We performed a comparison between CircleCI and GitLab based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Build Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution offers continuous integration and continuous delivery."
"The ability to automate the build process in a seamless way and run workflows effortlessly. It supports parallel builds so it can scale well. Also, it covers the basics of any build and integration tool, including email notifications (especially when tests are fixed), project insights, etc."
"Some of the most valuable features include container-based builds, integration with Bit Bucket and being able to store artifacts."
"It's a stable product."
"The automation workflow in CircleCI related to third-party applications is very good and allows standardization of applications."
"Enables us to detect exactly which build failed and why, and to push multiple builds to our production environment at a very fast rate."
"We like that we can have an all-encompassing product and don't have to implement different solutions."
"CI/CD is very good. The version control system is also good. These are the two features that we use."
"It scales well."
"CI/CD and GitLab scanning are the most valuable features."
"It is scalable."
"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."
"The initial setup of GitLab is pretty simple, with no complications."
"The scalability is good."
"There needs to be some improvement in the user interface of CircleCI."
"The solution’s pricing could be better."
"Integration with Microsoft Azure is one area for improvement. Azure is growing in its user base, and supports various cloud infrastructure components such as Service Fabric, App Service, etc. Some of Azure’s deployment models (like Kudu) require a steep learning curve, but if CircleCI would come up with such features (deployment to App Service) out of the box, it would be amazing."
"Billing is a mess."
"There is a need to improve or adopt AI into the ecosystem like a co-pilot, which Microsoft has done with GitHub."
"Expand features to match other tools such as a static code analysis tool so third-party integrations are not required."
"We would like to generate document pages from the sources."
"It should be used by a larger number of people. They should raise awareness."
"We'd always like to see better pricing on the product."
"Perhaps the integration could be better."
"GitLab's UI could be improved."
"The price of GitLab could improve, it is high."
CircleCI is ranked 11th in Build Automation with 5 reviews while GitLab is ranked 1st in Build Automation with 70 reviews. CircleCI is rated 6.6, while GitLab is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of CircleCI writes "Unhelpful support, unclear billing, and has offers ability to track usage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". CircleCI is most compared with TeamCity, Tekton, Jenkins, GitHub Actions and Harness, whereas GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, SonarQube, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton. See our CircleCI vs. GitLab report.
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