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GitLab vs Planview AgilePlace comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.6
GitLab improves ROI by increasing efficiency, reducing deployment time, and enhancing DevOps through cost-saving, automation, and vulnerability management.
Sentiment score
6.7
Planview AgilePlace eases administrative burdens, supports remote work, and satisfies board demands despite some users' focus on anecdotal benefits.
We have saved time significantly, reducing deployment time from four hours to five minutes per deployment.
Migrating to GitLab is bringing time-saving benefits, and everything is easier to automate.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
GitLab's support varies by license; paid users praise responsiveness, while free version users rely on community forums and documentation.
Sentiment score
8.0
Planview AgilePlace's support is praised for responsiveness and effective assistance, though feature enhancement timelines can be frustrating.
They utilize a severity and priority ticket system, with corresponding SLAs, to address our inquiries efficiently.
I have had meetings where they taught me, explained things, and provided guidance for starting from scratch.
We have rarely needed to escalate issues to technical support since GitLab usually runs seamlessly.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
GitLab's scalable container architecture supports diverse environments, flexible deployment, and smooth integration, despite some configuration and scaling challenges.
Sentiment score
7.3
Planview AgilePlace supports large-scale operations, effective integrations, and agile methodologies, ensuring stable performance and benefiting diverse global teams.
It has all the features required for our coding and deployment needs, which makes it scalable to our changing requirements.
For scaling, other deployment options from GitLab's side need to be adopted.
In terms of scalability, GitLab in the cloud is easy to scale.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
GitLab is highly stable and reliable, with minor issues mainly under heavy load or during updates.
Sentiment score
7.7
Planview AgilePlace and LeanKit are praised for stability, with minimal downtime and quick resolution of issues.
I have not encountered any performance or stability issues with GitLab so far.
The updates are frequent and demanding, happening at least once a week due to security reasons.
 

Room For Improvement

GitLab users seek improved CI/CD automation, integrations, user interface, project management, security, pricing, and support for enhanced usability.
Planview AgilePlace users seek improved integrations, scrum, reporting, project management features, and pricing adjustments for better functionality and flexibility.
It would be beneficial to have a user-friendly interface for setting up these configurations, instead of just writing YAML files.
It is essential to conduct proper testing, such as unit tests and code coverage, within the SDLC pipelines.
Improvements are needed for stability, as the system tends to degrade over a few days and often requires a restart.
 

Setup Cost

GitLab provides flexible pricing with open-source access and paid tiers, catering to different enterprise needs and budgets.
Enterprise users find Planview AgilePlace pricing worthwhile, appreciating FLEX licensing for application consolidation and favorable agreements.
The pricing of GitLab is reasonable, aligning with what I consider to be average compared to competitors.
The cost depends on the subscription plan adopted, such as premium or ultimate, typically charged per user.
Even when working in other small organizations, we opted for GitLab as it was cost-efficient.
 

Valuable Features

GitLab excels in UI, CI/CD, code management, and integration, offering user-friendly, efficient, and scalable development and deployment features.
Planview AgilePlace boosts productivity with customizable Kanban boards, easy work tracking, and seamless integration for enhanced project management.
The Ultimate version offers enhanced features for security scanning through DAST and SAST analysis, which have greatly benefitted our project workflow.
By integrating GitLab as a DevOps platform, we have enhanced agility, improved our time to market, and different teams can work collaboratively on various projects.
As we implement automated testing and DevSecOps, it speeds up the process by forty to sixty percent.
 

Categories and Ranking

GitLab
Ranking in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
84
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (9th), Build Automation (1st), Release Automation (2nd), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (7th), Rapid Application Development Software (11th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (5th), Fuzz Testing Tools (2nd), DevSecOps (3rd)
Planview AgilePlace
Ranking in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools
11th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (17th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Enterprise Agile Planning Tools category, the mindshare of GitLab is 26.9%, down from 32.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Planview AgilePlace is 2.0%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Rohit Kesharwani - PeerSpot reviewer
Improved agility and time to market with CI/CD enhancements
The CI/CD pipelines in GitLab ( /products/gitlab-reviews ) are highly valuable. Another important feature is the single source of repository, allowing efficient repository management and source code management. GitLab provides manageability by allowing us to manage source code effectively through separate repositories. Additionally, GitLab enables the creation of individual CI/CD pipelines for each repository, making software more agile. By integrating GitLab as a DevOps platform, we have enhanced agility, improved our time to market, and different teams can work collaboratively on various projects.
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Gives us visibility into projects and enables users to leave comments on different projects
We use the submit feedback button pretty often. I encourage the teams to use that if they see anything that could be improved. But we've been really happy with how fast LeanKit improves. The biggest improvement would be the API and data connections and making the data more accessible or quicker to access. One of our team members has brought up actual-time tracking on a card as a potential improvement. They had an interest in knowing how long a specific card had been worked on by a specific user or somebody that was assigned to that card. But there's not really a way for them to start and stop a time that they were actually working on it, except for if we created a different lane and they dragged it into the lane and then stopped using it in the lane. They requested that there'd be some sort of timer function on each one of the tasks.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
21%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Insurance Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about GitLab?
I find the features and version control history to be most valuable for our development workflow. These aspects provide us with a clear view of changes and help us manage requests efficiently.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitLab?
The pricing and cost are on par with other tools and are neither too expensive nor cheap.
What needs improvement with GitLab?
One significant feature we lack is the configuration that enforces code reviews, which simplifies the development life cycle. Unfortunately, this is available only at a higher license level than we...
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Also Known As

Fuzzit
Planview LeanKit, LeanKit
 

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Sample Customers

1. NASA  2. IBM  3. Sony  4. Alibaba  5. CERN  6. Siemens  7. Volkswagen  8. ING  9. Ticketmaster  10. SpaceX  11. Adobe  12. Intuit  13. Autodesk  14. Rakuten  15. Unity Technologies  16. Pandora  17. Electronic Arts  18. Nordstrom  19. Verizon  20. Comcast  21. Philips  22. Deutsche Telekom  23. Orange  24. Fujitsu  25. Ericsson  26. Nokia  27. General Electric  28. Cisco  29. Accenture  30. Deloitte  31. PwC  32. KPMG
REA Group, Thompson Reuters
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