We performed a comparison between AWS CodeBuild 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 integration with other AWS services has streamlined our workflow."
"The solution provides good integrations."
"The integration is a good feature."
"It works seamlessly with AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR)."
"The integration is a good feature."
"GitLab is kind of an image of GitHub, so it gives us the flexibility to monitor our changes in the repos."
"This product is always evolving, and they listen to the customers."
"Of all available products, it was the easiest to use and easy to install."
"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."
"The most valuable functionality of GitLab, for me, is the DevOps. Besides the normal source control based on Git, I find the Auto DevOps features most important in the solution."
"GitLab is very well-organized and easy to use. Also, it offers most features that customers need."
"The most valuable feature of GitLab is the automatic merging of code."
"I like that it's easy to deploy our services over GitLab. The customer support is also good with a really active community. You have a lot of support that you can get online with your stack. That is probably one of the benefits of using GitLab. It's also really fast."
"The deployment fails sometimes."
"While working on building images for multiple applications within a single script, I encountered an issue where looping functionality was not supported as expected."
"They can further improve the integration of the Bitbucket for CodeBuild."
"There is no persistent storage or preservation of workspace between the builds."
"The integration could be slightly better."
"I would like to see security increased in the future. A secure environment is very important."
"GitLab's Windows version is yet not available and having this would be an improvement."
"This solution could be improved by adding modifications such as slack notifications."
"The solution should be more cloud-native and have more cloud-native capabilities and features."
"Expand features to match other tools such as a static code analysis tool so third-party integrations are not required."
"GitLab could add a plugin to integrate with Kubernetes stuff."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration into the CI/CD pipeline, an autocomplete search tool, and more supporting documentation."
AWS CodeBuild is ranked 9th in Build Automation with 4 reviews while GitLab is ranked 1st in Build Automation with 70 reviews. AWS CodeBuild is rated 8.8, while GitLab is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AWS CodeBuild writes "Provides good integrations, is flexible, and has a comparable price". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". AWS CodeBuild is most compared with Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Tekton and AWS CodePipeline, whereas GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, SonarQube, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton. See our AWS CodeBuild vs. GitLab report.
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