We performed a comparison between Bitbucket and GitHub based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Result: Based on the parameters we compared, GitHub comes out ahead of Bitbucket. Although both products have valuable features and can be estimated as high-end solutions, our reviewers found Bitbucket has a complicated deployment process.
"Bitbucket is a standard git implementation with perfectly coordinated screens, it's secure, and we have had no problems with it."
"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 is has been a good experience from my side using this solution."
"What I liked the most about this program is that it integrates seamlessly with JIRA."
"We use Bitbucket for Jira, Confluence, and Jenkins and we have an automation pipeline. Whenever the coaching is done in Bitbucket we run an automation pipeline from the build, create installations, and tests all in one pipeline. It is done automatically."
"The most valuable feature of Bitbucket is its capabilities."
"Bitbucket lets me create new projects in a few clicks and check out files in a seamless and integrated manner."
"We have approximately 300 to 400 users using this solution. Our whole organization uses it. I rate the scalability of Bitbucket an eight out of ten."
"Bitbucket works fine for what I'm doing. It's slightly different from GitHub, but it's a good tool for storing code."
"I did not have any issues with the stability of Github. It worked seamlessly."
"All the features are valuable, but the most important feature is that GitHub has advanced security. The second important feature is the capability to create custom GitHub actions and the capability to deploy in different types of architectural infrastructures, such as hybrid, private, or public."
"We use GitHub instead of our regular shared drive. It offers instant access to shared folders as well as good security."
"GitHub's version control is valuable."
"GitHub provides the SFH key to protect our passwords and connection."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it can support you for most of the road map and it can automate some tasks which works really well with collaboration with the teams. They are really interested in how they organize the history of the code itself which is good."
"The version control functionality for this solution has been most valuable, especially when managing projects with multiple versions."
"This solution is very easy to use which I like about it. The capacity to own artifacts and share them with others is another good feature. You don't have to write all your code from scratch, you can use available templates and alter the code according to your needs."
"Bitbucket should consider having a CI/CD if they don’t have it already."
"I would like to see the integration with some of the cloud service providers improved."
"There could be more AI features included in the product."
"Bitbucket's stability isn't flawless. It has crashed on me occasionally, but I haven't yet lost anything after a crash."
"It goes well with other Atlassian solutions like Jira or Bamboo, but integration with other third-party solutions is more complex."
"I rate Bitbucket five out of 10 for affordability. It isn't cheap."
"In future releases, more integration is always a valuable aspect to consider."
"Bitbucket can improve by integrating a tool to manage conflict code. This would save time."
"It would be useful to have tutorial videos within the GitHub dashboard."
"I would want to see some form of code security scanning implemented."
"The onboarding process could be simplified."
"Could be more user friendly."
"There could be more integration into Azure."
"We would like this solution to have a more user-friendly interface."
"While using the solution when merging two code branches the code becomes a bit messy. This should be improved in the future."
"The initial setup and implementation could be easier, I had some difficulties with it at first but I don't have a development background."
Bitbucket is ranked 1st in Version Control with 40 reviews while GitHub is ranked 2nd in Version Control with 64 reviews. Bitbucket is rated 8.4, while GitHub is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Bitbucket writes "It's a good solution for storing code, but the usability and integration could be better". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GitHub writes "Beneficial version control and continuous integration, but guides would be helpful". Bitbucket is most compared with Bitbucket Server, AWS CodeCommit, Atlassian SourceTree, IBM Rational ClearCase and Liquibase, whereas GitHub is most compared with Snyk, AWS CodeCommit, Atlassian SourceTree, Fortify on Demand and Checkmarx. See our Bitbucket vs. GitHub report.
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