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Fundamentally changing the way Development, Security, and Ops teams collaborate and build software - GitLab provides all of the essential DevOps tools in one DevOps platform.
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Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best tool for Planning and tracking your development and Deployement"
What do you like best about GitLab?

Setting up our groups and Projects in best manner

Managing my backlogs and features

Managing story and its pipeline and tracking till deployment

Better tracking of Sprint and story movement from grooming to deployment.

Tracking teams logs and hours burned via dashboards for better visibliity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitLab?

Sometime commands fails and conflict resolution process is uneasy as TFS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shravan Kumar K.
SK
Senior Software Engineer
Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best tool to run production pipelines"
What do you like best about GitLab?

Its an best tool to run pipelines very easily and also take less time to execute the commands in it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitLab?

So far i dont see any drawback with gitlab in my project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ranjit A.
RA
IMS Devops Engineer
Telecommunications
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"very useful and easy to use ci/cd pipeline tool"
What do you like best about GitLab?

I like how easy it is to create pipelines with jobs and stages, use of variables and the concept of default runners and also ability to configure custom runners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitLab?

The configuration of default runners is unknown - unless we run a particular command like uname Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive
AA
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Comprehensive DevOps Platform with Great CI/CD"
What do you like best about GitLab?

Its built-in CI/CD pipelines are powerful and easy to configure, enabling seamless automation from code to deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitLab?

The UI can feel cluttered at times, and some advanced features require a steep learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Powerful but complex"
What do you like best about GitLab?

Rich feature set very powerful for managing code realse and issue management related to code release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitLab?

Complex significant effort to understand intermediat funtionality. Not always intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apurva B.
AB
Application Development Analyst
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"As a DevOps Engineer for personal project gitlab is easy to use and has a smooth deployment process."
What do you like best about GitLab?

Automate the CI/CD pipelines. All in one-platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitLab?

Limited features on free plan. UI is slow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Trilok Kumar R.
TR
Senior software engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Version management software for developers"
What do you like best about GitLab?

1. It is a very useful software for code management.

2. We can manage our code of project into gitlab. We can manage our code by creating branch like master, staging, develop, feature and etc.

3. It is a version control software.

4. It is a open source software and easy to implementation. It can be used for DevOps.

5. We can do any integration into gitlab like CI/CD.

6. Many companies are mostly used this software for managing their code and documents as well.

7. This platform is very secure for security and we can track our project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitLab?

1. Sometime we were facing problem like intergration error.

2. There are some command facing issue like merge conflict.

3. We need some public repository on gitlab but unfortunatly it is not present in gitlab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
UT
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Comprehensive devops platform"
What do you like best about GitLab?

It is all in one devops platform for scm, cicd issue tracking, security scans and deployment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitLab?

Learning for newbies, and pricing for premium Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Roshan G.
RG
Backend Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Gitlab is a best workspace."
What do you like best about GitLab?

Gitlab makes works easier to handle . Gitlab is always up and running . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitLab?

Features wise is great and in UI theres always room for improvement , thats what i see. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Human Resources
AH
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"excellent deployment tool but difficult to get started with"
What do you like best about GitLab?

edit a yaml file with a lot of options to configure deploys Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitLab?

When you begin with this tool there is too many pages and configurations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Time to Implement

1 month

Return on Investment

13 months

Average Discount

11%

Perceived Cost

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