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RameshL - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Simple to set up, feature-rich, and has good code merging capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "The code merging capability is something that we use very frequently."
  • "The integration could be slightly better."

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

The integration could be slightly better.

The interface should be more user-friendly.

For how long have I used the solution?

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

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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

How are customer service and support?

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.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

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

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is simple.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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.

What other advice do I have?

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.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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reviewer1992327 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Great user interface for code and peer reviews but CI/CD requires third-party integrations
Pros and Cons
  • "Key features allow creation of well-presented Wiki that includes ideas, development, and domains."
  • "Expand features to match other tools such as a static code analysis tool so third-party integrations are not required."

What is our primary use case?

Our company uses the solution to manage code, Wiki, and repository management for multiple projects on Truck It In. The solution helps us manage our experience with projects. We currently have twenty-two developers using the solution.  

We are in the process of executing the pipelines to use the solution for CI/CD. 

What is most valuable?

The interface is much more user friendly than competitor products. 

The merge request tool is very valuable. 

It is easy to perform code and peer reviews. 

Key features allow creation of well-presented Wiki that includes ideas, development, and domains. 

What needs improvement?

The solution should expand features to match other tools such as Coverity, Veracode, or SonarQube with its static code analysis tool so third-party integrations are not required.

There can be a lapse of fifteen minutes to a day when updates are pushed. We do receive email notification of upcoming lapses and push progress, so that helps.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for eight months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable with no failures or issues in the version controlling or epic creation processes. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. We can manage issues or epics, make Kanban with proper backlog, and move any processes with no problems. It is scalable in terms of managing our experience and using it as a project management tool. 

How are customer service and support?

We have not needed technical support. 

How was the initial setup?

The setup is straightforward with good user interface. Third-party integrations can be a bit of a hassle. 

What about the implementation team?

We implemented the solution in-house. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We use Spring Boot at the back end with IntelliJ for IDs. IntelliJ is a good tool that integrates our projects with the solution through a well-managed synchronization process. 

The solution has a better user interface than GitHub and Bitbucket. 

We also use ClickUp which is a great tool for managing tickets and stream planning. We follow Agile methodologies so ClickUp is quite helpful to us. 

SonarQube has a new integration with the solution so we use its static code analysis tool.

What other advice do I have?

The solution is valuable for developers because it includes version controlling, pipelines, CI/CD, and integrations. When moving from the development side to the production side it is important to ensure that code is bug-free with no errors. We have less issues on the production side because we take full advantage of the solution. 

The solution currently requires third-party integrations for CI/CD so I rate it a seven out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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reviewer1500300 - PeerSpot reviewer
UAS Innovation Group Lead at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Promotes collaboration, easy to use, and always evolving with the market needs
Pros and Cons
  • "This product is always evolving, and they listen to the customers."
  • "It would be really good if they integrated more features in application security."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for source code management, and also team collaboration for the application lifecycle.

How has it helped my organization?

It has improved the way our organization functions.

What is most valuable?

It is very easy to use.

This product is always evolving, and they listen to the customers.

It solves what the customers what.

What needs improvement?

It would be really good if they integrated more features in application security.

I would also like to see scanning for some vulnerabilities and allow people to have a one-stop glance at the state of the security application

For how long have I used the solution?

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

We are always using the latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable, and we have not experienced any issues with bugs or glitches.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's a scalable solution. It's easy to scale.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have used many solutions before GitLab.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price is okay.

What other advice do I have?

My advice is to work on the processes that are in the environment. Know what you need to do and what you need to deliver the software. You have to ask the question: What do you need to deploy the software?

Always take security into account from the beginning.

While this is a good tool that is always evolving and there are new updated security standards that are being published and improved upon, it is always a good idea to have another solution to compare with to get better at using it. You can always have a combination of all of them, which would something that I would be interested in.

We are always evaluating to see if there is a solution that can do the job better.

You need to have a well-defined set of processes and that will help them adapt GitLab.

Overall, it's a great product and it does a good job.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Kumara Swamy - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development Engineer in Test at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Plenty of features, scales well, and simple setup
Pros and Cons
  • "I have found the most valuable features of GitLab are the GitClone, GitPush, GitPull, GitMatch, GitMit, GitCommit, and GitStatus."
  • "GitLab could improve by having more plugins and better user-friendliness."

What is our primary use case?

I am using GitLab for many purposes, such as CI/CD.

What is most valuable?

I have found the most valuable features of GitLab are the GitClone, GitPush, GitPull, GitMatch, GitMit, GitCommit, and GitStatus.

What needs improvement?

GitLab could improve by having more plugins and better user-friendliness.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using GitLab for four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

GitLab is a stable solution based on version control.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of GitLab is good. We can have multiple Amazon AWS enrollments.

We have approximately eight people using this solution in my company.

How are customer service and support?

We use the support when we are doing integration. We have a blog where we can open a ticket and receive support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of GitLab is easy. If there is a server the implementation will take 30 minutes to one hour. In the case, there is no server, then we can install the Docker box with the related supporting office installation. This will take approximately two hours.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

This is an open-source solution.

What other advice do I have?

We are using this solution because of our client's requirements.

I would advise others to prepare the documentation for their team members.

I rate GitLab a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Technical Lead at FD
MSP
Has a straightforward installation, but the performance could be better
Pros and Cons
  • "It is scalable."
  • "The solution could be faster."

What needs improvement?

The deployment and performance of GitLab could be better. In addition, the solution could be faster.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for more than five years, and it is deployed on cloud.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

GitLab is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution.

How was the initial setup?

The installation was straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

I rate this solution a seven out of ten, and it is good for a small set of people.

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reviewer1652133 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Scalable, good performance, but integration could improve

What is our primary use case?

We were working on our pipeline infrastructure running GitLab and we needed some scripts, such as Terraform, to complete some operations.

What is most valuable?

I have found the solution has good performance.

What needs improvement?

The solution could improve by having better integration.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using GitLab for a couple of weeks.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The stability of the solution has been good.

How are customer service and technical support?

I was satisfied with the support.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is a license required for this solution.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I have evaluated Slack.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate GitLab a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1322850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at a mining and metals company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Helpful interface facilitates peer code reviews, and the continuous integration features are good
Pros and Cons
  • "GitLab offers a good interface for doing code reviews between two colleagues."
  • "We are having a few problems integrating with Jira at the moment, which is something that our IT department is investigating."

What is our primary use case?

My daily usage involves fetching code, creating branches, modifying the code, and then committing my changes. Once I'm ready for a review with my colleagues, I create a merge request. Then, during a code review, they will use the interface to write comments. Once everything in the comments has been addressed, I complete the merge. This describes a typical scenario.

We develop under Linux.

How has it helped my organization?

Everybody needs a source code versioning assistant, and GitLab is very flexible in this regard. 

What is most valuable?

GitLab offers a good interface for doing code reviews between two colleagues.

The continuous integration feature is good.

What needs improvement?

We are having a few problems integrating with Jira at the moment, which is something that our IT department is investigating. In general, integrating with third-party tools is easy for some but difficult for others. When I create a new project, I go through all of the settings, and then I can integrate that with other tools. However, with Jira, I have problems.

If we could have GitLab execute some of the system tests then it would be good because as it is now, we have to rely on another tool. Ideally, it would execute a system test, a unit test, and then create a report. It is possible to do it but requires a lot of scripting expertise. 

It should be easily available on their menu, similar to adding tests, configuring the tests you want to execute when you launch a build, so the build would be done then tests would be performed, and the report would be created.

This would allow us to know what went wrong during our systems test. If this aspect was more integrated into their interface, instead of relying on developers to script everything, it would be easier.

I would like to see better integration with third-party software.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using GitLab for a bit more than a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

GitLab is pretty stable. I would rate it an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I haven't really used it outside of our Linux development environment, so I cannot really tell.

How are customer service and technical support?

GitLab is not responding quickly enough to our request. I know one of the problems that I am experiencing is with the integration with Jira.

We submitted the request to GitLab and we did not receive any replies. That was back in October.

Technical support could be better and their response time needs improvement to respond more quickly.

How was the initial setup?

Since I am using the web-based version and accessing GitLab through the web, I didn't have to install Gitlab, so in that sense, there was no effort, obstacles, or challenges in the initial setup.

I needed to understand the menu.

When I create a new software project in GitLab, I need to go through all of the settings to configure everything, which was not a problem. I needed to understand all of the options, and what it was doing.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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reviewer1417221 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Software Engineering at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Real User
Easy to deploy and configure with very good CI/CD pipeline management
Pros and Cons
  • "Everything is easy to configure and easy to work with."
  • "The only thing our company is really waiting on in terms of features is the development of metrics."

What is most valuable?

Overall, our team is happy with the solution.

The CI/CD pipeline management is the solution's most valuable aspect.

Everything is easy to configure and easy to work with. Our team finds it to be very user-friendly.

Generally, the volume control is very good.

What needs improvement?

I've looked at GitLab's roadmap. The only thing our company is really waiting on in terms of features is the development of metrics. We're looking forward to being able to take advantage of them.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using the solution for two years at this point.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We've never had any issues with stability. We're very happy with the setup we have and it works well for our team. We haven't had any issues with the product crashing or freezing and I don't recall dealing with bugs or glitches.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is very scalable. I'm not sure how many nodes we have currently, however, it is scalable. If we need the extra capacity, I know we can build it out and use different setups.

We have about 100 users in our company using the product.

How are customer service and technical support?

We've never needed to contact GitLab for technical support. I can't speak to the level of service their in-house team might give.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used SVN. We migrated everything over to GitLab.

How was the initial setup?

Our platform engineering team found the initial implementation pretty straightforward.

Within the organization, deployment took about a week. That said, we had to spend three weeks migrating from SVN, which is what we were using before.

There isn't really any maintenance required. It's not something we think about or worry about, really.

What other advice do I have?

We're just a customer. We don't have a professional relationship with GitLab.

We're using the latest version of the solution right now.

I would definitely recommend the solution to other organizations. It's pretty easy to use and can scale if you need to. It's stable as well. We're not really missing any features. It's great.

Overall, I'd rate GitLab nine out of ten. They can always improve, which is why I didn't give them a perfect score. What they are working on, based on their roadmap, is already quite impressive. We're looking forward to metrics coming down the pipeline later in the year.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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