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Overview

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GitLab is an integrated, open source DevOps lifecycle management platform for software development teams to plan, code, test, deploy & monitor product changes

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AWS CloudFormation is designed to help businesses create and manage a collection of Amazon Web Services and third-party application resources in a cloud environment. Employees can utilize built-in templates to replicate the infrastructure in multiple environments and update or delete an entire stack as a single unit, eliminating the need to manage resources individually.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

Starting from

29

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

Free

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

1.1K

5

4

3

2

1

738

353

36

3

4

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
98%
would recommend this app

4.5

60

5

4

3

2

1

34

23

3

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
98%
would recommend this app

Pros

I feel like a professional developer using it, my code is always backed up and up to date on a beautiful web user interface. I love how the badges look and how it feels colorful.
It is a great collaborative tool that allow us to manage the projects and ensure the progress is on schedule. The reporting function is very helpful for the communications within the organization.
It's an awesome tools, perfect both small projects on a budget or for large applications that need paid features and great support.

Pros

I like that AWS CloudFormation provides documentation to explain everything a good interface. Also, i like that AWS CloudFormation always reminds me if I exceed the budget is determined.
Also, it supports various IAAS like terraform, etc., and other serverless frameworks too. It is very easy to use and you can easily find good documentation about this.
It has amazing community support from which I can refer and practice best strategies for my deployments.

Cons

Sometimes , build fails after delay of 20-30 minutes and then i get to see the error. This is obvious that it needs to reach that stage first before displaying the error.
Some features are missing and that's what's missing compared to the direct competitor.
It lacks some features, and sometimes the menus are really confusing and hard to navigate. There have been some occasional crashes too when you need to restart your server to get it up again.

Cons

Many times the CloudFormation deployment fails after trying for a long time, which is frustrating. Also, the error messages are not easy to understand.
Very rarely the stack gets stick without showing an error and stays that way until it fails.
It takes more time for any activity which is most dislike of this software.
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review10 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review10 days ago

Key features

  • Total features64
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Security
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Assignment Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Automated Testing
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compliance Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Continuous Integration
  • Cost Management
  • Customizable Templates
  • Deadline Management
  • Debugging
  • Deployment Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Management
  • For Developers
  • For Small Businesses
  • Graphical User Interface
  • IT Reporting
  • Incident Management
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Kanban Board
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Multi-Language Scanning
  • Performance Metrics
  • Portfolio Management
  • Prioritization
  • Problem Management
  • Project Management
  • Project Templates
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Projections
  • Quality Assurance
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Release Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Resource Management
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Search/Filter
  • Software Development
  • Source Control
  • Source-Code Scanning
  • Task Management
  • Template Management
  • Testing Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • To-Do List
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features9
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Security
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Assignment Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Automated Testing
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compliance Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Continuous Integration
  • Cost Management
  • Customizable Templates
  • Deadline Management
  • Debugging
  • Deployment Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Management
  • For Developers
  • For Small Businesses
  • Graphical User Interface
  • IT Reporting
  • Incident Management
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Kanban Board
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Multi-Language Scanning
  • Performance Metrics
  • Portfolio Management
  • Prioritization
  • Problem Management
  • Project Management
  • Project Templates
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Projections
  • Quality Assurance
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Release Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Resource Management
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Search/Filter
  • Software Development
  • Source Control
  • Source-Code Scanning
  • Task Management
  • Template Management
  • Testing Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • To-Do List
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations301
  • Bitbucket
  • Datadog
  • Dropbox Business
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Google Drive
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Teams
  • NetSuite
  • PagerDuty
  • ServiceNow
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Trello
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Total integrations45
  • Bitbucket
  • Datadog
  • Dropbox Business
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Google Drive
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Teams
  • NetSuite
  • PagerDuty
  • ServiceNow
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Trello
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite

User reviews that mention these apps

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Varun k.

Computer Software, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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GitLab

Good Version Control System with best CICD

Reviewed 2 years ago

Very Good VCS and CICD tool.

Pros

Gitlab support to hosting our websites in AWS using Pipelines with Gitlab Runner.

Cons

Based on our usage its support more and more to our organisation.

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Verified reviewer

Computer Software, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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GitLab

A solid Code Management platform with good features

Reviewed a year ago
Pros

It has a lot of good features out-of-the-box, without having to research and find workarounds to do some tasks.

Cons

There were some issues with the integration with AWS where the runner sometimes would just not run.

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pathmika w.

Computer Software, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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GitLab

Gitlab is my everyday using software

Reviewed 2 years ago

I started using gitlab since 2015 and still it is my most favorite git repository manager. I would love to recommend it to anyone.

Pros

Gitlab is a good choice for companies that look for an solution to manage software development processes. We can do continuous integration, continuous deployment, code review, version controlling functions and other third party tools integration like AWS and jira. Gitlab provides security features like two factor authentication, secure connection and access limitations.

Cons

I think user interfaces can be improved when I compared with other version controlling systems.