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GitHub is the best git repo service available
December 20, 2017

GitHub is the best git repo service available

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with GitHub

We use GitHub as the main repository service for all of our projects, from websites to applications to style guides. Our account is set up primarily for departmental use, but really GitHub is used across most of IT in the organization. GitHub allows us to get work done well in a team environment.
  • Source control
  • Uptime
  • Collaboration
  • Project management
  • Ease of use
  • Speed
  • Design
  • Pricing
  • Project management
  • Makes working on code easy
  • Fast service with low downtime
  • Enables and encourages collaboration
  • Takes up a small chunk of the budget
GitHub is the best git repository service available and the industry standard. It's fast, reliable, and constantly adding new services. Bitbucket and Gitlab are both good, free (or inexpensive) alternatives, but they lack some of the design and speed of GitHub. Both alternative services have felt quite a bit slower to me compared to GitHub, but I continue to use them on occasion for their free private repositories. When it comes down to it, if you can afford GitHub, the price is worth it.
GitHub is well suited for people or organizations that want the best git repo service available. It is for those who are comfortable with paying for the somewhat pricy plans or for those who are okay with leaving projects as open source. If you can't afford the GitHub plans and you don't want to leave all your projects as open source, then there are other free services available that will work just fine, leaving out some of the luxuries of GitHub.