--- title: Subversion Reviews meta\_title: 'Subversion Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 64 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Subversion works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.9 review\_count: 64 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Source Code Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/source-code-management --- # Subversion Reviews & Product Details Subversion is an open source version control system. Founded in 2000 by CollabNet, Inc., the Subversion project and software have seen incredible success over the past decade. Subversion has enjoyed and continues to enjoy widespread adoption in both the open source arena and the corporate world. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Subversion Community](https://www.g2.com/products/subversion/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/subversion/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Git](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Git") Git 4.7/5(538) ](https://www.g2.com/products/git/reviews) [ ![Azure DevOps Server](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Azure DevOps Server") Azure DevOps Server 4.2/5(200) ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-devops-server/reviews) [ ![P4](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "P4") P4 4.2/5(95) ](https://www.g2.com/products/p4/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/subversion/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 64 real user reviews. Implementation Time 1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Christian H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Christian H.") CH Christian H. Product Engineer 2 - New Product Introductions, High-Speed Optical Modems Telecommunications Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/30/2016 "Subversion is better than no version control, but there are better options" 1.5/5 What do you like best about Subversion? Good, basic version control, simple and easy to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Subversion? Lacks many of the features of newer version control software such as Git and Mercurial. In particular, subversion's branching & merging isn't up to par with Git. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Subversion: Consider using Git or Mercurial rather than Subversion. As mentioned earlier in my review, merging in branches in Subversion is painful and is handled much, much better in Git. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Subversion solving and how is that benefiting you? This is version control for software code, helpful to track changes, revert to older revisions of code, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Eric M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Eric M.") EM Eric M. Principal Software Engineer Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/16/2015 "Simple, centralized version control" 2/5 What do you like best about Subversion? Subversion is remarkably easy to install, configure, and even self-host. The directory structure is scalable and the ability to check out individual directories of a project tree makes it very easy to separate out modular components of a project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Subversion? The centralized nature of Subversion, however, makes collaborating on features remarkably difficult. The branching feature of Subversion also makes otherwise lightweight repositories very bulky as the project grows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Subversion: The centralized nature of the repository will take anyone familiar with distributed VCS (i.e. Git or Mercurial) a while to wrap their heads around. With Subversion, there is one central repository from which all developers "check out" their code (versus "cloning" a repository to make a copy). All changes flow back upstream to the central server, which may or may not be the kind of workflow you want to embrace. If you're working on an agile (scrum) project, Subversion might not be the right fit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Subversion solving and how is that benefiting you? I primarily use Subversion as a release management system rather than for active development. This allows me to keep a specific, auto-incrementing version number in production and progressively roll out (or roll back) changes as needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing") UE Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/19/2016 "Centralized Revision Control" 1.5/5 What do you like best about Subversion? Subversion is a centralized revision control system that allows for fairly easy management of source code. Renamed/moved files maintain their revision history, which is nice. SVN also supports branching, which is very useful if you or a group of people are working on the same file(s) concurrently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Subversion? SVN lacks some of the features I've come to expect after using Git, such as staging part of a file and stashing local changes. It also seems to be slower than Git, although this probably varies from one repository to another. In general, I prefer distributed revision control systems over centralized ones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Subversion: Subversion does its job well and is a good choice, but I would also consider using a distributed revision control system if it's appropriate. Git is an excellent option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Subversion solving and how is that benefiting you? We use Subversion in the research lab I work in to manage source code among several programmers. The benefits of revision control cannot be overstated in such an environment. It's great to not have to worry about unforeseen circumstances destroying work. At the end of the day I simply commit my changes and rest easy knowing they are backed up and safe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Subversion? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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