Continuous Integration

Continuous integration is an amazing feature when you are working in a team. When we implemented Gitlab, we didn't have any solution for which the testing process was a big task for the team. After the implementation of Gitlab, testing and collaboration became easy. While working with a team, you …
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Security

Our company is currently using the Premium product and not the Ultimate product. Therefore, we do not currently have access to many of the security features offered in that higher tier.
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Continuous Integration

The adoption of GitLab across the company has enabled our organization to build more frequently, test more frequently, and merge changes with confidence. This organization is deploying code faster and better with much less effort. It's truly a Win-Win-Win.
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Continuous Integration

This is the main feature our team uses for day to day activities. All the projects are made in GitLab and their version control is done in GitLab only. all the branches are made in GitLab and merge requests process fleo from creation to review is done in GitLab. Auro pipelines are also triggered …
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Security

As a developer at my company, I do not personally interact with the security features of GitLab on a day-to-day basis. From my assumptions, we would be using whatever they provide to protect the instances. As to access the instance, we log in using SSO and we host the instance behind a VPN. That …
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Continuous Integration

Overall, GitLab has everything we need to share our code, review it and make sure it's completed tested before it ends up in our production branches. In our scenario, each merge request has all the steps needed to make sure the code is cleaned, using JEST and Cypress to run tests against the code …
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Security

We have used GitLab native security vulnerability scanning. We also use third-party solutions such as the ones offered by Snyk, which have excellent integration support with GitLab.

The reason is that GitLab security vulnerability tools are not as fast as others which can run in the cloud and as a …
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Continuous Integration

We use jobs, pipelines, and GitLab customization to run all kinds of validations. From unit tests to automated tests to dependency vulnerability scanning, we have different pipelines across different teams. All our pipelines are oriented to the same goals, add value to our customers, keep our code …
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Code Management

Like any other git/source control service, Gitlab has collaborative code review tools that help communicate requested changes and comments to pull requests. It's feature set is comparable to Github. It's probably not as full featured as Github as a comparison, but it does what it needs and …
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Workload Coordination

Gitlab has enabled us to make full use of continuous integration and continuous delivery with their pipelines and shared runners. We were able to set up automated tests to run on pull requests and require practically anything through configuration.
We were also able to setup code reviews to require …
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Tool Consolidation

Because gitlab has a built in continuous integration runner and machines available which will compile, run tests, run code and even perform deployments and other tasks, we don't need to make use of another tool for that.
Compared to Github, it has a lot of these features built in - however Github …
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Continuous Integration

Continuous integration and continuous deployment pipeline features are some of the key features in GitLab. The very first reason I chose GitLab for my projects is this CI/CD built-in functionalities. it enables you to rapid development and integration because you don't have to worry about the bugs …
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Continuous Integration

Yeah, we very much use the CI/CD feature of GitLab. All our merge requests and release get deployed into dev and product environments which has significantly improved the quality of software from QA's perspective.
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Security

Yes, we are using GitLab's paid plan for one of our clients. It's very easy to implement both SAST and DAST in the GitLab CI. GitLab provides SAST for multiple languages like Java, python, js, etc. DAST is also available which is based on OWASP ZAP. We can see the scan reports on the dashboard.
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Continuous Integration

This feature is widely used in our organization. Each and every project is now running with CI and being built after every commit. We are also managing the CD from GitLab as it can be integrated with a variety of cloud providers. CI can also be used for code testing and scanning.
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Security

It provides multiple security checks such as secret detection, registry detection, Static Application Security Testing while using CI\CD.
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Continuous Integration

It helps in faster Build creation for our plugin development which helps in removing dependency related issues as well as provide build check related to styles and naming conventions which provides easy implementation of CI\CD pipelines.
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Continuous Integration

1. It has great features where one can share code.
2. If I have to leave comments and show it to someone, I can share the link of the comment and on cliking of this link, it takes me direct to the mentioned scoll area of the =comment
3. My team is very happy top use this
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Security

We don't consider GitLab's security features to be comprehensive enough for us but they provide an easy way to keep track of outdated libraries with known security issues as well as scanning for base images in Dockerfiles. The vulnerability scanning and remediation capabilities are not always as …
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Continuous Integration

The continuous integration features allow us to integrate changes on a single branch and validate the code by running a suite of tests before the merge happens. After merging the code a deploy to a UAT environment is triggered and performed automatically. Testing of tickets happens on UAT …
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Continuous Integration

In addition to speeding up the process, the customer was even more satisfied with the integrity of the system's features, thanks to the font control and CI that GitLab delivers, ensuring that fonts are always up to date.
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Security

Yes, it provides secure shell to connect with the local computer, for transfering and managing version of code.
Also the feature of securing particular branch in codebase, helps in avoiding unnecessary commits by any users.
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Awards

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Pricing

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GitLab Essential

$0

Cloud
per month per user

GitLab Premium

$29

Cloud
per month per user

GitLab Ultimate

$99

Cloud
per month per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://about.gitlab.com/pricing?utm_me…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Version Control Software Features

Version Control Software Features allow uses to manage and control document history and versions.

8.6
Avg 8.0
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Product Details

What is GitLab?

GitLab DevSecOps platform enables software innovation by aiming to empower development, security, and operations teams to build better software, faster. With GitLab, teams can create, deliver, and manage code quickly and continuously instead of managing disparate tools and scripts. GitLab helps teams across the complete DevSecOps lifecycle, from developing, securing, and deploying software.

Differentiators, as described by Gitlab:

  • Simplicity: With GitLab, DevSecOps can be achieved through a single platform with a user-friendly interface
  • Security: GitLab offers built-in security scans that provides a comprehensive security solution.
  • Transparency: The code base for GitLab is open to community contributions, to ensure transparency and an open-core approach.
  • Cloud-Agnostic: Can be deployed anywhere with no vendor lock-in

GitLab Screenshots

Screenshot of GitLab, a comprehensive DevSecOps platform.Screenshot of Security DashboardScreenshot of Merge Request

GitLab Integrations

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GitLab Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac, BSD* (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or later), Android, iOS, full list see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/security/approved_os.html
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesInternational
Supported LanguagesChinese, English, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

GitLab starts at $0.

JFrog Artifactory, Jira Align, and Jenkins are common alternatives for GitLab.

Reviewers rate Branch Protection highest, with a score of 9.2.

The most common users of GitLab are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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The Best CI/CD Platform

Rating: 10 out of 10
July 12, 2024
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
GitLab
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Primary use for GitLab is of course source/version control, allowing collaboration on projects such as writing code. But GitLab does much more than that from organizing certain projects allowing the developers to track the issues/goals and the time it takes to achieve them. To easy of continues integration and continues deployment, with easy compared to other solutions.
Pros
  • CI/CD
  • K8 Integration
  • SSO
Cons
  • Regular UI changes
  • Resource heavy
  • CI Token scoping (can't push to repo in CI without creating a token manually)
Likelihood to Recommend
GitLab is an all around great solution, I think every organization would benefit from using it instead of other competitors as it outshines them greatly. Apart from ease of deployment on smaller systems due to it's quite large memory requirements for deployment for smaller things. It's great if you focus on CI/CD integration as it's seamless and also natively supports K8 integrations and it's great runner system.

Gitlab: a git based CI/CD platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
February 10, 2019
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Gitlab is used by all departments at my current client as a code repository and a tool for automated integration and deployment. It is used across the IT department. It has been used to implement the CI/CD system and source control. It has also been used for tagging. It has different runners which run different tasks.
Pros
  • CI/CD implementation
  • Source control
  • User access of the source code
Cons
  • Runner performance
  • Real-time job and task status
  • Nested pipelines
Likelihood to Recommend
Gitlab does a wonderful job when it comes to implementing CI/CD in a project. Once tasks are set up, they can be used by developers to push code in production making it a really easy tool for day to day operations. It also has amazing source control features which are not just limited to code storage, but teams and individuals can access the code repositories.

GitLab has a powerful CI/CD feature set!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
May 02, 2023
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
GitLab is awesome for business projects it has a clear user interface when you are in an organization.We have some of our repositories hosted on GitLab because we love GitLab CI/CD. With this tool you can integrate your software in a smooth way, you can deploy it also.I love one special feature on GitLab CI/CD: I am able to define a base Job and then extend it with something called "Job Inheritance". This feature is powerful because we can take all the common steps on a job and then add other specific steps to achieve our goals. Our pipelines are like highways where our code get deployed.
I also like wikis feature to share relevant information with my teammates.
Other feature I enjoyed a lot is the commit graph log. We can view our commit history in a visual way. This help us to know if we have a linear or a parallel commit history.
My teammates also enjoyed the environments and review apps features. I worked great with Firebase Hosting. So we were able to test our integration in an isolated environment without deploying to production.
I think GitLab has a great CI/CD tooling.
Pros
  • CICD
  • Commit History
  • Review Apps
Cons
  • GitLab self-managed runners
  • Integrations with hosting services
  • GitLab VS Code extension
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are working on a business project, you should consider GitLab because they have a powerful CI/CD tooling.

A Very Good Option for Your CI/CD Solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
December 06, 2021
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
GitLab
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have been using Gitlab for four years now. We migrated from other similar products and it is not the first CI/CD solution I'v use so I have a comparison point. I've been involved in the migration and the writing of the CI scripts personally for several projects with different technologies, so I'm not lying when I say I'm very happy with the product overall. We use GitLab to build, run tests, tag, and deploy automatically all sorts of projects. The only thing missing was a native Windows runner in the cloud as we needed it for old net projects. But good news, it is under development! And even though Gitlab doesn't have it yet, they provide a way to install and run your own Windows runner on your server.
Pros
  • Packaging.
  • Build projects and run tests.
  • Deploy entire solutions.
  • Provides a way to make available the packages to the final users.
Cons
  • Windows runner.
  • The test report could be improved.
Likelihood to Recommend
We were hosting our own CI/CD server, with another solution but we switched to Gitlab and we are on the brink of turning the old server off. Just a couple of our projects need to be migrated in order to do so. At first, of course, learning about the CI/CD concepts and the particular Gitlab implementation was a pain, as you would expect. But with a little bit of effort and patience, you will love the YAML structure and possibilities. It will let you make all sorts of things from just using the repository space to implementing a complete CI/CD solution including building, testing, and deploying manually or automatically based on branch conventions, for example.

Best in-class version control and CI/CD vendor

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
June 04, 2021
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
GitLab
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Within our software research and development group, we're using GitLab and CI/CD tools to develop products and manage releases/test case infrastructure. We are using a self-hosted version of GitLab edition which primarily integrates with our development environment and testing infrastructure automatically. Additionally, the GitLab groups feature is divided among every research group within the organization.
Pros
  • Source control
  • CI/CD pipeline
Cons
  • Integrate with AWS
  • Integrate with TeamCity
Likelihood to Recommend
GitLab is a recommendable product for open-source research and development teams and [is] well suited for software developers at scale. Additionally, the continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline feature is adaptable for most of the use case deployment/testing infrastructure. Few native integrations are missing such as direct deployment to AWS, Azure which is painful to set up manual Jenkins.
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