Bitbucket vs Git vs GitHub comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Bitbucket, Git, and GitHub based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Version Control category, the mindshare of Bitbucket is 25.6%, down from 36.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Git is 10.6%, up from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GitHub is 8.2%, up from 5.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Version Control Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Bitbucket	25.6%
GitHub	8.2%
Git	10.6%
Other	55.6%

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Cuneyt-Gurses

Director of Cloud Solution Group at DTech Cloud Corporation

Helps us improve our development workflows and enhance team collaboration

Our primary use case for Bitbucket revolves around version control and collaborative development. We utilize it extensively to manage our codebase, facilitate Git operations, and automate our CI/CD pipelines on the Bitbucket Cloud platform. This setup enables seamless collaboration among our team…

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Grazvydas Govaras

Senior Solution Architect at Danske

Helps to store and version the code

We use the solution for code management to store and version the code. It is the standard service we use for developing applications and infrastructure services You can have a central code repository using Git and have local code branches. I would like to see less updates with the product. I…

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Kamalanadha Reddy

Senior DevOps Engineer at Simplify3x Software Private Limited

Improved deployment pipeline visibility with generally good support

My primary use case involves working with GitHub for code management. I have extensive experience using it for various tasks, such as creating repositories, managing pull requests, and utilizing GitHub Actions for automating workflows GitHub contributes to efficient project management by…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Bitbucket is its issue management."

"Bitbucket works fine for what I'm doing. It's slightly different from GitHub, but it's a good tool for storing code."

"Bitbucket is very secure and easy to handle compared to GitLab."

"You can use Bitbucket to whitelist IP addresses during deployment."

"I find Bitbucket's branching, pull requests, and branch mergers very valuable."

"The product's most valuable feature is output backup."

"Bitbucket is feasible and friendly compared to Visual Studio DevOps on the Microsoft platform."

"The tool helps us manage different versions of code and branches. I like that Bitbucket is similar to Git but may have some vendor support. It has many of the same features as Git."

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"Git is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"The setup process is pretty simple."

"What I find the most valuable about Git is that it is CLI and GUI-supported. People who do not like using the CLI mode can use the GUI mode."

"Git has a lot of online tutorials and resources available."

"The best feature is that we can access it from anywhere if we have GitHub credentials."

"Git is a powerful and mature tool that all software engineers use, whether they use it from the command line with the original version or integrate it with various tools. It helps by promoting collaboration and eliminating problems with code in separate locations. This greatly boosts productivity since you're not lost in a massive local repository, and everything remains organized."

"The product is easy to use."

"The most valuable feature of Git is its reliability and user popularity."

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"Applying GitHub Actions saves so much time for the team because it automates the developer's work to the server."

"GitHub is a fundamental tool in the software industry."

"The ease of the planning board feature in GitHub is very valuable."

"The product's initial setup phase is easy but it is always good to connect with GitHub's team that manages APIs."

"GitHub's merging feature is much better than that of other products because merging is done daily."

"The most valuable feature is the source code management. It's very helpful and it's a great product."

"The most valuable features of GitHub include its ability to integrate with Jira and multiple CI/CD platforms like Techton, allowing for seamless project management."

"The features of GitHub are very nice and helpful for developers."

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Cons

"Bitbucket should come with code review pre-integrated, which would be better than integrating another tool into the solution."

"Sometimes the performance of Bitbucket is lagging; the UI loading part has some glitches at times, creating frustration for the developers."

"Bitbucket's Initial setup is a little complicated because you need to install and configure the solution. It can take one or two days to deploy Bitbucket. If you have a high workload, you can deploy it on multiple server farms as needed"

"Bitbucket should consider having a CI/CD if they don’t have it already."

"The solution is not user-friendly. Right now, the solution is not so easy to understand. It needs to update its design and overall user experience."

"Bitbucket could improve pipeline building and deployment. Our deployments are not using the Bitbucket. Deployments we are going through Azure DevOps, but the integration is happening in Bitbucket."

"I would like to see the integration with some of the cloud service providers improved."

"Bitbucket could improve search and indexing capabilities. There is only basic searching available. There is only the ability to index the main branch but not the subbranches. The search capabilities are dodgy."

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"If another person raises a pull request under the same ID assigned to the previous person, and both parties modify the tool, their changes will be grouped together in the same request until it is closed, which is an issue."

"Git can improve the size of the depository it can handle and add the capability to detect the change between common files, such as Excel and PDF documents."

"If the file changes are on the same line, we need to resolve a merge conflict manually. Let's say there is a merge conflict on line 50 because we have multiple commits on the same line number. Git could add some artificial intelligence to resolve the conflict automatically."

"In our company, we sometimes feel the need to have certain kinds of reports, but we never get those customized reports in Git's dashboard."

"The platform could have a feature for monitoring data recovery similar to Azure."

"Git removed the credential feature."

"I believe there is room for improvement in preventing work loss due to conflicts or overwriting. Another area for improvement could be implementing features for automated code verification within Git."

"The product needs to improve its UI."

More Git cons

"They're improving the work items to track the progress of the team, but in my experience, Azure DevOps is better in this functionality. GitHub needs to improve the form to track the progress of the work done by a team."

"When I was new, I faced challenges with Git commands, such as reversing or deleting mistakes."

"The solution's cost is high and should be reduced."

"There can be conflict issues when two developers work on the same file or line of code, and it would be great to see that improved, possibly with an AI solution."

"The descriptions within Github could be more user-friendly to show the trees of Gitflow."

"The solution could have better support for the Markdown language."

"I would want to see some form of code security scanning implemented."

"There could be some improvements related to the automation of certain processes, especially with the integration of artificial intelligence."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the pricing an eight out of ten because it is cheaper than solutions like GitLab."

"I did not pay for the license as I was using a corporate license. But I think the pricing is fair."

"With our small number of users, our licensing fees are approximately $10 USD per month."

"When it comes to licensing we have the standard plan."

"We have approximately 40 licenses for Bitbucket."

"I rate the product price as two on a scale of one to ten, where ten means that it is a very expensive tool."

"I rate Bitbucket's pricing a five out of ten."

"Bitbucket is a cost-effective solution. It is the cheapest in the market. It is lower than GitLab and GitHub."

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"This is an open-source solution, so there are no licensing fees associated with it, and no extra, 'hidden' charges."

"The platform is less expensive."

"We are using the open-source version, which is available free of charge."

"I am not required to pay due to the small number of users we have. We have a small user base, and we are not using the enterprise version."

"The tool is an open-source product."

"As a student, I didn't have to pay for the license."

"There are some extra costs to Git, but it depends on your use case."

"We use the open-source version."

More Git pricing and cost advice

"There are no licensing fees for the features that we use."

"We have an enterprise licensing agreement, and I am not part of the finance department so I can't say how much it costs."

"It’s an open-source solution."

"If I consider the market standards, the product's price is pocket-friendly."

"I am using the free version of the solution. However, there are some costs my organization pays."

"I use the free version of GitHub."

"GitHub is an open-source product, but when using the free-to-use version, anyone can see the code we're working on."

"I haven't had to pay anything for GitHub, I use the free version."

More GitHub pricing and cost advice

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

17%

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	22

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	21

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	42
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	48

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Bitbucket?

It's straightforward to adapt to, with user-friendly features and a convenient UI.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bitbucket?

Pricing is not based on low cost. It's based on the quality and satisfaction of the services provided. We are not com...

What needs improvement with Bitbucket?

There was integration available between Bitbucket and JIRA for project management, but I did not work much with that ...

What do you like most about Git?

You can have a central code repository using Git and have local code branches.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Git?

Git is an open-source software.

What needs improvement with Git?

There is nothing that could be improved at this time.

What do you like most about GitHub?

The control is the most valuable feature as developers can work on a single code.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitHub?

GitHub is very stable for me with no performance issues.

What needs improvement with GitHub?

When working with the CI/CD pipeline and somebody is writing the workflow file, it would be best to include the AI fe...

Bitbucket Server vs Bitbucket

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Compared 58% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

Bamboo vs Bitbucket

Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Overview

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.

There are three deployment options for Bitbucket:

Bitbucket Cloud is a web-based version of Bitbucket that is hosted on Atlassian's servers and accessible via a URL. Pipelines, an exclusive built-in CI/CD tool in Bitbucket Cloud, allows you to create, test, and deploy directly from Bitbucket.
Bitbucket Server is installed on your computer and runs in your environment. Bamboo, our robust CI/CD platform, has strong connections with Bitbucket Server, allowing you to totally automate your workflow. The license is unlimited.
Bitbucket Data Center appears to users as a single instance of Bitbucket Server, but it is actually hosted on a cluster of servers in your environment.

This has some advantages over Bitbucket Server:

Availability: If one cluster node fails, the remaining cluster node(s) can continue to service requests, resulting in little or no downtime for customers.
Performance at scale: A cluster of numerous Bitbucket Server-running machines can manage more traffic than a single system.
Mirroring: For distributed teams working with large repositories, smart mirroring can increase Git clone performance.

Bitbucket Features

Bitbucket has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Workflow control: This helps you to enforce a project or team workflow.

Cooperation: Pull requests with inline commentary for code review cooperation.

Customization: If you don't find what you're looking for in our Marketplace, you can use our full Rest API to create unique features for your workflow.

Jira and Trello integration: Bring order to the chaos and keep the entire software company informed. Access to Jira issues and Trello cards' branches, build status, commits, and status.

Code collaboration: From concept to cloud, code collaboration is a must. Create a merging checklist with designated approvers and check for passing builds before transitioning Jira issues based on pull request status.

Consistent delivery: With built-in continuous delivery, you can build and test automatically. Build, test, and deploy with Bitbucket Pipelines, our integrated CI/CD solution. Benefit from code-based configuration and quick feedback loops.

Simple deployment: Keep track of your deployments, preview them, and confidently promote them.

Code security: You can rest easy knowing your code is safe on the cloud, and you can use checks to prevent errors from occurring.

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."

Atlassian

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. It outclasses SCM tools like Subversion, CVS, Perforce, and ClearCase with features like cheap local branching, convenient staging areas, and multiple workflows.

GitHub is a web-based Git repository hosting service. It offers all of the distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. Unlike Git, which is strictly a command-line tool, GitHub provides a Web-based graphical interface and desktop as well as mobile integration. It also provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.