We performed a comparison between Bitbucket and GitHub based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Result: Based on the parameters we compared, GitHub comes out ahead of Bitbucket. Although both products have valuable features and can be estimated as high-end solutions, our reviewers found Bitbucket has a complicated deployment process.
"It seems to be quite scalable."
"We have a couple of different tools that allow us to tie source code changes to report bugs. It's integrated with a bug tracking system and also integrated with what requires a tracking system. So we have better facilities. We get with the command line and can type all that stuff in and get the same kind of trust, but when we d it all manually, it's not likely to happen."
"You can use Bitbucket to whitelist IP addresses during deployment."
"Bitbucket is a standard source code repository with all the features you would expect. It supports Git and SVN. It's an extensive tool that provides us with merging, branching, and change management capabilities. You can compare the changes with the current and previous versions."
"This is a very dependable product that is easy to use and it has an excellent GUI interface."
"The product's most valuable feature is output backup."
"Bitbucket is a standard git implementation with perfectly coordinated screens, it's secure, and we have had no problems with it."
"Bitbucket has a pull request-based method, similar to Git's merge request feature."
"GitHub is pure or open-source; you can access it anywhere. You can have a lot of collateral information. You can make the changes and do the reviews from one place."
"The most valuable feature is the source code management. It's very helpful and it's a great product."
"Our code is secure."
"GitHub's source code management is top-notch. It's easy to inspect changes and visualize code and differences. Their action system is comprehensive in terms of making changes and automation."
"We've found the technical support to be very helpful."
"It has a lot of features from the code development perspective. You get a lot of features such as repo, commit, merge, and branch. You can play around and do things on the fly. It is easy and simple to deploy. It is also easier to use when working from home."
"GitHub is good for collaboration because everyone can access it or we can restrict access to a few users. If I upload a file and share the URL, it's not restricted to a set number of users. Everyone with the link can download the files."
"This product allows us to easily collaborate on development tasks with our subcontractors, and control the workflow as the project progresses."
"Bitbucket should consider having a CI/CD if they don’t have it already."
"Currently, what's lacking in Bitbucket is the assignment feature."
"We need an improved automation feature for the cloud."
"The product could be less expensive for small companies."
"Bitbucket could improve pipeline building and deployment. Our deployments are not using the Bitbucket. Deployments we are going through Azure DevOps, but the integration is happening in Bitbucket."
"The scalability for the cloud version can be improved."
"Sometimes we struggle with searching on repositories. It is a bit challenging sometimes to pinpoint the code or repositories when just filtering by repositories."
"Technical support is not very fast."
"We would like this solution to have a more user-friendly interface."
"The only thing I see missing in GitHub is that it isn't very user friendly for key personnel who don't have in-depth, technical knowledge. In Jira, there are many functions to upload our test cases, and in GitHub we can only do it manually. There are functions which can be used to upload different files, but that still requires some technical knowledge. A layman cannot do it."
"The initial setup and implementation could be easier, I had some difficulties with it at first but I don't have a development background."
"GitHub storage is one of the main requirements and it could improve."
"It would be useful to have tutorial videos within the GitHub dashboard."
"The solution should have less integration with the AI part, but it needs to add features with other automation tools so that it can be easily integrated."
"It is difficult to merge a code or restore it to an older version."
"I would like to see integration with Slack such that all of the changes made in GitHub are reflected there."
Bitbucket is ranked 1st in Version Control with 42 reviews while GitHub is ranked 3rd in Version Control with 64 reviews. Bitbucket is rated 8.4, while GitHub is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Bitbucket writes "It's a good solution for storing code, but the usability and integration could be better". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GitHub writes "Beneficial version control and continuous integration, but guides would be helpful". Bitbucket is most compared with Bitbucket Server, AWS CodeCommit, Atlassian SourceTree, IBM Rational ClearCase and Liquibase, whereas GitHub is most compared with Snyk, AWS CodeCommit, Atlassian SourceTree, Fortify on Demand and Checkmarx One. See our Bitbucket vs. GitHub report.
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