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All the extra features is the main selling point of GitLab. It's the reason you use it over GitHub because GitLab is more than just repo hosting and issue track

All the extra features is the main selling point of GitLab. It's the reason you use it over GitHub because GitLab is more than just repo hosting and issue tracking.

jlengrand 8y ago
That, and the fact that you can self-host
- manigandham 8y ago
  Github has Enterprise edition for self-hosting: https://enterprise.github.com/home https://enterprise.github.com/home
  - pmontra 8y ago
    At $2,500 per 10 users / year [1], vs the GitLab Community Edition download at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/ (it looks like a MIT license) Maybe it's worth the price. Did anybody used both of them and is willing to tell us how they compare? [1] https://enterprise.github.com/features#pricing https://enterprise.github.com/features#pricing
- BjoernKW 8y ago
  You can self-host GitHub, too: https://enterprise.github.com/home https://enterprise.github.com/home
  - jlengrand 8y ago
    You can, at entreprise prices indeed. Which is out of reach for most SMEs out there. This is IMHO a llarg part of what made Gitlab successful.
    - BjoernKW 8y ago
      The price is roughly $21 per user per month, which isn't really all that enterprisey, given you have at least 10 users, that is. I don't know exactly how GitHub Enterprise and the GitLab Community Edition compare in that regard but aspects such as usability, maintainability and updatability are much more important than saving $21 per user per month. So, yes if your company has a lot fewer than 10 Git users GitLab probably is the best option. In every other case, it depends and the pricing advantage becomes less pronounced.
      - jlengrand 8y ago
        Sure, Github definitely has worth. I use both myself. But for a petty price, Gitlab comes with a Kanban board, a release management system, a (free) CI tool, and all of the newer features I don't have experience with ( the whole Kubernetes integration lately? ). (So no need for paid travis, Asana, Jira, ....). Adding to that that most cloud providers offer ready to use images with Gitlab installed, I understand what it becomes such a 'default choice' for new installs lately.
        snappycomeback 8y ago
        Compare apples to apples, at least. The paid GutLab plans are as expensive or more than GitHub. And they keep raising their prices too cuz they aren’t making enough money to survive. The big difference for us (Apple) is performance and reliability. GitLab isn’t reliable and GitHub Enterprise is rock solid with whatever we throw at it. That’s better than a bunch of features (to my team, at least).
        sytse 8y ago
        GitLab the company was cash flow profitable in the first quarter, with 90% margins and doubling incremental revenue (IACV) YoY. We're very much default alive. Our biggest customer installation had a serious problem in 2015 and we addressed it. We have customers switching from GHE because of the reliability of GitLab self hosted. There are problems on GitLab.com, we made solving that harder because we insist on running the same code our customers are running, so we'll never have a repeat of 2015. We would love to get in touch to discuss any performance problems you're still having.
  - fanf2 8y ago
    GitHub enterprise is a walled garden: you can’t use it to host open source software.

All the extra features is the main selling point of GitLab. It's the reason you use it over GitHub because GitLab is more than just repo hosting and issue tracking.

jlengrand 8y ago

That, and the fact that you can self-host

manigandham 8y ago
Github has Enterprise edition for self-hosting: https://enterprise.github.com/home https://enterprise.github.com/home
- pmontra 8y ago
  At $2,500 per 10 users / year [1], vs the GitLab Community Edition download at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/ (it looks like a MIT license) Maybe it's worth the price. Did anybody used both of them and is willing to tell us how they compare? [1] https://enterprise.github.com/features#pricing https://enterprise.github.com/features#pricing
BjoernKW 8y ago
You can self-host GitHub, too: https://enterprise.github.com/home https://enterprise.github.com/home
- jlengrand 8y ago
  You can, at entreprise prices indeed. Which is out of reach for most SMEs out there. This is IMHO a llarg part of what made Gitlab successful.
  - BjoernKW 8y ago
    The price is roughly $21 per user per month, which isn't really all that enterprisey, given you have at least 10 users, that is. I don't know exactly how GitHub Enterprise and the GitLab Community Edition compare in that regard but aspects such as usability, maintainability and updatability are much more important than saving $21 per user per month. So, yes if your company has a lot fewer than 10 Git users GitLab probably is the best option. In every other case, it depends and the pricing advantage becomes less pronounced.
    - jlengrand 8y ago
      Sure, Github definitely has worth. I use both myself. But for a petty price, Gitlab comes with a Kanban board, a release management system, a (free) CI tool, and all of the newer features I don't have experience with ( the whole Kubernetes integration lately? ). (So no need for paid travis, Asana, Jira, ....). Adding to that that most cloud providers offer ready to use images with Gitlab installed, I understand what it becomes such a 'default choice' for new installs lately.
      - snappycomeback 8y ago
        Compare apples to apples, at least. The paid GutLab plans are as expensive or more than GitHub. And they keep raising their prices too cuz they aren’t making enough money to survive. The big difference for us (Apple) is performance and reliability. GitLab isn’t reliable and GitHub Enterprise is rock solid with whatever we throw at it. That’s better than a bunch of features (to my team, at least).
        sytse 8y ago
        GitLab the company was cash flow profitable in the first quarter, with 90% margins and doubling incremental revenue (IACV) YoY. We're very much default alive. Our biggest customer installation had a serious problem in 2015 and we addressed it. We have customers switching from GHE because of the reliability of GitLab self hosted. There are problems on GitLab.com, we made solving that harder because we insist on running the same code our customers are running, so we'll never have a repeat of 2015. We would love to get in touch to discuss any performance problems you're still having.
- fanf2 8y ago
  GitHub enterprise is a walled garden: you can’t use it to host open source software.