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Canonical Bazaar vs GitHub comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Canonical Bazaar
Ranking in Version Control
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
GitHub
Ranking in Version Control
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
102
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (4th), Agile and DevOps Services (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Version Control category, the mindshare of Canonical Bazaar is 3.8%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GitHub is 9.5%, up from 7.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Version Control Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GitHub9.5%
Canonical Bazaar3.8%
Other86.7%
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Featured Reviews

it_user1077 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Bazaar is an excellent open source version control system, which allows you to track project history
A great tool to work on projects in a collaborative environment.It also provides an ability to commit work on local machines, in case of no internet connection. Sometime it takes too long to display the differences in working tree, between revisions. Several operations are…
Abdulmunafz Mct - PeerSpot reviewer
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
Daily workflows have become streamlined as I manage projects, learn from clones, and host sites
The thing that has frustrated me is sometimes when I push using a Git command, I need to force the push, which is the main thing. The setup is frustrating because GitHub could add a repository with pre-installed packages or something since I need to install packages in VS Code before pushing and maintain it in the codebase. Git packages need to be installed manually, and if that was already in a GitHub repository, that would be much better. GitHub packages can be installed previously for the project upon the project requirement, and that is the thing I wanted to add here. That would be good. According to governance and security, I recently heard about some security issues in GitHub. I think that could be centralized and should consider those security issues and clear them. The AI capabilities there include Copilot or something else. I recently heard about security issues, but I do not know about it clearly. However, if security has been more tightened, it will be better.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"A great tool to work on projects in a collaborative environment."
"We are using GitHub for all of our repositories where we can store the code, collaborate with different developers, build, and create a pipeline."
"The technical support of the solution is good, and our company has used it for GitHub upgrades."
"If you're looking for storing files and code, GitHub is the best and most secure solution."
"All the features are valuable, but the most important feature is that GitHub has advanced security."
"GitHub have a built-in software application development environment and this has been most useful."
"I find GitHub's pull request strategies and GitHub Actions to be very valuable."
"GitHub has many features, and it can be very good, such as having repositories, helping clear doubts through community answers and badges, and showcasing my metrics so potential employers can see my commits and activity."
"GitHub allows us the option to push files from a non-UA method or directly upload files from the UA. You can integrate GitHub with Jenkins to do CI/CD."
 

Cons

"Sometime it takes too long to display the differences in working tree, between revisions."
"The descriptions within Github could be more user-friendly to show the trees of Gitflow."
"We are not able to access GitHub from our VPN."
"I'd like to see a better search function."
"The GUI design is poor, so I exclusively use the CLI, which is much easier to use and understand. It would be great to see the GUI updated to be more user-friendly."
"The GitHub repository needs an upgraded user interface and overall UI improvements."
"GitHub could have better integration or capability with other solutions."
"The stability can be improved."
"We would like this solution to have a more user-friendly interface."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I think, in terms of price, GitHub is okay compared to other tools."
"GitHub is a cost-effective solution."
"We pay a licensing fee for GitHub, which could be cheaper."
"The licensing model from GitHub is very clear."
"There are no licensing fees for the features that we use."
"I am using the free version of the solution. However, there are some costs my organization pays."
"My company purchased it. Before, we used to receive the free version, but then they purchased some of the features."
"The product is reasonably priced."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise55
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitHub?
I have been using GitHub for free, and recently I got a free education offer, such as educational resources. I believe it is GitHub Pro or something similar. I have been using the educational offer...
What needs improvement with GitHub?
When we were using GitHub, sometimes within a month or two, GitHub is down for some time. Also, it is using SAML authentication, so when we restart our system, if there is an update on our laptop t...
What is your primary use case for GitHub?
My main use case for GitHub is as a source repository where I'm pushing our code there. Whatever the microservices or the services code we have, we are pushing there. We are running our build and s...
 

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