GitHub Actions vs GitLab comparison

"GitHub Actions helps automate the deployment process, eliminating manual copying and testing, which saves time and minimizes errors."

"GitHub Actions can be easily configured, especially for environment variables and secrets. The UI is understandable and user-friendly for setting up CI/CD pipelines. I prefer tools like GitLab, where the pipeline starts quickly and is accessible near the commits for easy access. However, many CI/CD tools are interchangeable due to similar features of GitHub Actions and other similar tools."

"It is easy to use, especially if you are accustomed to using GitHub."

"It is user-friendly, with clear and organized processes, making it easy to navigate and work with."

"We can trigger files manually or automate processes."

"The main benefit is collaboration. It allows us to easily collaborate with other developers, regardless of location. For example, we can collaborate with both our African and German colleagues seamlessly. It's platform-agnostic, so it is flexible and not tied to any OS, so we can work on Linux, Windows, web, and even Oracle applications. It's flexible, reliable, and overall an excellent tool for our needs."

"The product's most beneficial feature is the ability to create workflows within the solution."

"It offers numerous built-in features for pipeline management, release management, and even work item tracking on boards, which makes it a versatile tool that seamlessly integrates with hardware and facilitates optimization."

"The most valuable functionality of GitLab, for me, is the DevOps. Besides the normal source control based on Git, I find the Auto DevOps features most important in the solution."

"The stability of GitLab is impressive."

"GitLab is very useful for pipelines, continuous integration, and continuous deployment. It is also stable."

"It is very useful for reviews. We are using branch merging operations and full reset operations. It is also very useful for merging our code and tracking another branch. The graph diagrams of Git are very useful. Its interface is straightforward and not too complex for us."

"It scales well."

"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."

"GitLab is scalable and works well with multiple environments."

"The merging feature makes it easy later on for the deployment."

"The only issue I have faced is with authorization, particularly when configuring the GitHub token correctly."

"The solution's integration capabilities and UI are areas of concern where improvement is required to make the product more user-friendly."

"Sometimes incremental steps should be taken during deployment instead of trying to execute all tasks simultaneously, particularly when dealing with AWS EKS clusters and Helm charts."

"There could be more integration options with different platforms."

"My company would want to see some AI features in the tool as it can add value to the product."

"In our company, procedures or rules need to be completed, which is not a problem with GitHub Actions but with our process."

"Switching between hosted and self-hosted agents can be a bit complex, as self-hosted agents need to be provisioned in platforms like Azure or AWS."

"The minor drawback of GitHub Actions is the management of the dashboard and pipeline runs, which needs improvement. The dashboard for running pipelines could be better."

"This solution could be improved by adding modifications such as slack notifications."

"As a partner, sometimes it's difficult to get support. They have a really complicated procedure for their support."

"For as long as I have used GitLab, I haven't encountered any major limitations. However, I think that perhaps the search functionality could be better."

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

"We'd like to see better integration with the Atlassian ecosystem."

"You need to have a good knowledge of the product in order to use it."

"The pricing has been substantially increased, which is a major concern."

"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."

"Regarding cost, as an enterprise, we negotiate our license and expenses, so I can't provide a specific rating for that."

"For our basic usage, we didn't have to pay."

"It is free and open platform, so I would rate it 1 out of 10."

"The tool's price is okay and reasonable."

"It's low-priced. Not high, but definitely low."

"The product is slightly more expensive than some alternatives."

"The cost for GitHub Actions may be around $45 dollars per user."

"Price-wise, GitHub Actions is okay. If I want to use the product's advanced features, then I need to pay the licensing charges for the solution."

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

"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."

"GitLab's pricing is good compared to others on the market."

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

"The solution is free."

"GitLab is cheap."

"The initial setup cost is excellent and you can add the premium features later."

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