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I really wanted Gitlab to succeed. I joined early on and used it quite a bit but by 2020 things changed and their message , pricing was all mess. I don't think

I really wanted Gitlab to succeed. I joined early on and used it quite a bit but by 2020 things changed and their message , pricing was all mess. I don't think I have ever used it since. But this was one startup I really rooted for.

setopt 2y ago
I put most of my open-source repos there for a few years, and got GitLab adopted at work too. They had similar feature set to GitHub and I didn’t want to support the latter’s near-monopoly status. After Microsoft bought GitHub and many large projects started migrating to GitLab (e.g. GNOME), I thought things were looking better. But a few years in… I’ve given up and moved my repos to GitHub a year ago. It’s clear that my GitLab repos have nearly no visibility, and if no one finds the projects then there’s not much point in open sourcing it.
- nine_k 2y ago
  A number of projects have read-only mirrors on GitHub for visibility, with actual development occurring elsewhere.
kryptiskt 2y ago
I thought eliminating the cheap plan was a huge mistake. You can say that people shouldn't balk at paying $20 a month, but Github offers a plan for $4 per user, why should they pay more and all they get is features they don't intend to use? Ceding the entire low ground like that is shortsighted, especially since Github has an advantage in selling the same users an expensive plan if and when they need it.
- aniforprez 2y ago
  We'd evaluated GitLab a while back for a previous company before GitHub Actions was launched because the CI coming in with GitLab was very tempting. Since we were a small team working with contractors, we were looking for a monthly subscription and were pretty shocked at immediately being rebuffed and asked to book annually. Genuinely insane at the time how insistent they were that we should simply pay up front for an entire year of seats that were likely never going to be used. We just went with GitHub Their extreme focus on enterprise is probably the reason for the low traction they're getting. Can't believe how much money they're leaving on the table because of some of their more bone headed decisions. Not sure if that ever changed
  - apple4ever 2y ago
    > Their extreme focus on enterprise is probably the reason for the low traction they're getting. Can't believe how much money they're leaving on the table because of some of their more bone headed decisions. Not sure if that ever changed That's exactly what happened. But they didn't do it well either. For example, they demanded that all users had to be the same level of subscription. Except many companies had people who would just log in to say use the wiki. But they had to be billed the same $99 a month as a developer who used most features. They were so blinded by chasing dollars they lost market share.
- deng 2y ago
  It's 30$ now. That additional increase really broke the camel's back for us.
  - cdelsolar 2y ago
    You just spent that extra $10 a month writing this comment.
    - Aeolun 2y ago
      It’s the principle of the thing. It’s not because the money is relevant to me, but because getting the thing through purchase approval is like 400% harder by increasing the price from $20 to $30 per user.
    - deng 2y ago
      I'm on vacation, so there goes that theory. We have 400 seats. You do the math, we started with 4$ and within 5 years the price got up to 30$. At some point you just have to question if it's still worth it, and for GitLab, that's a clear No when compared to GitHub.

setopt 2y ago

I put most of my open-source repos there for a few years, and got GitLab adopted at work too. They had similar feature set to GitHub and I didn’t want to support the latter’s near-monopoly status. After Microsoft bought GitHub and many large projects started migrating to GitLab (e.g. GNOME), I thought things were looking better. But a few years in… I’ve given up and moved my repos to GitHub a year ago. It’s clear that my GitLab repos have nearly no visibility, and if no one finds the projects then there’s not much point in open sourcing it.

nine_k 2y ago
A number of projects have read-only mirrors on GitHub for visibility, with actual development occurring elsewhere.

kryptiskt 2y ago

I thought eliminating the cheap plan was a huge mistake. You can say that people shouldn't balk at paying $20 a month, but Github offers a plan for $4 per user, why should they pay more and all they get is features they don't intend to use? Ceding the entire low ground like that is shortsighted, especially since Github has an advantage in selling the same users an expensive plan if and when they need it.

aniforprez 2y ago
We'd evaluated GitLab a while back for a previous company before GitHub Actions was launched because the CI coming in with GitLab was very tempting. Since we were a small team working with contractors, we were looking for a monthly subscription and were pretty shocked at immediately being rebuffed and asked to book annually. Genuinely insane at the time how insistent they were that we should simply pay up front for an entire year of seats that were likely never going to be used. We just went with GitHub Their extreme focus on enterprise is probably the reason for the low traction they're getting. Can't believe how much money they're leaving on the table because of some of their more bone headed decisions. Not sure if that ever changed
- apple4ever 2y ago
  > Their extreme focus on enterprise is probably the reason for the low traction they're getting. Can't believe how much money they're leaving on the table because of some of their more bone headed decisions. Not sure if that ever changed That's exactly what happened. But they didn't do it well either. For example, they demanded that all users had to be the same level of subscription. Except many companies had people who would just log in to say use the wiki. But they had to be billed the same $99 a month as a developer who used most features. They were so blinded by chasing dollars they lost market share.
deng 2y ago
It's 30$ now. That additional increase really broke the camel's back for us.
- cdelsolar 2y ago
  You just spent that extra $10 a month writing this comment.
  - Aeolun 2y ago
    It’s the principle of the thing. It’s not because the money is relevant to me, but because getting the thing through purchase approval is like 400% harder by increasing the price from $20 to $30 per user.
  - deng 2y ago
    I'm on vacation, so there goes that theory. We have 400 seats. You do the math, we started with 4$ and within 5 years the price got up to 30$. At some point you just have to question if it's still worth it, and for GitLab, that's a clear No when compared to GitHub.