We performed a comparison between GitLab and Octopus Deploy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Release Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"The dashboard and interface make it easy to use."
"Git hosting has an integration with ACD which is why we liked this solution in the first place."
"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."
"The user interface is really good so that helps with huge teams who need to collaborate."
"It is very flexible and easy because you can store data on cloud."
"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."
"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."
"The UI is very intuitive."
"Deployment is valuable. It deploys well."
"The rollback feature has been most valuable. We can write scripts from scratch. Octopus maintains an independent package for every deployment."
"GitLab could improve the patch repository. It does not have support for Conan patch version regions. Additionally, better support for Kubernetes deployment is needed as part of the package."
"Their RBAC is role-based access, which is fine but not very good."
"We are having a few problems integrating with Jira at the moment, which is something that our IT department is investigating."
"It would be really good if they integrated more features in application security."
"It should be used by a larger number of people. They should raise awareness."
"Even if I say I want some improvement, they will say it is already planned in the first quarter, second quarter, or third quarter. That said, most everything is quite improved already, and they're improving even further still."
"The solution does not have many built-in functions or variables so scripting is required."
"Some of the scripts that we encountered in GitLab were not fully functional and threw up errors."
"You've got to jump through a few hoops to get some things configured, but if set up, you can do so many different things in it. So, there is complexity."
"This solution could be improved by making it easier to divide variables in YAML file or JSON files."
"There could be scope for more integration with other platforms."
GitLab is ranked 2nd in Release Automation with 70 reviews while Octopus Deploy is ranked 8th in Release Automation with 3 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while Octopus Deploy is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Octopus Deploy writes "Easy to set up with intuitive UI and good reliability". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Bamboo, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton, whereas Octopus Deploy is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, UrbanCode Deploy and AWS CodeDeploy. See our GitLab vs. Octopus Deploy report.
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