GitHub vs Liquibase comparison

GitHub and Liquibase are both solutions in the Version Control category. GitHub is ranked #3 with an average rating of 9.0, while Liquibase is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.0. GitHub holds a 8.5% mindshare in VC, compared to Liquibase’s 3.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of GitHub users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Liquibase users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 19, 2025

GitHub and Liquibase compete in the developer tools category with GitHub leading in collaboration and version control, while Liquibase excels in database schema management. GitHub has an edge with its integration features and pricing, while Liquibase is favored for database-centric projects due to its specialized capabilities.

Features: GitHub is known for branching tools, Git integration, and community resources. Liquibase provides dynamic database change tracking, an audit trail, and command-line interface options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: GitHub's cloud-based deployment offers ease of integration and streamlined support. Liquibase accommodates both cloud and on-premise environments with personalized customer service and in-depth database support.

Pricing and ROI: GitHub's pricing is competitive, offering good ROI for collaborative projects. Liquibase has a higher initial cost, with returns aimed at complex database management processes.

To learn more, read our detailed GitHub vs. Liquibase Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

GitHub

Ranking in Version Control

3rd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (4th), Agile and DevOps Services (2nd)

Liquibase

Ranking in Version Control

7th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Version Control category, the mindshare of GitHub is 8.5%, up from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Liquibase is 3.8%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Version Control Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
GitHub	8.5%
Liquibase	3.8%
Other	87.7%

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Murathan OK

Software Development Manager at a media company with 10,001+ employees

CI/CD workflows have become streamlined and AI support has improved collaborative development

We are using GitHub because it is open-source software, which is the most valuable solution for us. The open source and community support are very good. We are always up-to-date with the community, and integration difficulty is very low. If you integrate any CI/CD solutions on GitHub, it's very easy. We started using GitHub about three months ago with AI integration. For our deployments, some developers can be very shy about asking for descriptions on their commits. We are using AI support for comments and deployment management, which is beautiful. We are not using the GitHub API for automating workflows in our projects. I give GitHub a five-star rating for the review capabilities. I also give GitHub five stars for integration with third-party applications. There is a lot of integration available on GitHub. If you want to integrate something, even if it could be integrated before GitHub, you can make your code and integrate your own in-house applications. It's a very easy and powerful aspect of GitHub.

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Sudheer Kumar Jamjam

Technical Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer at Deloitte

Offers integration with multiple databases, stable product and reduced our manual intervention

I would recommend using it. To learn Liquibase, one should have some database knowledge. If the person is from a DBA background, they would be able to learn quickly. But if they are from an application or infrastructure role, it's medium complex. Before getting started, you should thoroughly go through the documentation and follow the latest changes deployed by the Liquibase product team. Basically, when using the product, you should be able to understand it and stay updated on the latest releases. Overall, I would rate the product a nine out of ten. Organizations should have this kind of tool to reduce manual intervention. The one point they could improve on is documentation, which they haven't clarified, and they need to work on that a lot.

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

"GitHub provides good time reduction and this is what I value the most."

"This product allows us to easily collaborate on development tasks with our subcontractors, and control the workflow as the project progresses."

"GitHub is convenient and easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is help offered by the community for open-source projects."

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

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

"The initial setup was straightforward."

More GitHub pros

"It will be useful for teams to automate and reduce manual work."

"They have some nice features around the automation of rule checking. They have a rules engine that checks the SQL code so that you can actually do your edit checks on the validity of the SQL code. If you don't want certain tables to be able to have certain things done to them, you can have it checked for that. It's a very flexible way to kind of do an automated peer review of the SQL code to catch things before you actually try to deploy it."

"The solution is easy to use, and it has very clear documentation."

Cons

"One thing GitHub could do is probably the same thing as what Sourcetree does. When solving merge conflicts, it would be helpful to have tooltips within the actions to know what changes could happen next when resolving a conflict."

"It would be beneficial if GitHub provided some security scanning for new libraries to ensure that there are no viruses in it."

"The documentation needs to be more concise and easier for developers to understand."

"If we have complex branch strategies, it becomes very complicated to manage all those branches."

"GitHub should work on enhancing its search capability. The tool should add some more features and functionalities."

"The integration with Visual Studio Code could be more streamlined."

"One area for improvement in GitHub could be integration with other tools, such as test management or project management tools."

"I would like to see integration with Slack such that all of the changes made in GitHub are reflected there."

More GitHub cons

"We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue."

"The pricing is quite high."

"One thing we faced issues with is that Liquibase does not show the exact error, which added to the complexity."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 cheaper than Bitbucket."

"GitHub is an open-source application. It's free to use."

"The private repositories are free, which is very good."

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

"GitHub is a cost-effective solution."

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

"It is open-source. There is no license for GitHub."

More GitHub pricing and cost advice

"Liquibase is an open-source solution."

"The pricing is fair."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

29%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	42
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	49

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about GitHub?

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

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitHub?

I was paying approximately one hundred dollars annually about a year ago. I am uncertain of the current cost, but GitHub without Copilot is free as far as I know. I am not paying anything for my Gi...

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What needs improvement with GitHub?

Security could make GitHub better. OWASP Top Ten security advisors could be integrated on GitHub, and it could provide checks and advice. That would be much better. Additionally, LLM integration on...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Liquibase?

Liquibase is an open-source solution. If you are using Liquibase, you need to update its license. I think Liquibase is affordable for our organization.

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What needs improvement with Liquibase?

We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue.

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What is your primary use case for Liquibase?

I have worked on the Liquibase commands, Liquibase updates, Liquibase storeback, and some basic commands from Liquibase. We were using the Docker image installed from the AWS CI/CD, downloading thi...

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Overview

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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Liquibase is a migration-based open source database version control solution that relies on a changelog to track what changesets have been deployed to a database, and what additional changesets needs to be applied to a database in order to migrate a database schema to a specific version. Liquibase supports an XML model for defining changesets so that database schema changes can easily be translated to another DBMS platforms. As an open source solution, Liquibase is ideal for smaller teams and projects or for teams that have ample time to invest in extending and adapting the open source capability to meet their needs.

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