GitHub vs Liquibase comparison

GitHub and Liquibase are both solutions in the Version Control category. GitHub is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.9, while Liquibase is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.0. GitHub holds a 5.4% mindshare in VC, compared to Liquibase’s 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of GitHub users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Liquibase users who would recommend it.

GitHub

Read 92 GitHub reviews

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100% willing to recommend

Liquibase

Read 3 Liquibase reviews

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378 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 29, 2024

GitHub and Liquibase serve different purposes but are often compared in terms of features, room for improvement, ease of deployment and customer service, and pricing and ROI. GitHub excels in widespread adoption and CI/CD integration, while Liquibase is superior for specialized database management.

Features: GitHub offers extensive repository management, collaboration tools, and an integrated development environment. Liquibase provides database change management, version control, and rollback features.

Room for Improvement: GitHub could enhance project management features, better collaboration tools for non-developers, and improve user collaboration. Liquibase needs better documentation, a more user-friendly setup process, and improved onboarding resources.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: GitHub is noted for a straightforward deployment process and detailed support documentation. Liquibase’s deployment is more complex but offers helpful customer service after the initial learning curve.

Pricing and ROI: GitHub's pricing is reasonable with a favorable ROI for those using its full suite of tools. Liquibase, more expensive, delivers significant ROI for enterprises needing robust database management solutions.

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Categories and Ranking

GitHub

Ranking in Version Control

3rd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (7th)

Liquibase

Ranking in Version Control

7th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Version Control category, the mindshare of GitHub is 5.4%, down from 7.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Liquibase is 2.0%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Version Control

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AjayKrishna

Senior Software Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Reduces project delivery times and costs

I think one area where GitHub could improve is its search and navigation functionality within repositories. For example, we use IDEs like IntelliJ or Visual Studio Code when developing code. These IDEs allow us to easily navigate from one piece of code to another file where a method is being called. It would be really helpful if the solution could add this navigation feature. It would allow us to move from one class file to another more easily, helping us search quicker and follow the code flow completely within GitHub. This would be more convenient than having to import the code into our local IDE to look at the code flow and navigate through it. Adding this kind of IDE-like navigation within the tool would make the user experience more seamless and efficient.

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Sudheer Kumar Jamjam

Technical Lead CloudDevOps Engineer at Deloitte

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.

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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

"This product allows us to easily collaborate on development tasks with our subcontractors, and control the workflow as the project progresses."

"The features of GitHub are very nice and helpful for developers."

"The solution has been stable for us."

"GitHub is a very good tool, and people should use it more than any other, even Bitbucket."

"GitHub is a fundamental tool in the software industry."

"The most valuable feature of GitHub is version control and continuous integration."

"I have found GitHub stable."

"The version control functionality for this solution has been most valuable, especially when managing projects with multiple versions."

More GitHub pros

"It will be useful for teams to automate and reduce manual work."

"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."

Cons

"We face issues with synchronization while working with teams."

"GitHub uses basic configuration, but messaging is not clear."

"The merging features can be improved."

"I would like to see some AI functionality included in GitHub, similar to the features seen in GitLab, to enhance productivity."

"There is a bit of a learning curve."

"GitHub could expand the limits of the free version."

"Scalability is an area with a shortcoming, because of which it has room for improvement."

"The only thing I see missing in GitHub is that it isn't very user friendly for key personnel who don't have in-depth, technical knowledge. In Jira, there are many functions to upload our test cases, and in GitHub we can only do it manually. There are functions which can be used to upload different files, but that still requires some technical knowledge. A layman cannot do it."

More GitHub cons

"One thing we faced issues with is that Liquibase does not show the exact error, which added to the complexity."

"The pricing is quite high."

"We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"You don't have to pay for a license if you are using the free version."

"If I consider the market standards, the product's price is pocket-friendly."

"The price of this solution is reasonable."

"There are no licensing fees for the features that we use."

"We pay a licensing fee for GitHub, which could be cheaper."

"The private repositories are free, which is very good."

"GitHub is an open-source product, but when using the free-to-use version, anyone can see the code we're working on."

"The basic licensing model is free, and if you need to have technical support and such things, then it does cost something. You only need to pay extra if you need technical support."

More GitHub pricing and cost advice

"Liquibase is an open-source solution."

"The pricing is fair."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

University

Financial Services Firm

31%

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about GitHub?

The control is the most valuable feature as developers can work on a single code.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitHub?

I'm not aware of the costs associated with GitHub. I simply appreciate its efficiency in managing code and collaborating with team members.

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What needs improvement with GitHub?

I would like to see some AI functionality included in GitHub, similar to the features seen in GitLab, to enhance productivity. Additionally, offering limited free access to features like Copilot co...

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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.

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What needs improvement with Liquibase?

We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue.

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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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Overview

GitHub is a web-based Git repository hosting service. It offers all of the distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. Unlike Git, which is strictly a command-line tool, GitHub provides a Web-based graphical interface and desktop as well as mobile integration. It also provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.

Liquibase is a migration-based open source database version control solution that relies on a changelog to track what changesets have been deployed to a database, and what additional changesets needs to be applied to a database in order to migrate a database schema to a specific version. Liquibase supports an XML model for defining changesets so that database schema changes can easily be translated to another DBMS platforms. As an open source solution, Liquibase is ideal for smaller teams and projects or for teams that have ample time to invest in extending and adapting the open source capability to meet their needs.

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Dominion Enterprises, NASA, Braintree, SAP, CyberAgent

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