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Executive Summary
Updated on Mar 20, 2023

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.

  • Ease of Deployment: The initial setup of Bitbucket can be complicated and requires some technical expertise, such as reverse proxy, DNS, and JVM settings. GitHub is considered easy to set up, with a rating of four out of five for ease of deployment.
  • Features: Bitbucket's valuable features include code reviews, DevSecOps support, and extensive merging, branching, and change management capabilities. GitHub offers a flexible platform with a diverse feature set, including the ability to pull from various sources.
  • Pricing: Reviewers say that Bitbucket is the most cost-effective solution among its competitors. GitHub has multiple tiers of pricing with a significant difference in price and features between its Premium and Ultimate versions.
  • Service and support: For Bitbucket, the support has been fine with no downtime, and it's rated an eight out of ten. For GitHub, the customer service is helpful, and it was rated either a four out of five or five out of five.

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.

To learn more, read our detailed Bitbucket vs. GitHub Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"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."

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"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."

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Cons
"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."

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"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "You have to buy additional licenses when you exceed 50 users."
  • "With our small number of users, our licensing fees are approximately $10 USD per month."
  • "Licensing is on a monthly basis, it's available on our website. They have a free version, the pro version and then they have an enterprise version, and we're using a kind of the middle of the pro version for about $7 per user per month."
  • "We have approximately 40 licenses for Bitbucket."
  • "I understand Bitbucket's cost is on the higher side."
  • "I rate the price from Bitbucket a four out of five."
  • "Sometimes there are issues in obtaining licenses and the pricing could be improved."
  • "When it comes to licensing we have the standard plan."
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  • "The private repositories are free, which is very good."
  • "It is open-source. There is no license for GitHub."
  • "The price of this solution is reasonable."
  • "If there are only 10 people using a particular repository, then GitHub is free. But if we increase the number of users, we need to pay the normal charge for GitHub."
  • "We have an enterprise licensing agreement, and I am not part of the finance department so I can't say how much it costs."
  • "I haven't had to pay anything for GitHub, I use the free version."
  • "The licensing model for GitHub is user-based. Whenever the new developer joins we have to get a new license and register their ID. The overall price of the solution is reasonable."
  • "The licensing model from GitHub is very clear."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Its key strength lies in securing and centralizing code repositories.
    Top Answer:It would be beneficial to have a straightforward mechanism for integrating the initial tasks defined in Bitbucket with Jira when the need arises.
    Top Answer: The control is the most valuable feature as developers can work on a single code.
    Top Answer:You don't have to pay for a license if you are using the free version. It gives you all the possible features it has.
    Top Answer:The initial setup requires heavy documentation which can be challenging for new developers.
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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:

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.
    4. 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."

    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.
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    Financial Services Firm22%
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    Government9%
    Media Company9%
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    Educational Organization43%
    Financial Services Firm10%
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    Computer Software Company22%
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    Government11%
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    Manufacturing Company11%
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    Company Size
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    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise39%
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    Bitbucket vs. GitHub
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Bitbucket vs. GitHub and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    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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