We compared GitLab and AWS CodePipeline based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
In summary, GitLab is praised for its pricing, version control capabilities, customer service, and project management features, while users suggest improvements in UI, speed, and code review. On the other hand, AWS CodePipeline stands out for its integration with AWS services, ease of use, and automation capabilities. Users appreciate its flexible pricing and excellent customer service but seek enhancements in flexibility, UI, integration, documentation, performance, error handling, and potentially pricing.
Features: In terms of valuable features, GitLab stands out with its robust version control capabilities, seamless collaboration tools, comprehensive issue tracking system, and strong integration with other development tools. On the other hand, AWS CodePipeline is highly appreciated for its seamless integration with other AWS services, ease of use and flexibility in setting up workflows, and excellent scalability and stability.
Pricing and ROI: GitLab's setup cost is reported to be easy and straightforward, offering flexible and convenient licensing options for individuals and businesses. On the other hand, AWS CodePipeline offers simplicity and ease of setup, with fair and transparent licensing terms that suit businesses of different sizes and budgets., GitLab users have reported positive ROI and satisfaction, emphasizing the platform's value and benefits. AWS CodePipeline users have highlighted its integration, automation, and error reduction capabilities, improving workflow efficiency and software quality.
Room for Improvement: GitLab's room for improvement lies in its user interface, navigation, performance, project management features, and code review process. AWS CodePipeline, on the other hand, can enhance its flexibility, user interface, integration capabilities, documentation, performance, error handling, and pricing models.
Deployment and customer support: The user feedback for GitLab indicates a range of timeframes for deployment and setup phases, with some users considering them separate and others considering them the same period. On the other hand, user experiences with AWS CodePipeline vary greatly, with some users requiring three months for deployment and others only a week. Setup times also vary., The customer service of both GitLab and AWS CodePipeline products has been highly praised by users. Users appreciate the prompt assistance and knowledgeable support team of both products. However, GitLab is known for consistently going above and beyond to resolve issues and address concerns, while AWS CodePipeline has been commended for its responsiveness and availability of customer service.
The summary above is based on 57 interviews we conducted recently with GitLab and AWS CodePipeline users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"AWS CodePipeline has valuable integration features."
"It's a perfect solution if you are just using AWS."
"The product is cost-effective and integrates well with the AWS environment."
"The product is a one-stop solution that you can use to integrate, deploy and host your application."
"The most valuable feature of AWS CodePipeline is the flexibility of the configuration."
"It helps develop CI/CD implementations with centralized management of code building, deployment, and version control."
"I find performance to be the most valuable CodePipeline feature. It works perfectly and smoothly."
"The integration with other applications is fabulous."
"The solution's most valuable feature is that it is compatible with GitHub. The product's integration capabilities are sufficient for our small company of 35 people."
"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 best thing is that as the developers work on separate tasks, all of the code goes there and the other team members don't have to wait on each other to finish."
"CI/CD and GitLab scanning are the most valuable features."
"We're only using the basic features of GitLab and haven't used any advanced features. The solution works fine, so that's what we like about GitLab. We're party using GitHub and GitLab. We have a GitHub server, while we use GitLab locally or only within our team, and it works okay. We don't have any significant problems with the solution. We also found the straightforward setup, stability, and scalability of GitLab valuable."
"GitLab is being used as a repository for our codebase and it is a one stop DevOps tool we use in our team."
"The initial setup of GitLab is pretty simple, with no complications."
"Key features allow creation of well-presented Wiki that includes ideas, development, and domains."
"AWS CodePipeline functions well, but there's room for improvement in providing technical support to regular customers who haven't purchased developer support. I mean, having it available for everyone, even if it's not a 24-hour service. It would be more useful if specific support hours were available for assistance."
"There could be a possibility of deploying tag-based conditions for different environments using the same code base."
"AWS CodePipeline doesn't offer much room for customization."
"The solution could improve the documentation. Sometimes we have some issues with the documentation not updating after releasing .NET 6. We had some issues with building the code pipeline, and it was not updating the documentation. It's better to update the code documentation."
"If you're talking about multi-cloud, you can't use it."
"The support team’s response time must be improved."
"If there are many dependancies involved in the setup, it may take a long time."
"It would be a much better tool if it could be made compatible with other cloud services as well since this is an area the product currently lacks."
"The solution does not have many built-in functions or variables so scripting is required."
"The pricing model of GitLab is an issue for me."
"There was a problem with the build environment when we were looking at developing iOS applications. iOS build require Mac machines and there are no Mac machines provided by GitLab in their cloud. So to build for mobile iOS application, we needed to use our own Mac machine within our own infrastructure. If GitLab were to provide a feature such that an iOS application could also be built through GitLab directly, that would be great."
"The documentation could be improved to help newcomers better understand things like creating new branches."
"The initial setup was quite challenging because it takes some time to understand how to pull out or push the code."
"Perhaps the integration could be better."
"I would like configuration of a YML file to be done via UI rather than a code file."
"We do face issues in our company when we run out of disk space."
AWS CodePipeline is ranked 3rd in Build Automation with 13 reviews while GitLab is ranked 1st in Build Automation with 70 reviews. AWS CodePipeline is rated 8.4, while GitLab is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AWS CodePipeline writes "A fully managed service with excellent integrations and a flexible architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". AWS CodePipeline is most compared with AWS CodeStar, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Tekton and Bamboo, whereas GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, SonarQube, Tekton and TeamCity. See our AWS CodePipeline vs. GitLab report.
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