G2

Atharva P.

Cloud BI Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/30/2026

"Secure, Simple Git Repos with Seamless AWS-Native CI/CD Integration"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS CodeCommit?

AWS CodeCommit is currently our primary Git repository service for managing application source code, Infrastructure-as-Code templates, and deployment automation. I particularly like its seamless integration with the AWS ecosystem, IAM-based authentication, repository encryption, branch-level access controls, and native support for Git workflows. The interface is straightforward and easy to navigate for day-to-day repository management, while developers can continue using familiar Git CLI tools and IDE integrations.

One of its biggest strengths is how naturally it integrates with AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, Lambda, and EventBridge to build end-to-end CI/CD pipelines. Repository performance has been consistently reliable even as our codebase has grown, with fast cloning, commits, and pull operations. Since AWS manages the underlying infrastructure, we don't need to maintain Git servers, backups, or availability ourselves, which reduces operational overhead and provides excellent ROI.

Although CodeCommit itself doesn't provide built-in AI capabilities, it integrates well with Amazon Q for code generation, infrastructure recommendations, code explanations, and development assistance throughout the software delivery lifecycle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS CodeCommit?

Compared to platforms like GitHub Enterprise or GitLab, CodeCommit has a smaller collaboration ecosystem and fewer built-in developer productivity features. Advanced capabilities such as code scanning, extensive marketplace integrations, and richer pull request workflows often require integrating additional AWS services or third-party tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS CodeCommit solving and how is that benefiting you?

CodeCommit serves as the centralized source code repository for our cloud engineering and application development teams while integrating directly with our AWS-native CI/CD pipelines.

Example: We currently store application code, dbt projects, CloudFormation templates, Terraform modules, Lambda functions, and deployment scripts in CodeCommit. Every commit automatically triggers CodePipeline, which runs CodeBuild for testing, validates infrastructure, builds container images, and deploys workloads into ECS and Lambda environments. This has standardized our deployment process, improved release reliability, and reduced manual deployment effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.