This depends a bit on what parts of GitLab(.com) you're using. For example, viewing issues should generally be as fast as GitHub.com (http://stats.pingdom.com/8

This depends a bit on what parts of GitLab(.com) you're using. For example, viewing issues should generally be as fast as GitHub.com (http://stats.pingdom.com/81vpf8jyr1h9/1902794/2016/10 http://stats.pingdom.com/81vpf8jyr1h9/1902794/2016/10 vs http://stats.pingdom.com/81vpf8jyr1h9/1902795/2016/10 http://stats.pingdom.com/81vpf8jyr1h9/1902795/2016/10). Other parts may be a bit slower; pushing for example can still be a bit slow at times.