GitLab is the perfect balance of aesthetics and functionality!
May 08, 2023
GitLab is the perfect balance of aesthetics and functionality!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with GitLab
We use GitLab for all of our versioning and source control for all scripts and code that we run on a regular basis. GitLab helps us maintain consistent code across multiple environments and allows multiple users to develop on multiple branches at the same time. We also use GitLab in correlation with Jenkins to streamline our CI/CD pipeline and deploy code quickly to our environments.
- Versioning/Source Control
- Provides a source of truth for Argo runner
- Interface is clean and easy to use
- Git CLI is easy to work with and automate push/pull with GitLab
- Merge/Merge Requests/Approvals are very easy to follow and provide detailed errors when there is an issue
- Navigating between branches within a repo can be difficult
- In browser file editing is somewhat tedious
- Errors relating to CI/CD could be more verbose
- ROI is very high from a business perspective as almost every employee in the company uses GitLab on a daily basis and has few complaints
- Maintaining consistency within repos within each team is very easy and increases their effeciency
- Our container platform heavily relies on GitLab and has grown rapidly due to it's impact
GitLab is easily the preferred tool when it comes to versioning and source control. With other tools the UI often feels outdated and clunky leading to inefficiency and confusion. With some of the sleeker tools such as GitKraken, while the aesthetic is pleasing, the experience is plagued by a lack of support, lack of optional plugins, and a plethora of bugs that cause unnecessary legwork to resolve. GitLab is the best of both aesthetic and functionality
We have used GitLab's security features to scan code for vulnerabilities. While my personal experience with this has been less than others, we certainly benefit from the ability to address vulnerabilities when found instead of after code has been deployed. This has saved us unnecessary legwork and has saved the end customers from having to deal with oversights on our part.
The continuous integration opportunities GitLab provides give an excellent environment for our developers and engineers to share projects and code with each other. By operating on branches adjacent to the Master branch our engineers can be certain that our infrastructure ansible scripts are good to go and are tested. On the other hand, our developers can simultaneously use a stable master branch to perform dev testing before it all gets wrapped up into the stable prod environment.
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?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of GitLab go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy GitLab again?
Yes