One of the best collaboration tool for developers

Item: GitLab
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My team and I are using GitLab to manage the versioning of the code. We have created different branches for all the resources where everyone is working. It is very easy to use and we can easily merge and pull the code from different branches to the master branch very easily. It really made our lives easy as we can automatically manage and merge the code in a few minutes. We can also see the daily progress and quality of code written very easily. It is very easy to use and everyone on the team is happy to use it on regular basis. It has a user-friendly interface which makes it an outstanding tool compared to others. This is one of the best tools that I have used to date. In fact, I was able to manage multiple projects more efficiently with it.

Pros and Cons

Best UI
Easy to manage pull and merge request
Easy CICD Integration

Auto Rebase functionality needs to be improved.
I think it is expensive to use.
I think review process is also complicated.

Return on Investment

It made our lives easier.
We were able to manage things in a better way.

Alternatives Considered

GitHub and Bitbucket

I did a detailed analysis while choosing GitLab and after all the consideration we preferred to use GitLab. It has better functions as compared to GitHub. GitLab has a better audit management system GitLab provides the user to see development-related charts whereas it is not possible to see them on GitHub.

Security

We were using one of our customer's paid accounts but we have not tried security features. So I will not be able to answer much on it.

Continuous Integration

We have integrated CICD which made our lives easy. It is very easy to integrate CICD with GitLab. It made our lives easy as it automatically processes the request in a few seconds. Also, in case there are any issues then we were able to resolve the same by looking into them.

Key Insights

Do you think GitLab delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with GitLab's feature set?

Yes

Did GitLab live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of GitLab go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy GitLab again?

Yes

Other Software Used

GitHub, Bitbucket

Likelihood to Recommend

GitLab is well suited while working on a big project where we have multiple resources at different levels. With the help of it, I was able to manage the work more efficiently. My leads were able to review and merge the code in a few minutes and in case there Is an issue, they were able to fix it in a few seconds. I don't feel there is any scenario where I would say GitLab is less appropriate. It is the best code repository tool that I have used to date. It is highly recommended.