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Item: GitLab
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with GitLab

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

GitLab has been great serving as a foundation to manage our source code. The team has been able to create and manage repository with version control and branching that has resolved a bunch of prior issues with the code merge, especially given the different teams that collaborate on the same code

Pros and Cons

Pros

Robust Git repository management
CI/CD Pipeline
Security and Vulnerability Scanning

Cons

UI can use some improvements and takes quite getting used to
Slow at times
Finding stuff for troubleshooting can be a bit difficult

Return on Investment

Helped tremendously with the CI/CD pipelines speed
Better resolution of code conflicts
Improved deployment experience

Alternatives Considered

Atlassian Bamboo, Atlassian Bitbucket and Jenkins

We have recently migrated from Bamboo to GitLab across our enterprise as part of our tech modernization roadmap. GitLab provides a all-in-one platform for integrated code management. The only advantage that Bamboo had over GitLab was the integration with JIRA. The streamlined CI/CD and single pipeline configuration is a game changer

Security

While we have a separate tools like Veracode to scan for vulnerabilities - the security features provided by GitLab for automated security testing like SAST, DAST, IaC scanning, etc. has helped us detect the vulnerabilities early. This has definitely helped since our scanning is performed by a centralized team and detecting VNs early allows us to put a fix right away rather than waiting for the scan team

Continuous Integration

The shift left approach has helped us detect any problems early in the process. We have over 60 developers in our teams sharing the components of the codes and environments. GitLab has allowed us to improve our collaboration and reduced the chances of breaking the build when integrating our code.

Key Insights

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

Other Software Used

Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for collaborating and managing the git repository. Especially when you have several teams sharing the environments and having a different release schedule.

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