GitHub vs GitLab
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| GitHub | GitLab | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Repository hosting, code review, and collaboration github.com | GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for teams that won't compromise on speed or control as they scale agentic software engineering. about.gitlab.com |
| Starting at | $ 4 USD Team · per user / month free plan listed | Not observed |
| Platforms | Not observed | AWS, Azure, GCP docs.gitlab.com |
| Deployment | Not observed | Dedicated, GitLab.com, Self Managed, Self-Managed about.gitlab.com |
| Integrations | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud github.com | Bitbucket, GitHub, Jenkins, Jira, Slack, LDAP, SAML about.gitlab.com |
| Compliance | SOC 2 github.com | GDPR, SOC 2 about.gitlab.com |
| Free plan | Yes github.com | Yes about.gitlab.com |
| Plans | Enterprise, Free, Team github.com | Free, Premium, Ultimate about.gitlab.com |
| Pricing basis | per user / month github.com | per user/month, about.gitlab.com |
| Customers (their claim) | Used by more than 90% of the Fortune 100 github.com | Not observed |
Where they differ
- GitLab claims GDPR on its own pages; GitHub’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
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