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 5.3% 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

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100% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

GitHub and Liquibase compete in the software development category, with GitHub focusing on source code management and Liquibase on database schema management. While GitHub excels at collaborative development, Liquibase has a stronger position in database version control and management.

Features: GitHub supports source code version control with a Git-based repository, collaboration through issues and pull requests, and integration with various development tools. Liquibase provides features for database change management, such as migration scripts, rollback capabilities, and broad database compatibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: GitHub offers an intuitive web-based platform for easy repository hosting and integration with CI/CD workflows. It provides extensive documentation and community support. Liquibase includes a command-line tool, integration with CI/CD pipelines, and focuses on seamless deployment of database changes, offering more dedicated support for database issues.

Pricing and ROI: GitHub's pricing includes free plans for public repositories and tiered pricing for private projects, offering a good ROI for collaborative projects. Liquibase also uses a tiered pricing model, with options from open-source to enterprise-level subscriptions, providing value for database-centric projects.

To learn more, read our detailed GitHub vs. Liquibase Report (Updated: January 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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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 February 2025, in the Version Control category, the mindshare of GitHub is 5.3%, down from 7.5% 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.

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Pervez Roy

Solutions Architect at Small Systems LTD

Very good for collaboration on software projects

We use GitHub for code repository alongside Bitbucket GitHub is very good for collaboration on software projects. We prefer Bitbucket for commercial use, while GitHub is used for open source. You can get the differences, history of changes, and version control for various pull requests. You can…

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Sudheer Kumar Jamjam

Technical Lead Cloud DevOps 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

"The most valuable features of GitHub are the ease of integration into Microsoft Azure DevOps. The process that you need to deploy into Microsoft Azure becomes fairly simple and the templates are already available, a lot of the engineers find it easier to use."

"GitHub's source code management is top-notch. It's easy to inspect changes and visualize code and differences. Their action system is comprehensive in terms of making changes and automation."

"GitHub provides the SFH key to protect our passwords and connection."

"We are finding GitHub is very stable."

"I find the most valuable collaboration between our peers to be a seamless collaboration between our peers. We can connect and change our code, allowing us to be agile in our projects. Since we're talking about DevOps, we're using Jenkins in our pipeline. It helps speed up the process by automating the DevOps workflow."

"Even if I'm not in the office, I can access and work on my code from anywhere with my account credentials."

"Our code is secure."

"GitHub is pure or open-source; you can access it anywhere. You can have a lot of collateral information. You can make the changes and do the reviews from one place."

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"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

"As of now, if I would like to learn about GitHub or its features, I would have to look on YouTube. It would be nice if they were able to send out a newsletter with explanations of new features that they are offering and what features are available."

"There is a bit of a learning curve."

"GitHub should work on enhancing its search capability. The tool should add some more features and functionalities."

"There is nothing that I find that needs improvement in GitHub."

"We want to incorporate management comments within GitHub, making it more like a product management tool. We haven't done that yet. Another change we're considering is migrating from GitHub to Azure DevOps, especially now that Microsoft has introduced it."

"There is room for improvement in terms of interface."

"I would like a more graphical, user-friendly UI, to avoid writing so much code on cmd."

"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

"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

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

"If there are only 10 people using a particular repository, then GitHub is free. But if we increase the number of users, we need to pay the normal charge for GitHub."

"We pay a subscription-based yearly licensing fee for the solution."

"I haven't had to pay anything for GitHub, I use the free version."

"I use the free version of GitHub."

"We are currently paying nothing for GitHub."

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

"The licensing model for GitHub is user-based. Whenever the new developer joins we have to get a new license and register their ID. The overall price of the solution is reasonable."

More GitHub pricing and cost advice

"The pricing is fair."

"Liquibase is an open-source solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Financial Services Firm

28%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Insurance 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.

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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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