Automic Continuous Delivery Automation [EOL] vs GitLab comparison

Broadcom and GitLab are both solutions in the Release Automation category. Additionally, 86% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of GitLab users who would recommend it.

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86% willing to recommend

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97% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Automic Continuous Delivery Automation [EOL] and GitLab based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Automic Continuous Delivery...

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

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GitLab

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (9th), Build Automation (1st), Release Automation (2nd), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (7th), Rapid Application Development Software (12th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (5th), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (2nd), Fuzz Testing Tools (2nd), DevSecOps (3rd)

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Markus Jurchen

Administrator at a recruiting/HR firm with 10,001+ employees

The main benefit is you can deploy everything with it, but everybody has to need to use this tool in the organization

The main benefit is you can deploy everything with it, but everybody has to need to use this tool in the organization. If some organizations have their own tool, it is hard to make it clear that ARA would be better if everyone used it, because it provides a benefit when you can monitor all the users.

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Gaurav Chandel

AWS DevOps/ Site Reliability Engineer at Tata Consultancy

Boosted productivity with automated pipelines and seamless collaboration

There are some challenges with repository file management as GitLab may struggle to manage larger files. Improvements could be made regarding size management and file partitioning. Also, the UI has remained the same for a couple of years and could benefit from an update with AI features and better customization.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It can support very complex environments and dependencies."

"I think on a day-to-day basis, it has increased the capacity to deploy. We don't have to wait for someone to do something."

"Self-service for developers, because they are able to deploy to development departments on their own, without needing people from operations."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to see which problems have been resolved from deployment."

"It is an umbrella system that allows us to integrate many different systems into our heterogeneous environment."

"The product provides efficiency, in terms time, cost, and resources."

"Gives people insight into what's happening during the deployment."

"The metrics gathered after deployment, for example, the rate of success versus the rate of failure."

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"The most valuable aspects of GitLab are the ability to create branches, merge branches, and compare branches to resolve code conflicts."

"Git hosting has an integration with ACD which is why we liked this solution in the first place."

"The most valuable features of GitLab are the review, patch repo, and plans are in YAML."

"The scalability is good."

"GitLab's source control is excellent."

"The dashboard and interface make it easy to use."

"The most valuable feature of GitLab is the automatic merging of code."

"We have seen a couple of merge requests or pull requests raised in GitLab. I see the interface, the way it shows the difference between the two source codes, that it is easy for anyone to do the review and then accept the request; the pull request is the valuable feature."

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Cons

"We hope that we can integrate the new CD Directive into our portfolio, so we can bring the deployment and release management closer together."

"GUI for mobile phones: Availability to approve and start deployment through mobile phones."

"At the moment, the version that we are using (version 12.0), the environment is complex with multiple installations. Therefore, the monitoring is not scalable, but this should be improved in 12.1 and 12.2."

"There is an issue with the stability in the tool. The process of agent will stop, then the monitoring agent can't be recognized because the process is running, but you can talk with the system."

"One of the biggest features I've been asked by my team to put in there is opening more scripting languages to be part of the platform. There is a little bit of a learning curve in learning how to code some of the workflows in Automic at this time. If widely used languages like Perl and Python were integrated, on top of what's already there, the proprietary language, it would make it easier to on-board new resources."

"There needs to be better error handling and error descriptions. It should be more clear what the errors are and what we can do to fix them."

"I would like to see more support for WebSphere."

"The dashboard should allow you to see the current state of packages in each environment, not only on an individual application basis, but across the entire application platform."

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"The solution should again offer an on-premises deployment option."

"When deploying the solution on cloud and the CI/CD pipeline, we have to define the steps and it becomes confusing."

"I've noticed an area for improvement in GitLab, particularly needing to go through many steps to push the code to the repository. Resolving that issue would make the product better. My team quickly fixed it by writing a small script, then double-clicking or enabling the script to take care of the issue. However, that quick fix was from my team and not the GitLab team, so in the next release, if an automatic deployment feature would be available in GitLab, then that would be good because, in Visual Studio, you can do that with just one click of a button."

"The licensing model could be improved to be more accommodating in terms of user numbers and costs."

"It would be really good if they integrated more features in application security."

"In the next release, I would like to see GitLab expand its integration capabilities to include platforms like DigitalOcean, which developers widely use for cloud infrastructure. Enhancing CI/CD automation features specifically tailored for DigitalOcean would be beneficial."

"It has fewer options, and its UI is not so user-friendly."

"I have encountered issues with the deployment of CI/CD pipelines, especially dealing with variable environments."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I can save time and money more quickly."

"Customers often complain about the price."

"If you have a fixed contract, it has limits to spreading out. If you have a flexible enterprise license contract, then you have a lot of scalability for this tool."

"We increased our quality and reduced our time costs."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a five out of ten."

"Regarding pricing, I would rate GitLab as moderately priced, maybe around a seven or eight out of ten. It could be more flexible for clients but generally offers good value."

"The solution's pricing is acceptable."

"The open-source version is very good and the commercial version is reasonably priced."

"In total, I believe we have more than 300 licenses spread over about 100 users, though I can't comment on the costs involved."

"The price is okay."

"This product is not very expensive but the price can be better."

"The price of GitLab could be better, it is expensive."

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What do you like most about GitLab?

I find the features and version control history to be most valuable for our development workflow. These aspects provide us with a clear view of changes and help us manage requests efficiently.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitLab?

The pricing of GitLab is reasonable, aligning with what I consider to be average compared to competitors.

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What needs improvement with GitLab?

Certain features in Jira are not available in GitLab, such as the functionality to have weights at the milestone and epic levels. Hopefully, these features will be resolved with work items in GitLa...

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Also Known As

CA Continuous Delivery Automation, Automic Release Automation, Automic ONE Automation, UC4 Automation Platform

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Overview

Deliver apps at pace with agile development and let customer satisfaction soar.

Today, the pressure is on to transform how you deliver applications to market. Get release agility and speed without compromising quality and stability with CA Continuous Delivery Automation. Deliver apps reliably on demand from development through production—mobile to mainframe. Agilely scale as the cadence, volume and complexity of your apps grow. It’s DevOps-ready release management and automation for your dynamic enterprise.

Broadcom

GitLab is a complete DevOps platform that enables teams to collaborate and deliver software faster.

It provides a single application for the entire DevOps lifecycle, from planning and development to testing, deployment, and monitoring.

With GitLab, teams can streamline their workflows, automate processes, and improve productivity.

GitLab

Sample Customers

BET365, Charter Communications, TASC

1. NASA 2. IBM 3. Sony 4. Alibaba 5. CERN 6. Siemens 7. Volkswagen 8. ING 9. Ticketmaster 10. SpaceX 11. Adobe 12. Intuit 13. Autodesk 14. Rakuten 15. Unity Technologies 16. Pandora 17. Electronic Arts 18. Nordstrom 19. Verizon 20. Comcast 21. Philips 22. Deutsche Telekom 23. Orange 24. Fujitsu 25. Ericsson 26. Nokia 27. General Electric 28. Cisco 29. Accenture 30. Deloitte 31. PwC 32. KPMG

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