We performed a comparison between GitLab and IBM Engineering Workflow Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Agile Planning Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"GitLab is kind of an image of GitHub, so it gives us the flexibility to monitor our changes in the repos."
"It is scalable."
"The solution has an established roadmap that lays out its plans for upgrades over the next two to three years."
"GitLab offers a good interface for doing code reviews between two colleagues."
"A user friendly solution."
"The initial setup of GitLab is pretty simple, with no complications."
"GitLab integrates well with other platforms."
"The most valuable features of the solution are highly customizable reports and visibility for all the higher management."
"Agile templates give us a standard methodology for every Agile project. Also, the ability to create our own object types and linkages to features/epics allows us to enhance the verification of feature readiness."
"We can track the status of test cases (passed or saved) in a single view. Based on releases and other attributes, we generate various reports and extract metrics from the data."
"Traceability reporting is inbuilt and includes all your requirements."
"All of the features work together to provide a powerful holistic solution - from the dashboard all the way through to security."
"Work distribution among team members and accountability for completion with a clearer picture."
"Good for managing stories, sprints, hydration and releases."
"I believe there's room for improvement in the advanced features, particularly in enhancing the pipeline functionalities."
"Atlassian offers more products than GitLab. GitLab offers source control management, version control and collaboration between developers. Atlassian offers features on top of this as well as more integration points for developers."
"As a partner, sometimes it's difficult to get support. They have a really complicated procedure for their support."
"The solution does not have many built-in functions or variables so scripting is required."
"The documentation is confusing."
"The integration could be slightly better."
"It should be used by a larger number of people. They should raise awareness."
"Reporting could be improved."
"Some administrative tasks are difficult to perform. These could be simplified."
"Lacks ability to customize and reporting can be slow."
"Teams need clearer pictures of resource availability in charts and dashboards along with plans."
"We have encountered issues with stability. We have seen where the entire system kind of goes for a toss when certain people use certain types of queries, which are very costly. Then the system kind of slows down a bit, and we have to monitor it."
"The solution is very heavily vendor dependent."
"If you have multiple projects on one server, the tool becomes very slow, and some reports take longer to load."
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GitLab is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 70 reviews while IBM Engineering Workflow Management is ranked 10th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 15 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while IBM Engineering Workflow Management is rated 6.8. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Engineering Workflow Management writes "Offers good traceability elements but UI needs improvement ". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Bamboo, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton, whereas IBM Engineering Workflow Management is most compared with Jira, Codebeamer, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Polarion ALM and Endevor. See our GitLab vs. IBM Engineering Workflow Management report.
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