We performed a comparison between GitLab and IBM Engineering Workflow Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Agile Planning Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of GitLab is the automatic merging of code."
"The initial setup of GitLab is pretty simple, with no complications."
"The tool helps to integrate CI/CD pipeline deployments. It is very easy to learn. Its security model is good."
"The most important features of GitLab for us are issue management and all the CI/CD tools. Another aspect that I love about GitLab is the UI."
"The solution's service delivery model is fantastic."
"The most valuable feature of GitLab is the ability to upload scripts and make changes when needed and then reupload them. Additionally, the solution is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of GitLab is its security."
"GitLab is very useful for pipelines, continuous integration, and continuous deployment. It is also stable."
"Work distribution among team members and accountability for completion with a clearer picture."
"Traceability reporting is inbuilt and includes all your requirements."
"Good for managing stories, sprints, hydration and releases."
"The most valuable features of the solution are highly customizable reports and visibility for all the higher management."
"All of the features work together to provide a powerful holistic solution - from the dashboard all the way through to security."
"Agile templates give us a standard methodology for every Agile project. Also, the ability to create our own object types and linkages to features/epics allows us to enhance the verification of feature readiness."
"We can track the status of test cases (passed or saved) in a single view. Based on releases and other attributes, we generate various reports and extract metrics from the data."
"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."
"It can be free for commercial use."
"I would like configuration of a YML file to be done via UI rather than a code file."
"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 pricing model of GitLab is an issue for me."
"The solution should again offer an on-premises deployment option."
"We would like to generate document pages from the sources."
"This solution could be improved by adding modifications such as slack notifications."
"We have encountered issues with stability. We have seen where the entire system kind of goes for a toss when certain people use certain types of queries, which are very costly. Then the system kind of slows down a bit, and we have to monitor it."
"Teams need clearer pictures of resource availability in charts and dashboards along with plans."
"The solution is very heavily vendor dependent."
"Some administrative tasks are difficult to perform. These could be simplified."
"If you have multiple projects on one server, the tool becomes very slow, and some reports take longer to load."
"Lacks ability to customize and reporting can be slow."
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GitLab is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 70 reviews while IBM Engineering Workflow Management is ranked 10th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 15 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while IBM Engineering Workflow Management is rated 6.8. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Engineering Workflow Management writes "Offers good traceability elements but UI needs improvement ". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Bamboo, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton, whereas IBM Engineering Workflow Management is most compared with Jira, Codebeamer, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Polarion ALM and Endevor. See our GitLab vs. IBM Engineering Workflow Management report.
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