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Compare Git and Mercurial 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (36.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (54.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Git
Star Rating
(509)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (36.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about GitMercurial
Star Rating
(31)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (54.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about MercurialGit vs Mercurial
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Mercurial easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Git overall.
- Reviewers felt that Git meets the needs of their business better than Mercurial.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Git is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Git over Mercurial.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Git
No pricing availableMercurial
No pricing availableFree Trial
Git
No trial information availableMercurial
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.4
439
8.6
30
Ease of Use
8.2
441
8.8
30
Ease of Setup
9.0
108
9.1
9
Ease of Admin
8.2
70
8.3
9
Quality of Support
8.7
356
7.6
16
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
55
8.1
7
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
429
6.8
29
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Git and Mercurial are categorized as Version Control Software
Unique Categories
Git has no unique categories
Mercurial has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Git
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Mercurial
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
33.5%
Information Technology and Services
20.0%
Internet
9.1%
Marketing and Advertising
4.2%
Education Management
2.8%
Other
30.4%
Information Technology and Services
25.8%
Computer Software
25.8%
Internet
16.1%
Telecommunications
6.5%
Research
3.2%
Other
22.6%
Discussions
What is Git used for?
3 Comments
TG
Version Control of your codebase and repositories.Read more
what is the most channeling use of Git in your experience
3 Comments
CA
The most use I have found for it is effectively communicating with a repository. I use it to merge over new code. Read more
Mercurial has no discussions with answers
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