Betty Blocks vs GitLab comparison

Betty Blocks and GitLab are both solutions in the Rapid Application Development Software category. Betty Blocks is ranked #32, while GitLab is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.6. Betty Blocks holds a 0.2% mindshare in RADS, compared to GitLab’s 3.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Betty Blocks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of GitLab users who would recommend it.

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97% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

GitLab and Betty Blocks are competing products in software development and application creation. GitLab appears to have an advantage in mature development environments due to its comprehensive DevOps lifecycle management, while Betty Blocks is ideal for those seeking rapid application creation with minimal coding expertise.

Features: GitLab offers integrated CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and SCM tools tailored for large development teams. Betty Blocks provides a no-code platform allowing fast app prototyping and deployment.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: GitLab supports flexible deployment models with both cloud and on-premises options, focusing on technical guidance and troubleshooting. Betty Blocks offers easy cloud deployments with personalized support and quick issue resolution.

Pricing and ROI: GitLab's subscription-based tiered pricing aligns with varying enterprise needs, emphasizing ROI through automation and developer productivity. Betty Blocks offers a scalable pricing structure focusing on reducing time-to-market and operational costs.

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Categories and Ranking

Betty Blocks

Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software

32nd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No-Code Development Platforms (19th)

GitLab

Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software

12th

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), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (5th), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (2nd), Fuzz Testing Tools (2nd), DevSecOps (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Betty Blocks is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GitLab is 3.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Hans De Groot

Owner/Operator at Informatieewerkplaats

The solution is stable and has good support, but is expensive

Betty Blocks, when I started with it, was similar to a back-end platform with the ability to have a standardized back-office UI out of the box, which is perfect for a lot of situations. For more customer-facing UIs, we had to create the front end ourselves, building endpoints with HTML and JavaScript. Then Betty Blocks started in 2018 with the page builder. This allowed us to create drag-and-drop interfaces. That was quite cumbersome. Now Betty Blocks is entering a new generation of it - next generation forms - which should be a lot better. The most valuable feature is the back end. The way we can create action flows for things such as sending emails, creating PDF reports, or connecting to web services is very complete. I never experience a lack of functionality in it. The standardized back-office UI is said to be deprecated over time, which is a shame, because it is a real time-saver and is one of their strong points, only if it was kept up-to-date.

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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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the back end."

"The scalability is good."

"When a developer checks in code, it is automatically built and deployed, and automated test cases are also run. We have extensive integration with GitLab, which helps us with source code management. We run the static code analysis using SonarQube."

"I have found the most valuable features of GitLab are the GitClone, GitPush, GitPull, GitMatch, GitMit, GitCommit, and GitStatus."

"The best thing is that as the developers work on separate tasks, all of the code goes there and the other team members don't have to wait on each other to finish."

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

"The solution has an established roadmap that lays out its plans for upgrades over the next two to three years."

"The CI/CD pipeline with Helm has significantly improved deployment speed and efficiency."

"Key features allow creation of well-presented Wiki that includes ideas, development, and domains."

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Cons

"In many cases, they make choices where flexibility is a little bit degraded, but if you leave everything open and the flexibility is great then the usability is a little bit less."

"What I find lacking in the software is its ability to query the database."

"I would like to see full integration with AI."

"Atlassian offers more products than GitLab. GitLab offers source control management, version control and collaboration between developers. Atlassian offers features on top of this as well as more integration points for developers."

"GitLab's Windows version is yet not available and having this would be an improvement."

"I would like to see static analysis also embedded in GitLab. That would also help us. If there's something that it does internally by GitLab and then that is already tied up with your pipeline and then it can tell you that you're coding is good or your code is not great. Based on that, it would pass or fail. That should be streamlined. I would think that would help to a greater extent, in terms of having one solution rather than depending on multiple vendors."

"It's more related to the supporting layer of features, such as issue management and issue tracking. We tend to always use, for example, Jira next to it. That doesn't mean that GitLab should build something similar to Jira because that will always have its place, but they could grow a bit in those kinds of supporting features. I see some, for example, covering ITSM on a DevOps team level, and that's one of the things that I and my current client would find really helpful. It's understandably not going to be their main focus and their core, and whenever you are with a company that needs a bit more advanced features on that specific topic, you're probably still going to integrate with another tool like Jira Service Management, for example. However, some basic features on things like that could be really helpful."

"We would like to have easier tutorials. Their tutorials are too technical for a user to understand. They should be more detailed but less technical."

"The price of GitLab could improve, it is high."

"As GitLab is not perfect, what needs improvement in the solution is the Wiki feature of the groups or the repertories because currently, it's not searchable by default. You'll need an indexing service such as Elasticsearch to make it searchable, and that requires too much work, so for me, it's the main feature that should be improved in GitLab. In the next version of the solution, from the top of my head, the documentation could be improved. Besides the Wiki, it would be good if there's documentation that would be automatically generated based on the code repository. In other words, there should be some tutorials from GitLab for developers in the next release."

"While GitLab is a great tool for developers, it lacks project planner features. Roadmaps and Gantt charts in GitLab are not as advanced as in Jira, and changing start and end dates is more laborious in GitLab."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is quite high, but the pricing is also not very transparent."

"The pricing structure that we have been working with was based on a number of blocks."

"The solution's pricing is acceptable."

"The solution's standard license is paid annually. They have changed the pricing model and it used to be better. There is a free version available."

"In terms of the pricing for GitLab, on a scale of one to five, with one being expensive and five being cheap, I'm rating pricing for the solution a four. It could still be cheaper because right now, my company has a small team, and sometimes it's difficult to use a paid product for a small team. You'd hope the team will grow and scale, but currently, you're paying a high license fee for a small team. I'm referring to the GitLab license that has premium features and will give you all features. This can be a problem for management to approve the high price of the license for a team this small."

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

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

"This is an open-source solution."

"GitLab is cheap."

"We are using its free version, and we are evaluating its Premium version. Its Ultimate version is very expensive."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

32%

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

Real Estate/Law Firm

Educational Organization

25%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

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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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Overview

From mobile apps to (customer) portals to back office management and everything in between. The Betty Blocks platform’s ease of use supports every size or complexity of your app. Go as far as you like, the easiest way possible.

Betty Blocks

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.

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Sample Customers

KPMG, TELE2, Sligro Food Group, Ymere, Flexpoint Group

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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