Bitbucket is a team-oriented Git-based code hosting and collaboration solution. The best-in-class Jira and Trello integrations in Bitbucket are meant to bring the entire software team together to complete a project. Bitbucket gives your team a single location to collaborate on code from concept to cloud deployment, to generate quality code through automated testing, and to deploy code with confidence.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Bitbucket | 26.6% |
| Bitbucket Server | 19.9% |
| Git | 10.0% |
| Other | 43.5% |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitbucket Server | 4.1 | 19.9% | 85% | 26 interviewsAdd to research |
| GitHub | 4.4 | 8.0% | 100% | 94 interviewsAdd to research |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 18 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 9 |
| Large Enterprise | 20 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 127 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 89 |
| Large Enterprise | 380 |
There are three deployment options for Bitbucket:
This has some advantages over Bitbucket Server:
Bitbucket Features
Bitbucket has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:
Reviews from Real Users
Bitbucket stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust traceability and user-friendly interface. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews:
One PeerSpot reviewer, a Developer III at an Information Technology at a energy/utilities company, writes, “Bitbucket has improved our organization because it has simplified and streamlined our developer communication code and review process. It is also much more visual.” He adds, “Bitbucket's traceability is great. Being able to see pool requests is just a great thing for collaboration.”
Kajal P., Quality Assurance Manager at a tech services company, notes, “The solution is easy to use. If I need to check out my latest code or I need to send my local code to the depositories it is simple. Overall it has been a good experience from my side using this solution."
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees | 4.5 | I've used Bitbucket for five years and find its UI, Jira integration, and security features valuable, though performance can lag during peak times; setup is simple, support is solid, and I prefer it over GitHub despite higher costs. |
| System Analyst at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees | 4.0 | We switched from GitLab to Bitbucket for better performance in version control and CI/CD processes. Bitbucket's ease of use and secure features, like scripting for migration and repository creation, are valuable, though automation improvements are needed. |
| Director at a computer software company with 11-50 employees | 4.5 | I mainly use Bitbucket for source control and building CI/CD pipelines. I appreciate its integration with Jira and its valuable features like branching and pull requests. For future improvement, integration with Copilot could be beneficial. |
| Director of Cloud Solution Group at DTech Cloud Corporation | 4.5 | We use Bitbucket for version control and collaborative development, leveraging its strong Git support and versatile CI/CD automation. While it's the best fit compared to alternatives, improvements in scaling and integration with non-AWS platforms could enhance its value. |
| Senior Software Engineer at Annalect | 5.0 | I use Bitbucket to manage code repositories and maintain a CI/CD pipeline, enabling seamless collaboration among developers on different branches. It efficiently handles merge conflicts, though I wish pull requests could be assigned, which would be an improvement. |
| Software Developer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees | 4.5 | We use Bitbucket as a version control system to manage code versioning and handle deployments. Its history tracking is valuable for understanding project implementations. We previously used GitHub, finding both platforms similar in functionality, with no current improvement needs for Bitbucket. |
| DevOps Lead at Adidas | 4.0 | I mainly use Bitbucket as a code repository with an easy-to-track interface and seamless integration with Atlassian tools. Its pull request feature is helpful, but it lacks CI/CD integration compared to GitLab, and visibility improvements are needed. |
| Senior Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees | 4.0 | I used Bitbucket mainly for analysis and reporting, found it easy to use with helpful visuals, and rated its stability, scalability, and support highly, though I think the pricing is steep and AI integration could improve it. |
