Helix Core and Bitbucket are popular version control systems with distinct advantages. Helix Core has the upper hand in scalability and performance for large projects, while Bitbucket excels in integration with Atlassian products.
Features: Helix Core offers customizable features, robust performance, and scalability. It is praised for handling large files and has advanced branching and merging capabilities. Bitbucket provides strong integration with Jira and other development tools, offers user-friendly repository management, and supports seamless integration within the Atlassian ecosystem.
Room for Improvement: Helix Core needs a more intuitive modern interface, better built-in code review tools, and streamlined user experience. Bitbucket requires improved performance with large repositories, more flexible permissions management, and enhanced scalability for larger teams.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Helix Core offers flexible deployment options for in-house and cloud setups, with responsive customer service. Bitbucket is easy to deploy in cloud environments but has limited deployment flexibility and slower customer response times.
Pricing and ROI: Helix Core is considered more expensive but provides high ROI due to its performance and scalability benefits. Bitbucket is cost-effective, with users valuing its integrations and user-friendly interface, yielding substantial ROI for smaller teams due to its lower cost.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Bitbucket | 26.6% |
| Helix Core | 3.1% |
| Other | 70.3% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 22 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 11 |
| Large Enterprise | 22 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Midsize Enterprise | 1 |
| Large Enterprise | 6 |
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:
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."
Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management System, is a tool that versions and manages source code and digital assets for enterprises. Perforce is easy to install, learn and administer; seamlessly handles distributed development; and supports developers across a large number of platforms. Perforce ensures development integrity by grouping multi-file updates into atomic changes, enables concurrent development, and intelligently manages multiple software releases using its Inter-File Branching system.
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