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GitLab Valuable Features

Rohit Kesharwani - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Engineering at 7-Eleven
The CI/CD pipelines in GitLab 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. View full review »
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Chief Technology Officer at Acclym
The features I find most useful for our development workflows include Git, merges, branches, code reviews, and pipelines. The code review tool is pretty good, and its general usability is commendable when compared to GitHub. It is user-friendly, easy to use, and easy to administer. GitLab handles a significant amount of repositories, sources, and users effectively without data loss, even though it may slow down occasionally. View full review »
Sriya Sainath - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior Associate at McKinsey

The features that are really useful for my use case generally include pulling, merging, and ensuring the pipeline is upright, which are very intuitive.

It helped me personally and my team to save time and money.

In terms of impact from using GitLab as an all-in-one DevOps platform, it helped with my project development life cycle.

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Raveen Aggarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
It Architect at UBS Financial

I find all the CICD pipelines valuable, along with the simplicity it offers developers. When comparing it, certain features available in Jira are not present. Specifically, the ability to have weights at the milestone and epic levels does not exist. However, the security features are good and restrictive.

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Gaurav Chandel - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS DevOps/ Site Reliability Engineer at Tata Consultancy

GitLab enhances productivity and reduces time since many tasks are automated. I appreciate the team collaboration it offers, enabling multiple people to work on the same Git repository seamlessly. 

Additionally, it streamlines our DevOps processes with automated CI/CD pipelines.

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Andrea PICCININI - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Software Architect at ANAC - Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione

The CI/CD pipeline with Helm has significantly improved deployment speed and efficiency. Before using this solution, our deployments took four to five hours. Now, we can deploy applications in ten minutes. The Ultimate version offers enhanced features for security scanning through DAST and SAST analysis, which have greatly benefitted our project workflow.

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Mikhael Ibrahim - PeerSpot reviewer
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

GitLab's source control is excellent. Having the source control and pipeline in the same platform makes integration seamless. It is already integrated, with no need to configure any webhooks or other settings. 

Implementing CI/CD with GitLab has accelerated the time to market significantly. As we implement automated testing and DevSecOps, it speeds up the process by forty to sixty percent.

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Sarfaraz Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Application Developer at IBM

The most valuable aspects of GitLab are the ability to create branches, merge branches, and compare branches to resolve code conflicts. 

The documentation provided by GitLab is very comprehensive, which is useful for resolving queries. GitLab's logs are also beneficial for tracking the status of our CI/CD pipeline.

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reviewer2603940 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The feature I appreciate the most about GitLab is its ease of use and compatibility, which allows for straightforward building and deployment processes. 

Continuous integration with deployment is very powerful, which is a significant reason for migrating from TFS to GitLab. Its documentation is extensive, and YAML files are user-friendly, making the deployment process more or less straightforward.

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SwapnilBorude - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder at Fineshift Software Pvt Ltd

GitLab is robust software and easy to use. There is excellent documentation available on their site but it can be overwhelming for early learners. 

They incorporate new features every September, and they have introduced their own code editor and AI features.

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Cuneyt-Gurses - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Cloud Solution Group at DTech Cloud Corporation

In our software development lifecycle, GitLab is used as a component for code repository management. We use GitLab for several projects to handle code repositories. For other software projects, we use Bitbucket, but the use case for both is very similar.

Many global users prefer GitLab for its enhanced pipeline automation for CI/CD features. It stands out among source code managers due to its parent-child pipeline feature. If users want to leverage this feature, they should consider using it. It’s not the only platform with this capability, but GitLab excels in automating many operations and offers integration with other platforms.

The solution supports platforms like Azure, GCP, and AWS. This capability makes it a preferred choice, even though other platforms also offer similar integration features. Additionally, GitLab’s tendency to be independent of ownership by another major company makes it an attractive option for many developers who prefer cloud usage

The tool's UI is good. 

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OA
Software Test Manager at ASELSAN

The CI/CD process is very efficient. We are utilizing the pipelines extensively and gaining significant benefits from GitLab.

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Corné den Hollander - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Owner at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's a great toolbox where the CI/CD pipeline is the fundamental component, but there are so many other features that you can pull from, which makes it a very powerful tool. My current client is using AWS, and they can, of course, use AWS CodePipeline, but GitLab is much more mature than that, and it also gives you the freedom to decide to go to another platform or have a multi-cloud strategy and things like that. That freedom for me is also very valuable.

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reviewer2254248 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principle Product Manager at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

The important feature is the entire process of versioning source code maintenance and easy deployment. It is a necessity for the CI/CD pipeline.

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Syed Mustafa Imam - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at NayaPay

CI/CD is valuable for me. The product also has a monitoring feature connected to Grafana. It helps with alerts. We are using the free GitLab Community Edition. It has a lot of great features.

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Vishnu Ramachandra - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at Suraksha

GitLab's scoop is like a lifesaver. It's very crucial for us in our company to use some of those scripts from GitLab, either for health checks or building new connectors is very important for us, and at times, with GitLab, you don't even need to build the connectors.

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DC
DevOps manager at a engineering company with 201-500 employees

In 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. I haven't utilized GitLab's security scanning capabilities yet. 

We plan to integrate tools like Sonicheap for code security. Currently, we use another product for security, focusing on Q4 security points.

We have used GitLab's features selectively for added security. We don't store passwords directly but use a secret manager and tools to sync passwords securely to our deployment environment.

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Prince_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Salesforce Release Engineer at Cognizant

The tool helps to integrate CI/CD pipeline deployments. It is very easy to learn. Its security model is good. 

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Senior Project Manager at Wipro Limited

We have seen a couple of merge requests or pull requests raised in GitLab. I see the interface, the way it shows the difference between the two source codes, that it is easy for anyone to do the review and then accept the request; the pull request is the valuable feature. 

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Prasant Pokarnaa - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Head - DevOps at Datamato Technologies

The best part of the solution is it's a single platform, and this platform can help you do your required management, your source code management, your build management, your test management, artifact management, deployment management, et cetera. If this solution was not there, you'd have to put three or four different products together to do all the activities. With this, we are using one single product, including security. Everything is happening on a single platform. It is lean and easy management with no complexities and no integration issues. This one platform is able to do everything for us.

The solution has an established roadmap that lays out its plans for upgrades over the next two to three years. 

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CT
DevOps Engineer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The user interface is really good so that helps with huge teams who need to collaborate. 

The solution is great for SCM, depository management, building, and CI/CD.

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OA
Software Test Manager at ASELSAN

The most important features of GitLab for us are issue management and all the CI/CD tools. Another aspect that I love about GitLab is the UI.

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Sunny Nair - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect and Senior Consultant at Keysight Technologies

The solution's service delivery model is fantastic. 

Integrations connect to the cloud server and are easy to use. 

The solution offers good security and stability. 

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Saurav Krishna - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineering and AI Intern at .3Lines Venture Capital

The solution makes the CI/CD pipelines easy to execute. 

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MohamedElazzouzi - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager de production SI technique et corporate at inwi

I like GitLab's security and SAS tools.

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Petronela Ghergulov - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Quality Analyst at Visteon Corporation

I didn't have an option when coming to this solution. It was imposed on me. That said, I've had no problems so far. 

The solution is stable.

The scalability is good.

My understanding is that the setup is straightforward. 

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AM
DevOps/Cloud Lead at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees

The CI/CD functionality as a whole is pretty helpful and nice to have. Their CI/CD engine is very mature. It's very comprehensive and flexible, and compared to other projects, I believe that GitLab is number one right now from that perspective.

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VT
Senior Test Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Basically, it was up to the mark. The solution did what it was supposed to do.

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Filipe-Marcelino - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Digital Solutions at Bravantic

The most valuable functionality of GitLab, for me, is the DevOps. Besides the normal source control based on Git, I find the Auto DevOps features most important in the solution.

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Zoran Kos - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Windhoff Group

The solution's most valuable features are pipelines. GitLab allows you to automate things and show them diagrammatically.

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reviewer1411572 - PeerSpot reviewer
Researcher at the InfoCloud Research Group at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

CI/CD, GitLab scanning, and the cloud are the most valuable features. 

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RiteshKapse - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Analyst at Envidia Graphics Private Limited

The most valuable features of GitLab are the CI/CD pipeline and code management.

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Ali Toksoy - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at Ekinoks Software

Configuration and source management are the most valuable aspects of the solution.

It offers an easy initial setup. 

The solution is stable.

I find the product scalable. 

It's not overly expensive. 

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Udaysimha Nerella - PeerSpot reviewer
Specialist Data Analysis vehicle safety at Cubeware

We're only using the basic features of GitLab and haven't used any advanced features. The solution works fine, so that's what we like about GitLab. We're party using GitHub and GitLab. We have a GitHub server, while we use GitLab locally or only within our team, and it works okay. We don't have any significant problems with the solution.

We also found the straightforward setup, stability, and scalability of GitLab valuable.

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Nakul Kundaliya - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead Developer at Mayora Infotech

The most valuable feature of GitLab is the automatic merging of code.

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LD
Information Technology Division Director at Ethiopian Roads Administration

GitLab also does the merging . The merging feature makes it easy later on for the deployment.

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PS
DevOps Lead at Adidas

GitLab's best features are continuous integration and fast deployment.

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Alexandru Zeevleanu - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Team Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The most valuable features of GitLab are the merge request approvals, package repository, and that GitLab CI/CD pipelines plans are written in YAML.

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Nor EL MALKI - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Leyton & Associés, SAS

The most valuable features of GitLab are ease of use and highly intuitive UI and performance.

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Javad_Talebi - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud architect at Vodafone

The look of the user interface is good. I have seen many features here that I don't see in BitBucket.

We like the automatic deployment for different environments. For example, if you want to deploy your application for the Azure system, Azure Cloud, you have the default configuration for them. That's true for Amazon or a VM, for example, as well. 

They provide default templates for products.

It is an easy setup.

The solution is stable.

It scales well.

I have a free version. It is open-source.

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reviewer1251984 - PeerSpot reviewer
Tool Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

CI/CD is very good. The version control system is also good. These are the two features that we use.

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reviewer1430709 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees

GitLab is very useful for pipelines, continuous integration, and continuous deployment. It is also stable.

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SB
CTO at Dokument IT d.o.o.

The solution's most valuable feature is that it is compatible with GitHub. The product's integration capabilities are sufficient for our small company of 35 people.

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Jay_Kim - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at OSC Korea

GitLab is very well-organized and easy to use. Also, it offers most features that customers need. So I think it's one of the best solutions compared to other options. So, it's the most capable and easiest tool.

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CC
Solution Manager at PCCW

I have found the most valuable feature is security control. I also like the branching and cloning software.

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John Mark Castro - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Quality Analyst at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

For us, Gitlab's most valuable feature is the integration with Cypress. We're using Cypress as an automation tool, so we're using GitLab as a tool for running in parallel.

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reviewer1992327 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The interface is much more user friendly than competitor products. 

The merge request tool is very valuable. 

It is easy to perform code and peer reviews. 

Key features allow creation of well-presented Wiki that includes ideas, development, and domains. 

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Kumara Swamy - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development Engineer in Test at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I have found the most valuable features of GitLab are the GitClone, GitPush, GitPull, GitMatch, GitMit, GitCommit, and GitStatus.

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Zeeshan Haider - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior AI Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

GitLab is kind of an image of GitHub, so it gives us the flexibility to monitor our changes in the repos. Multiple people can work on the same code and make various branches. We can merge them together and resolve conflicts. This feature makes development quite fast. Everybody gets to work on their own feature independently without waiting for someone else to complete their code first.

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RameshL - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Most of the features are pretty good.

The code merging capability is something that we use very frequently. Merging code is a big factor for us because most of our teams use GitLab.

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reviewer1579953 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

I like that you can use GitLab as a double-sided solution for both DevOps and version management. It's a good product for working in these two areas, and the user interface makes it easy to understand.

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BA
IT Processes Methodologist at Gysan Gmart

Of all available products, it was the easiest to use and easy to install.

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JO
SCRUM Master at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The source-code repository is great. 

I really like the pipelines.

The stability is good. 

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BalakrishnanS - PeerSpot reviewer
Engeener at Dell EMC

It is easy to manage.

GitLab integrates well with other platforms.

The automation is good.

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Andrea PICCININI - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Software Architect at ANAC - Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione

Overall, we've been very satisfied with the solution.

Our partner is very helpful if we need technical support. 

We like that we can have an all-encompassing product and don't have to implement different solutions.

The solution can scale. 

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Jagadeeswara Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I like GitLab from the CI/CD perspective. It is much easier to set up CI/CD and then integrate with other tools.

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GM
Cloud Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

It is very useful for code reviews and merging operations. Review analytics is available to users with reporter access and displays a table of open merge requests. Many merge requests can be added to the train. Each merge request runs its own merged results pipeline, which includes the changes from all of the other merge requests. If the pipeline for a merge request fails, the breaking changes are not merged, and the target branch is unaffected. It is very useful for merging our code and tracking another branch before giving release. Its interface is straightforward to see all process.

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RP
System and Storage Engineer at Harsco Corporation

At this point, I think the features are declining. 

We like that we can create branches and then the branches can be reviewed and you can mesh those branches back. You can independently work with your own branch, you don't need to really control the core of other people. 

There could be more features in GitLab, but we are as of now not using the full-fledged feature set. 

Another good feature is the code review, which also helps us with peer review. It helps in giving part of the code and giving back whatever the branch that the developer is working on. It can then be merged once it is thoroughly reviewed. Those are certain things that I think are helpful from a developer's point of view. It provides or mandates quantitative code into the master.

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KK
Co-Founder at Akhter Studio

Git hosting has an integration with ACD which is why we liked this solution in the first place.

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KM
Co Founder and Technical Architect at Think NYX Technologies LLP

The SaaS setup is impressive, and it has DAST solutioning. It also has dependency check and scanning mechanisms. If we were using other solutions, they would have to be configured, and we would have to set them us as a third party, but GitLab is straightforward. GitLab is a single solution that helps us do everything we need.

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reviewer1454061 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Line manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature of GitLab is the ability to upload scripts and make changes when needed and then reupload them. Additionally, the solution is user-friendly.

I have not explored the solution fully but the features that I have used have been good.

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SS
Application development specialist at Eccenter

GitLab has repository and deployment features that are integrated into one solution. This is its most valuable feature.

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Hanif Shaikh - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-founder & Partner at idiligence Solution

GitLab's best features are maintenance, branch integration, and development infrastructure.

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reviewer1640307 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Development Team Lead R&D at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

As a developer, this solution is useful as a repository holder because most of the POC projects that we have are on GitLab. 

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Santy Nelson - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Head at Microgenesis Techsoft Private limited

The most valuable feature of GitLab is its security.

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reviewer1652133 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

I have found the solution has good performance.

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reviewer1270920 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software QA Test Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I like that it's easy to deploy our services over GitLab. The customer support is also good with a really active community. You have a lot of support that you can get online with your stack. That is probably one of the benefits of using GitLab. It's also really fast.

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reviewer1564743 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The most valuable features of Gitlab are integration with CIE and the ability to rapidly deploy solutions, projects, and applications. It is very easy to use, and there are no complaints.

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reviewer1500300 - PeerSpot reviewer
UAS Innovation Group Lead at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

It is very easy to use.

This product is always evolving, and they listen to the customers.

It solves what the customers what.

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reviewer1322850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at a mining and metals company with 51-200 employees

GitLab offers a good interface for doing code reviews between two colleagues.

The continuous integration feature is good.

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Zeeshan Rauf - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at OZ

The best thing is that as the developers work on separate tasks, all of the code goes there and the other team members don't have to wait on each other to finish. We can all work on our code in tandem.

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reviewer1295343 - PeerSpot reviewer
Partenaire, CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The most valuable feature of GitLab is the level of control that it offers. I have more control over everything.

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reviewer1393092 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer / Team Lead at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

The solution is similar to all the repository tools or the work tools on the market. I like it and find it quite easy to use. 

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reviewer1417221 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Software Engineering at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Overall, our team is happy with the solution.

The CI/CD pipeline management is the solution's most valuable aspect.

Everything is easy to configure and easy to work with. Our team finds it to be very user-friendly.

Generally, the volume control is very good.

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BU
Cloud Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

In GitLab, the most valuable feature is using information with a repository and using a containerized approach. You can use containers to create different jobs. 

The dashboard and interface make it easy to use.

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reviewer1249881 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Designer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature of GitLab is its convenience. I am able to trace back most of my changes up to a far distance in time and it helps me to analyze and see the older version of the code.

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CB
Team Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

GitLab's best feature is Actions.

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Cuneyt Gurses - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect, DevOps Engineer at sonne technology

It is a speedy platform compared to the others I have used. I have also enjoyed using the platform as this solution offers a good user experience. 

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Premkumar Kadam - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at ETP Group

We use GitLab in the new project for CI/CD, integration, and deployment.

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SG
Director Technology at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

We use the Git repository and tagging feature. We are a product-based company and use this solution to move to a forward or backward tag.

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