I use GitHub for development, including version control and container services.
Senior software developer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Efficient development and version control with potential for AI integration
Pros and Cons
- "With GitHub, we can manage our development progress, CID, and continuous integration. It helps streamline our development processes effectively."
- "There could be some improvements related to the automation of certain processes, especially with the integration of artificial intelligence."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
With GitHub, we can manage our development progress, CID, and continuous integration. It helps streamline our development processes effectively.
What is most valuable?
I really like the functions that GitHub offers. The features are very helpful for my needs.
What needs improvement?
There could be some improvements related to the automation of certain processes, especially with the integration of artificial intelligence. This would make some tasks more efficient.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with GitHub for more than one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability of GitHub as nine out of ten. It is very stable for our needs.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
For scalability, I would rate GitHub nine out of ten. It scales well with our requirements.
How was the initial setup?
The setup process for GitHub was straightforward and not complex.
What other advice do I have?
If you are a start-up or a small company with a few projects, GitHub could be expensive because of the management costs.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Security Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Cost-effective and provides good customization and support
Pros and Cons
- "The solution provides good customization and support."
What is our primary use case?
We use GitHub for AI features.
What is most valuable?
GitHub is a cost-effective solution. The solution provides good customization and support.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using GitHub for a couple of years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We haven’t faced any stability issues with GitHub.
How was the initial setup?
The solution’s initial setup is straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
GitHub is a cost-effective solution.
What other advice do I have?
GitHub's branch protection feature is effective in our workflow management. I work with the cloud version of GitHub. The documentation is enough to resolve issues with the solution. People working with Microsoft tech can use GitHub. Microsoft is investing heavily in this tool. Using GitHub depends on users' use cases and their technologies.
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Independent consultant at a hospitality company with 1-10 employees
Reasonably priced, robust, easy to use, and easy to manage
Pros and Cons
- "I like the CI/CD features."
- "The stability can be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We used the product for CI/CD.
What is most valuable?
I like the CI/CD features. The tool was easy for me to use because I had used it for a long time. GitHub is a leader in the domain. Others copy GitHub.
What needs improvement?
The stability can be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used the solution for 15 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten. The vendor modifies many things and provides new releases regularly.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The tool is very scalable and reliable. There is no loss in quality.
How was the initial setup?
It is easy to set up the account and give permissions to others.
What about the implementation team?
The product can be deployed in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product is reasonably priced.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have also used GitLab. There is not much difference between GitLab and GitHub.
What other advice do I have?
I used GitHub in my previous organization. In my current organization, we mostly use Azure. GitHub is easy to use and easy to manage. It's good for integration and for multi-worker projects. It is robust. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Operations Director, India at INTELLIGAIA, INC
Provides good features, helps with task management, and enables collaboration within teams
Pros and Cons
- "The product helps our team collaborate across different locations."
- "The merging features can be improved."
What is our primary use case?
I'm mostly using the solution for the backup repository. We are also using it for bug tracking and Scrum management.
What is most valuable?
I like to do projects using the tool. I also like the check-in and check-out features. The product helps our team collaborate across different locations.
What needs improvement?
The merging features can be improved. The tool has plugins that allow CI/CD integration. It would be helpful if it were available out of the box.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for almost ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is very stable. I rate the stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product is scalable. We had 100 users initially. Now, we have reduced it to 50. The solution is used daily in our organization. The usage will increase as our company grows.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used SVN before. I switched to GitHub due to SVN’s cost.
What other advice do I have?
I will recommend the tool to others. If someone is looking for a repository backup solution, they can use GitHub. It helps with task management. It is helpful in AI development projects. It is a valuable product. It does justice to the price. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Web Designer | WordPress Developer at Edamame Agency
Vital for tracking and maintaining code and is equally useful in collaborative contexts
Pros and Cons
- "GitHub's version control is valuable."
- "It would be good if there were training materials for junior developers."
What is our primary use case?
I use GitHub to keep and maintain my code and have version control. I connect with GitHub through an application called GitHub Desktop.
What is most valuable?
GitHub's version control is valuable. A recent example was when I connected a website with GitHub, which I developed in my local environment on my computer. I kept updating the plugins directly from my computer, and then I deployed the code through GitHub, which reflected directly into the live website. GitHub sped up the development process, and I felt safe because if something went wrong, I could always go back to my previous code, so I wasn't worried I would break the whole website. It is good for developers because they have version control over their code.
Moreover, with GitHub, finding other people's code is easy. There are a lot of users who host their code on GitHub and open it to the public. Sometimes, you can learn from their code or just use their solution, so it's very good for the developer community.
GitHub is good for controlling and managing the code without destroying it.
What needs improvement?
It would be good if there were training materials for junior developers.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've worked with GitHub for about three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
GitHub is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
GitHub is scalable. It's just me using GitHub for my code. But if you had a bigger project with a team, you could always invite anyone to work with the code. GitHub is good for teams because everybody can start with one main code and then open their branch to code freely without destroying any other code. However, there should be one administrator who performs tests to combine each code.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I use the free version of GitHub.
What other advice do I have?
Many big companies use GitHub, such as WooCommerce for example. There are a few ways to use GitHub, like through Terminal. I personally like to use GitHub Desktop because it makes it easier for the user. I rate GitHub a ten out of ten because it is very useful. I remember a time before GitHub when it was quite painful to be a developer. If I'd write code and then want to make an update, I would have to save everything in version one, then version two, and continue doing so for newer and newer versions. Then I'd end up wondering which one was the latest because it was so confusing. GitHub made it much easier to check my code and review it.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Cloud Solutions Architect at gwcloud.company
Highly stable and scalable solution
Pros and Cons
- "I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
- "There is room for improvement in terms of interface."
What is our primary use case?
GitHub is essentially a repository of code. It's where you source your code with the client and allows you to use Git. You get versioning and everything else for multiple deployments or codes. That's how we use it.
How has it helped my organization?
We stopped the development code on our machines, and we moved everything to GitHub. So, everyone is working on the latest code no matter what we do.
What is most valuable?
The accessibility is free.
What needs improvement?
There is room for improvement in terms of interface because I had a problem with developers who didn't know what GitHub was, and it was a little bit strange to explain.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using GitHub for three years. We use the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is very good. It has never let me down.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is okay. You need to know what you're doing.
What was our ROI?
I saw 100% ROI.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Price is free.
What other advice do I have?
It is way better than developing software by yourself. I would definitely recommend using the solution.
Overall, I would rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
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Associate Test Engineer at OSI Consulting, Inc.
You can integrate it with Jenkins for CI/CD.
Pros and Cons
- "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."
- "If you're looking for storing files and code, GitHub is the best and most secure solution."
- "GitHub could add some more security features."
What is most valuable?
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.
What needs improvement?
GitHub could add some more security features.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using GitHub for a year. One of our clients advised us to switch to GitHub, so we did.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
GitHub is stable. I haven't had any issues so far.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have the option to add storage if needed, so it's scalable.
How are customer service and support?
We've never contacted GitHub support. If we have a technical issue, I'll usually search for answers online. It's the same with other data tools like Postman.
How was the initial setup?
GitHub doesn't require any setup. You only need to create an account and a repository. After that, you start adding your files.
What other advice do I have?
I rate GitHub 10 out of 10. I only use it for storage, so I don't have any problems with it. If you're looking for storing files and code, GitHub is the best and most secure solution.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Project Manager at Leyton & Associés, SAS
High availability and useful standard features
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features are GitHub are the standard features, they are very useful."
- "GitHub could improve by being more user-friendly."
What is our primary use case?
GitHub is used to store my source code or raw reports.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features are GitHub are the standard features, they are very useful.
What needs improvement?
GitHub could improve by being more user-friendly.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using GitHub for approximately 15 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
GitHub has high availability.
How are customer service and support?
I have not used the support from GitHub.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used another solution prior to GitHub.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate GitHub an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
CTO at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
A good and stable collaboration tool, that would benefit from a more user-friendly interface
Pros and Cons
- "This product allows us to easily collaborate on development tasks with our subcontractors, and control the workflow as the project progresses."
- "We would like this solution to have a more user-friendly interface."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution to manage and store our development work.
What is most valuable?
This product allows us to easily collaborate on development tasks with our subcontractors, and control the workflow as the project progresses.
What needs improvement?
We would like this solution to have a more user-friendly interface.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been working with this solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have not encountered any issues with the stability of this solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have found this to be an easily scalable solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup for this solution was very straightforward.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We also evaluated Microsoft TSS.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Integrates well with third-party tools and is very user-friendly
Pros and Cons
- "Has great integration with third-party tools."
- "It's easy to integrate with third parties as well as with other build management tools, and it's a really user-friendly tool."
- "The onboarding process could be simplified."
- "There are some minor areas of improvement that could be made, specifically the onboarding processing which I think could be simplified."
What is our primary use case?
We use GitHub for the resource management of our central system. We are customers of GitHub and I'm a solution architect.
What is most valuable?
It's great that GitHub integrates easily with Jenkins. It's helpful for the DevOps as well, checking in and checking out, the solution incorporates well. It's easy to integrate with third parties as well as with other build management tools. It's a really user-friendly tool.
What needs improvement?
There are some minor areas of improvement that could be made, specifically the onboarding processing which I think could be simplified. It would be great if GitHub could integrate with AI and machine learning systems.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is good. We're using it with Microsoft, Docker and Kubernetes, and whenever there's an increase in traffic, we're able to manage that.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously worked on GitLab but find GitHub has many more options and features, particularly in terms of project and SQL management. It was easy to migrate from GitLab to GitHub.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very easy and there are multiple ways to integrate GitHub Dash or to command prompt and that simplifies things. We migrated to pipeline to build and deploy the process.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution eight out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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