--- title: CVS Reviews meta_title: 'CVS Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 13 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how CVS works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 3.5 review_count: 13 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-09' parent_category: name: Source Code Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/source-code-management --- # CVS Reviews **Vendor:** FreeCAD **Category:** [Version Control Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/version-control-software) **Average Rating:** 3.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 13 ## About CVS CVS is a version control system, an important component of Source Configuration Management (SCM). Using it, you can record the history of sources files, and documents. It fills a similar role to the free software RCS, PRCS, and Aegis packages. ## CVS Reviews ### 1. COncurrent Versioning system to keep track of changes in work done so far **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2016 **What do you like best about CVS?** CVS uses delta compression ie. it will only push the changes from new version to the previous version on server. This will save a lot of time in case of huge files. One can easily compare the two versions, checks the complete history (even if the file was deleted and then added again with the same name). It allows check-in only in case you have the latest version of file, if some one has already added some changes after you check-out, it will show error and will not let you add to avoid overlapping/missing of changes. **What do you dislike about CVS?** WIth so many other version control option in market, which have advanced features along with basic features cvs provides, its usage has been decreased. **Recommendations to others considering CVS:** Can use this version controlling system in case the usage is limited to just keep history of all the changes. I you need to use other advanced features like graphs/push-pull requests then this is definitely not a good choice. **What problems is CVS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Version controlling and committing code for sharing it with others in a team for review/code re-use purpose. ### 2. CVS is somewhat simple to use, and does a decent job **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Networking | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2016 **What do you like best about CVS?** It's very common, easy to find help and pretty straightforward to use. It also does a decent job of merging changes and noting any conflicts. **What do you dislike about CVS?** Some operations seem to take a lot of extra, unnecessary steps, such as adding or deleting files, or just checking out a few files that are in different subdirectories several folders deep. **Recommendations to others considering CVS:** I'm not sure what it takes to initially set up a repository, but making changes to one is quite simple and straightforward. **What problems is CVS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Version controlling code. It's fairly simple to make quick checkins of code as you are working, tag checkins, view a history/annotation of a file, and compare versions. It's also nicely integrated into emacs for quickly comparing 2 versions. ## CVS Discussions - [What is difference between SVN and CVS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-difference-between-svn-and-cvs) - [What is CVS technology?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-cvs-technology) - [What operating system does CVS use?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-operating-system-does-cvs-use) - [What is CVS software development?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-cvs-software-development) - [View CVS pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/cvs/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=3§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-13+00%3A39%3A34+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=7c7bcce0-3465-40b2-bc16-9e8357a8fa2c&secure%5Btoken%5D=39668f878a149942429cd775527b57da1a69e1f326b3489c89ac68e8ab1505d5&format=llm_user) ## CVS Features **Activity Tracking** - Activity Tracking **API** - API **AI Copilot** - AI Copilot **Third-Party Integrations** - Third-Party Integrations **Workflow Management** - Workflow Management **Alerts/Notifications** - Alerts/Notifications **Mobile Access** - Mobile Access **Generative AI** - Generative AI **Change Management** - Change Management **Reporting/Analytics** - Reporting/Analytics **Access Controls/Permissions** - Access Controls/Permissions **Issue Management** - Issue Management **Version Control** - Version Control **Audit Trail** - Audit Trail **Authentication** - Authentication **Search/Filter** - Search/Filter **Project Management** - Project Management **Workflow Automation** - Workflow Automation **Content Library** - Content Library **Task Progress Tracking** - Task Progress Tracking **Custom Development** - Custom Development **Two-Factor Authentication** - Two-Factor Authentication **Issue Tracking** - Issue Tracking **Visual Analytics** - Visual Analytics **Assignment Management** - Assignment Management **Continuous Integration** - Continuous Integration **Rules-Based Workflow** - Rules-Based Workflow **Repository Management** - Repository Management **Performance Monitoring** - Performance Monitoring **Backup and Recovery** - Backup and Recovery **Application Management** - Application Management **Bug Tracking** - Bug Tracking **Testing/QA Management** - Testing/QA Management **Encryption** - Encryption **Wiki** - Wiki **Bug/Issue Capture** - Bug/Issue Capture **Vulnerability Scanning** - Vulnerability Scanning **Static Analysis** - Static Analysis **Security Testing** - Security Testing **Configuration Automation** - Configuration Automation **Code Repository Integration** - Code Repository Integration **Collaborative Development** - Collaborative Development **Multiple Programming Languages Supported** - Multiple Programming Languages Supported **Code Review** - Code Review ## Top CVS Alternatives - [Git](https://www.g2.com/products/git/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (525 reviews) - [Azure DevOps Server](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-devops-server/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (192 reviews) - [Subversion](https://www.g2.com/products/subversion/reviews) - 3.9/5.0 (63 reviews)