GitLab Reviews

We use GitLab as a source code repository, terraform modules repository, generic packages repository and for our CI/CD pipelines.

The most valuable features of GitLab are the merge request approvals, package repository, and that GitLab CI/CD pipelines plans are written in YAML.

GitLab could improve the package repository. It does not have support for Conan packages revisions.

Additionally, better support for deploying GitLab in Kubernetes is needed (i.e. more mature helm packages and updated documentation).

I have been using GitLab for approximately five years.

The stability of GitLab is good.

GitLab is scalable. We only needed to add more resources to the VM. Horizontally, we were not able to scale it because we couldn't deploy it in Kubernetes correctly.

We have approximately 300 people using the solution in my organization.

I have not used the support from GitLab.

I previously used Gerrit and I prefer GitLab. It is much better in the interface and integration, it is much more than only Git software, it is more of a complete package.

The initial setup of GitLab is not complex. However, it can be difficult to deploy GitLab on Kubernetes.

The deployment of GitLab was done in-house.

The solution's standard license is paid annually. They have changed the pricing tiers and removed the bronze tier, which was the perfect sweet spot.
There is a free version available.

I rate the price of GitLab a seven out of 10.

I would recommend the solution to others. For a self-hosted version, I advise others to deploy it using Docker/Docker-compose, it is the easiest way. The solution has no maintenance. 

I rate GitLab a nine out of ten.

I work in PMO, and I standardize the workflows for scrum teams, AI teams, and kanban teams. If I have some scripting in Jira, and I need to save it in GitLab.

It is our source-code repository. It's used for the BI process, continuous integration, and continuous development. It's used for DevOps people. All of our IT people use GitLab.

The source-code repository is great. 

I really like the pipelines.

The stability is good. 

We'd like to see better integration with the Atlassian ecosystem. There needs to be better and native integration. That is really useful for us as Atlassian Jira has strong integration with Bitbucket, and Bitbucket is a computation of GitLab.

We've used the solution for a long time. I've used this solution for one year at this company. However, I've used it for five or eight years. 

The solution is always working. I haven't experienced problems with GitLab.

My company is 100 people, however, my instance of IT people has 10,000 people in Jira. I work with a lot of developers.

I've never used technical support. I can't speak to how helpful they are. 

We changed Bitbucket for GitLab.

I'm not the main of GitLab. I did not initially set up the product.

We've likely seen an ROI. 

I don't deal with any licensing aspects of the solution. I can't speak about the exact costs. 

We are customers and end-users. 

I'd rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

For us, Gitlab's most valuable feature is the integration with Cypress. We're using Cypress as an automation tool, so we're using GitLab as a tool for running in parallel.

I'm new to GitLab, so I would appreciate more documentation about the code and commands.

I have been using GitLab for almost a year now.

I rate GitLab nine out of 10 for stability.

I rate GitLab eight out of 10 for scalability. We have around 40 people using it.

Setting up GitLab is straightforward. 

I believe we are using the free version of GitLab. 

I rate GitLab a solid nine out of 10. I recommend GitLab. Based on what I've heard, I think GitLab is will be the permanent tool we'll use. I don't think that we're going to look for any other tool in the near future.

We primarily use this solution for end-to-end CI/CD solutioning and deployment as well as infrastructure, architect and environmental management. In addition, we plan to use it for version control and SaaS solutioning and have heard it is great.

The SaaS setup is impressive, and it has DAST solutioning. It also has dependency check and scanning mechanisms. If we were using other solutions, they would have to be configured, and we would have to set them us as a third party, but GitLab is straightforward. GitLab is a single solution that helps us do everything we need.

The documentation in GitLab could be improved a bit. For example, their RBAC is role-based access, which is fine but not very good. It could also be improved a lot.

We have been using this solution for almost seven years. We are currently using version 15.2.1. We are using GitLab Cloud, and it is a public setup.

It is a stable solution, and we have not experienced any challenges.

It is scalable, but we need to pay extra costs.

The technical support is good, but it is available with paid solutions only. So we have to rely on their documentation or wait for community updates for the free tier or vendor solution.

It is a cloud solution, so we didn't have to do much. We just needed to create an account, and the solution was ready. It is gitlab.com.

I rate this solution an eight out of ten because it is a good tool.

GitLab is used for pipeline development, automation, and deployment.

It is easy to manage.

GitLab integrates well with other platforms.

The automation is good.

While I don't have any specific complaints about GitLab, there are always things that could be better.

Better support, for example, could be provided. The technology could be made simpler to use, it should not be overly complex.

It should be used by a larger number of people. They should raise awareness.

I have been working with GitLab for three years.

GitLab has a good level of stability. I haven't had many problems.

GitLab is used by between 500 and 600 people.

Support is good.

I have used a variety of tools, including Ansible, Terraform, Bitbucket, and Bamboo.

I don't mind the price because I use the free version.

The licensing fee could be less expensive.

I would recommend this solution to anyone who is interested in using it.

GitLab is very good. I would rate GitLab a nine out of ten.

The solution is cloud-based. There are around 30 people using this solution in my organization. 

GitLab is kind of an image of GitHub, so it gives us the flexibility to monitor our changes in the repos. Multiple people can work on the same code and make various branches. We can merge them together and resolve conflicts. This feature makes development quite fast. Everybody gets to work on their own feature independently without waiting for someone else to complete their code first.

When deploying the solution on cloud and the CI/CD pipeline, we have to define the steps and it becomes confusing. The trend is shifting toward CI/CD pipeline automation, so GitLab could provide some features that help with CI/CD automation. 

There could also be integration with different cloud services like GCP, AWS, or Microsoft Azure. A one-click deployment with the CI/CD pipeline of our code would be a good feature.

I worked with GitLab for one year.

The solution is stable. We haven't encountered any issues with loading repos.

It's scalable. We haven't performed a lot of computation on GitLab because we're just storing our code on it. We can create as many admins, branches, and projects as we want.

I haven't contacted technical support because we haven't encountered any issues. 

Initial setup is simple. Our model and other application repo was pushed on GitLab. From there, we pushed the code into the VM and then used that to make the Docker images. The models were deployed on GCP. It was easy to deploy them on Cloud Run on GCP.

The solution isn't as expensive as other solutions.

I would rate this solution as nine out of ten.

Most of the features are pretty good.

The code merging capability is something that we use very frequently. Merging code is a big factor for us because most of our teams use GitLab.

The integration could be slightly better.

The interface should be more user-friendly.

We have been working with GitLab for more than five years.

It is a stable product. We have not had any issues with respect to instability.

With approximately 30 users, we are not a large company. I found the scalability to be okay but I haven't tested it extensively.

We have experience with GitLab support and we found the service to be good. There is not much of a lag in terms of addressing queries.

I would rate the support a five out of five.

Positive

I also use GitHub and I am more comfortable with GitLab.

The initial setup is simple.

This product is not very expensive but the price can be better. As such, I would rate GitLab a four out of five in terms of pricing.

Overall, this is a good product that has a lot of features. There are several features that I don't use personally but other members of my team do.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Overall, we've been very satisfied with the solution.

Our partner is very helpful if we need technical support. 

We like that we can have an all-encompassing product and don't have to implement different solutions.

The solution can scale. 

We would like to generate document pages from the sources. Right now, we can't do that.

The testing could be better in that, for the code quality, now we use an external product and maybe the internal product could be more efficient.

We have been working with GitLab for two years on a simple installation. Now, we have upgraded it and we might go to the enterprise solution.

The solution is scalable. If you want to, you can move over to the enterprise version of the solution.

We get our technical support via a partner and we have found them to be very helpful and responsive. We are happy with them. They work fine.

Previously, we used Jenkins and GitLab without the pipeline and the Runner.

We have a partner that assisted in implementing the process for us.

Our partner had assisted us in the initial setup process. 

It's not part of my duties to cover licensing and pricing. I can't speak to any details in relation to the costs. 

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We've been very happy with the product.

We're a customer and an end-user.