The Best Code Version Management Platform for the Startups and Small Businesses
September 01, 2022

The Best Code Version Management Platform for the Startups and Small Businesses

Partha Roy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with GitLab

I have been using GitLab in my team for more than 4 years, and the experience has been amazing. We started using it primarily for version management for our codebase. Gradually it gave newer updates and features and we also started using most of the features of GitLab. Now we use it for code versioning, project repository, CI/CD pipelining, infra activities, etc.
  • The way they have managed to provide the version management aspect using git with project setup and users is mesmerising cause there's no product out there that gives this freely.
  • Continuous updates and hearing what users need is what the product engineers at GitLab are doing best. They come back to you with exactly what you need every while.
  • Quality features, Latest tech integrations have made the end-to-end solution very flexible and agile.
  • CI/CD tools implementation with pipelines and deployment strategies is just making the job for Infra teams smoother.
  • Gitlab still needs to improve its mail notifications and other notifications integrations. As the mails/pings are sometimes very late and don't have the proper structure to it.
  • The GUI can be improved, commenting, PR Review, and Conflict management gets a bit messy due to the dated UI style. It needs to work on the UX to make it easier to use.
  • The pricing for the basic plan is free which is awesome but the immediate next plan is bit on the costlier side if you tally with the competitors.
  • We were able to streamline our project's codebase which made us very organised and laid out a proper plan for development.
  • Our deployment and infra pipelines are well structured now making our process 10x faster.
  • We are more focused into project building rather infra, as infra is totally on autopilot mode. Which has enabled us to grow our ROI by records.
The best thing about GitLab is the pricing and the smooth and fast onboarding. The base plan itself covers most use cases in Gitlab and that too is completely free, this gives the small companies or the startups the push they require at the beginning. Other than that Gitlab has been very committed to making the overall system better for its users.
There have been instances where we were using some outdated packages and some vulnerable plugins, GitLab gave us some warning s about those and we had those removed so in terms of security also they are doing quite neat job.
Definitely it has improved the means of collaboration and reduced the team's time to identify any bugs and sharing the updates.

Do you think GitLab delivers good value for the price?

Yes

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

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Gitlab is very well suited for you if,
- You have a very small team of people who just want to get started as quick as possible without the overhead of billing and payments.
- You are at a very beginning level of your project development, and not migrating from any other competitors as the UI is weak and many times it's a bit slow.
- You have some bandwidth to cope with the user experience and learning curve for knowing the system navigation.