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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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A very valuable, Cost effective and Performance booster platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 17, 2025
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

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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Verified user
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

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

Yes i checked this feature just for the demo project, But we are not using in any one of our projects, Because we are not having this type of the requirement. We are having our separate applications. Why the way this feature is very helpful for the apps which is using same modules in different …
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Security

Yes, in the project we used GitLab utlimate paid plan which comes with various security features. Some of them are defined below: GitLab detects security vulnerabilities that include unauthorized access or data leaks. This will directly appear in the data merge requests such that necessary actions …
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Continuous Integration

Working in a project with multiple developers, GitLab really helps to share the code and track the development process. Before merging the code changes, raising a pull request (PR) helps to check the quality of the code and improve it. If the code pushed is breaking something, GitLab will not …
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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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Security

Yes, we have been using Gitlab Ultimate, and while we are uncertain if the pricing will scale with additional developers, we have been very pleased with the SAST, DAST, and Container Scanning that comes with our plan. We have very limited resources with regard to time, so the Ultimate plan has …
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Continuous Integration

Our Terraform projects are deployed directly from Gitlab, and we are pleased to use their managed TF State file. We no longer need to manage an S3 backend with a DynamoDB component to keep our state from drifting. It also manages all the security that comes with managing an IaC product. We also …
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Continuous Integration

In our GitLab projects we have pre-merge and post-merge pipelines. In the pre-merge pipelines we have jobs to verify static analysis, unit tests, feature tests, e2e tests, secrets detection, style verification, building verification, and we also check that before merging to any of the main stages, …
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Continuous Integration

We have not yet enabled continuous integration into our practices. We are actively discussing the possibility and are working through the details of it. We are trying to shift the mindset of our users, and to adhere to DevOPS best practices, but still have a ways to before that happens. But it is …
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Security

The paid plan is more on the security feature. We are very happy that Gitlab provide Secret Detection. This feature scans code for sensitive information like API keys or passwords that may have been accidentally committed. Our business is very sensitive about the security especially our clients …
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Continuous Integration

Merge Conflicts is a big headache when we doing integration. We need to integrate all the developers code daily so Gitlab provide automatic testing so we will not allow our developer work on long branches. So if the developers have potential conflicts are flagged and resolved earlier in the …
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Continuous Integration

Yes, we heavily used the CD part of GitLab for creating and testing builds.

It is way easier to use the GitLab CD functionality than other competitor products because their API is way easier to use, and the errors from GitLab were more intuitive, so it's faster to iterate setting pielines up.

Also, …
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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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Security

We did not use gitlab security features, we did however integrate gitlab with other solutions such as sonarqube and secured the infrastructures on the technical level (ex. remove internet access on the project level, expose the service on a restricted internal network).
Note that you can deploy …
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Continuous Integration

GitLab continuous integration solution is used whether in a self-hosted, on premise or SaaS version. Note that for new users on the SaaS version (starting around 3 years ago), GitLab no longer provides free runners since the feature was being abused by crypto miner. I myself still have free …
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Security

We have not gone through the Paid Plan feature yet but have used the branch protection feature which helped us to prevent unauthorized merges of code and The two-factor authentication feature also helps to protect Git from any random user accessing it. The dependencing feature is also used …
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Continuous Integration

In our team when one developer creates a merge request then CI pipeline runs itself to check and validate the changes before merging and the pull request helps the other developer to check that changes merged can affect their code changes or not. CI also can be integrated into various tools which …
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Security

I don't work with the team that manages that so I'm unsure. However the security around who can approve code has been amazing.
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Continuous Integration

This has been a life saver. Having the ability to integrate and share code in real time has provided real value in man-hours and thus money! The time saved is on the order of up to 5 hours per week!
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Security

Security vulnerabilities are handled well in Gitlab. There is tokenisation in built in the system that ensures encryption across domains.
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Continuous Integration

This has enabled the team to reduce development time by 50% and chances of bugs by similar margin. Continous integration and continous development in a repository offers ease of use, code review and validation while sharing the code across multiple users working on the same.
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Continuous Integration

The shared repository feature has allowed us to collectively upload code and GitLab will trigger the code integration which allows for reduction in manual integration efforts. This allows for frequent code commits without conflicting code changes.
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Continuous Integration

Continuous integration helps us daily, it allows us in particular to validate the code of one of the contributors, ensuring that all the tests, coverages, are there. This is the guarantee of solidity of our application and we greatly appreciate this feature.
Without continuous integration, we would …
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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

Often what happens is that introducing one new feature leads to bug in another feature unknowingly. Automated testing ensures that this doesn't happen by running all these these tests during CI and GitLab enables it very well
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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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Continuous Integration

We have large number of people in our team who are working on The same feature. Using GitLab We have successfully achieved the cicd approach As everyone works on their local copy, then pushes the code onto the feature branch, then, after being reviewed, a pull request Is created, which then merge …
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Security

GitLab's secret detection feature is used that scan the codebase for secrets such as API tokens passwords and encryption keys that may have been used for version control. It helps to identify and remove sensitive information from the codebase to avoid unauthorized access and data breaches and …
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Continuous Integration

GitLab CI allows us to test execution and build tasks that enables faster feedback and reduce validation time by distributing tests among multiple runners or stages we can optimize resource utilization and decrease the overall build and validation time. This helps us to get more quickly and …
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Security

GitLab provides role-based and group-based permission. Admin can set up the access based on their role so that developers can only do the thing that they are allowed to do. E.g. if a developer is not allowed to approve the merge request then the merge button will be disabled for him until the …
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Continuous Integration

GitLab provides pipelines every time when code is committed respective pipelines run to validate the code. If a pipeline is failing it means the code has some vulnerabilities which need to be corrected immediately. It also provides unit test reports and load performance testing to reduce code …
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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 8.3
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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

GitLab Competitors

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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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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A very valuable, Cost effective and Performance booster platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
May 17, 2025
PC
Pankaj Choudhary
Freelancer Android Developer
Freelancer (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
GitLab
5 years of experience
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Pros
  • Source code management
  • Issues tracking and linking with commits
  • Intigration with build creation tools and deveopes
  • Proper documentation of the features and operations
Cons
  • Some time its taking time in loading
  • Can improve the UI part
  • Graph view of commits is littlebit confusing in case of number of branches, It can be little bit improve

Making development life easy with GitLab

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 12, 2025
NG
Nirmal Gaur
Software Developer
Cumulations Technologies (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
GitLab
3 years of experience
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Pros
  • one can create repository where multiple people in the team can work together and track the progress.
  • CI/CD pipelines can be created to host the code and handle the deployment in dev/qa/prod servers.
  • graph visualization of the work that has been completed in the milestones.
Cons
  • for the first time user, code review is little complicated.
  • there are some bugs which makes user experience complex.
  • after creating a PR, it is little complex to approve and merge changes.

GitLab: The best SCM and CI platform

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 19, 2025
PJ
Pranay Jain
Senior Consultant
GeeksRadar (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
GitLab
4 years of experience
Pros
  • Safe and Highly Available.
  • Integrated CI platform with default and custom runner support.
  • Support of Kubernetes Deployments.
  • Integrated SAST and DAST scans.
Cons
  • Default runners are a bit slow.
  • Pricing is a bit high.

GitLab The Ultimate Go-To Software for Seamless CICD Integration

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 28, 2025
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Architecture & Planning Company, 201-500 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
GitLab
2 years of experience
Pros
  • Helps in building and streamlines the development to deployment flow.
  • Provides a way to establish a custom CI\CD Windows runner for building a pipeline
  • Version Control with more authentication and features as locking
Cons
  • Provide some default runners
  • Easier flow for adding custom runners
  • More ways to provide yml file for build processes.

Modern VCS for Next Gen Agile Development.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
September 22, 2024
AF
Austin Franchino
Senior Data and Security Engineer
Lumos Data (Financial Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
GitLab
6 years of experience
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Pros
  • Version Tracking.
  • Diff analysis between revisions.
  • CI/CD Pipeline Creation and Maintenance.
Cons
  • More templates for common project use cases.
  • Ability to track vulnerabilities on a specific branch, instead of just the default one.
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