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Bitbucket vs Liquibase comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 14, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Bitbucket
Ranking in Version Control
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Liquibase
Ranking in Version Control
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Version Control category, the mindshare of Bitbucket is 36.1%, up from 32.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Liquibase is 2.0%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Version Control
 

Featured Reviews

Prathamesh DMarathe - PeerSpot reviewer
Seamless collaboration and merge conflict resolution improve code management
I use the Bitbucket tool to store the code repository and maintain a CI/CD pipeline, allowing multiple developers to work on different code branches. We can integrate with the developer Marathe bridge branch, enabling it to be pushed into the production environment within the CI/CD.  I use…
Sudheer Kumar Jamjam - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers integration with multiple databases, stable product and reduced our manual intervention
I would recommend using it. To learn Liquibase, one should have some database knowledge. If the person is from a DBA background, they would be able to learn quickly. But if they are from an application or infrastructure role, it's medium complex. Before getting started, you should thoroughly go through the documentation and follow the latest changes deployed by the Liquibase product team. Basically, when using the product, you should be able to understand it and stay updated on the latest releases. Overall, I would rate the product a nine out of ten. Organizations should have this kind of tool to reduce manual intervention. The one point they could improve on is documentation, which they haven't clarified, and they need to work on that a lot.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I find Bitbucket's branching, pull requests, and branch mergers very valuable."
"The setup of Bitbucket is simple."
"It has a nice user experience to review PRs and provides great pipeline features, integrating well with other Atlassian products."
"The version control feature for our code and the security aspect is valuable to us."
"Bitbucket is significantly cheaper compared to GitHub and it provides on-premises hosting."
"Bitbucket is very secure and easy to handle compared to GitLab."
"I find Bitbucket's branching, pull requests, and branch mergers very valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Bitbucket is its issue management."
"They have some nice features around the automation of rule checking. They have a rules engine that checks the SQL code so that you can actually do your edit checks on the validity of the SQL code. If you don't want certain tables to be able to have certain things done to them, you can have it checked for that. It's a very flexible way to kind of do an automated peer review of the SQL code to catch things before you actually try to deploy it."
"The solution is easy to use, and it has very clear documentation."
"It will be useful for teams to automate and reduce manual work."
 

Cons

"The solution is not user-friendly. Right now, the solution is not so easy to understand. It needs to update its design and overall user experience."
"Even with the automation, we've had some situations where we've had mistakes. They've integrated things into the wrong place, so there's a fairly steep learning curve."
"Bitbucket could improve pipeline building and deployment. Our deployments are not using the Bitbucket. Deployments we are going through Azure DevOps, but the integration is happening in Bitbucket."
"Bitbucket should integrate a static code analyzer."
"I would like to see the security logs option on the tool directly. The current way to work with security logs is through an email protocol."
"Sometimes we struggle with searching on repositories. It is a bit challenging sometimes to pinpoint the code or repositories when just filtering by repositories."
"There are many places where the product could be expanded to make it a more complete solution."
"The tool offers a limited pipeline structure."
"We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue."
"The pricing is quite high."
"One thing we faced issues with is that Liquibase does not show the exact error, which added to the complexity."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Bitbucket is a low-priced tool."
"Licensing is on a monthly basis, it's available on our website. They have a free version, the pro version and then they have an enterprise version, and we're using a kind of the middle of the pro version for about $7 per user per month."
"I understand Bitbucket's cost is on the higher side."
"Sometimes there are issues in obtaining licenses and the pricing could be improved."
"When you increase from ten people to anything higher the price increase to one thousand five hundred. That is unsatisfactory and they should have a gradual price slope."
"Bitbucket is a cost-effective solution. It is the cheapest in the market. It is lower than GitLab and GitHub."
"We have approximately 40 licenses for Bitbucket."
"With our small number of users, our licensing fees are approximately $10 USD per month."
"The pricing is fair."
"Liquibase is an open-source solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
52%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
28%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Insurance Company
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Bitbucket?
It's straightforward to adapt to, with user-friendly features and a convenient UI.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bitbucket?
Pricing is not based on low cost. It's based on the quality and satisfaction of the services provided. We are not comparing Bitbucket's pricing with GitLab.
What needs improvement with Bitbucket?
I am not able to recollect any new suggestions. In terms of the commits, we currently create a pull request, however, we are not able to assign any. This could be an area for improvement.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Liquibase?
Liquibase is an open-source solution. If you are using Liquibase, you need to update its license. I think Liquibase is affordable for our organization.
What needs improvement with Liquibase?
We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue.
What is your primary use case for Liquibase?
I have worked on the Liquibase commands, Liquibase updates, Liquibase storeback, and some basic commands from Liquibase. We were using the Docker image installed from the AWS CI/CD, downloading thi...
 

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