We performed a comparison between GitLab and JIRA Portfolio 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."I have had no problem with the stability of the solution."
"The tool helps to integrate CI/CD pipeline deployments. It is very easy to learn. Its security model is good."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of GitLab is its security."
"The stability is good."
"The dashboard and interface make it easy to use."
"GitLab is kind of an image of GitHub, so it gives us the flexibility to monitor our changes in the repos."
"It scales well."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The most valuable feature for me is the visualization and organizing of the tasks. We can have a pick, and then we can stick the multiple issues under that, and then we can again have a sort of hierarchical installation, and that's very useful."
"The tool helps us achieve more within the stipulated timeline and budget."
"The product makes it easy to collaborate even though it can use some improvement in that area."
"In a PC environment, it is quite stable."
"Managing product development and managing inter-team communications are also valuable features."
"The most valuable features of Jira are the dashboards where we see all the features lined up with the release dates in the portfolio view, it is very good."
"There is a need to improve or adopt AI into the ecosystem like a co-pilot, which Microsoft has done with GitHub."
"I would like to see better integration with project management tools such as Jira."
"There is room for improvement in GitLab Agents."
"For as long as I have used GitLab, I haven't encountered any major limitations. However, I think that perhaps the search functionality could be better."
"It would be really good if they integrated more features in application security."
"The initial setup was quite challenging because it takes some time to understand how to pull out or push the code."
"The only thing our company is really waiting on in terms of features is the development of metrics."
"GitLab can improve the integration with third-party applications. It could be made easier. Additionally, having API control from my application could be helpful."
"Portfolio is easy to scale, but we've had some difficulties with it regarding compliance and support."
"It would be really nice if the solution provided a heads-up every time they enhance something or add new features."
"The reporting and dashboard capabilities have room for improvement."
"It's got kind of a steep learning curve."
"The workflow needs improvement."
"If I get a feature but there is not a user story, and I want to know which epic it belongs to, it is really hard to figure out."
"There is room for improvement in terms of scalability."
"If you want to generate a report for individual usage, it's difficult."
GitLab is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 70 reviews while JIRA Portfolio is ranked 4th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 48 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while JIRA Portfolio is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of JIRA Portfolio writes "Powerful, flexible solution with a bit of a learning curve". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, SonarQube, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton, whereas JIRA Portfolio is most compared with Jira Align, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, Microsoft Project Server, Adobe Workfront and Planview Portfolios. See our GitLab vs. JIRA Portfolio report.
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