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GitLab Inc.

GitLab

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

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What is GitLab?

With GitLab, Security is built into the CI pipeline, out of the box. Every code commit is automatically scanned for security vulnerabilities in your code and its dependencies. Actionable results are delivered to the developer in their native workflow for rapid remediation.

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Awards & Recognition

GitLab won the following awards in the Application Security Testing category

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2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2026

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2026

2026 Data Quadrant Champion

2026

9 Top Rated Capabilities

16 Top Rated Features

2026

GitLab Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love GitLab?

1% Negative

1% Neutral

98% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Client Friendly Policies

Feature Ratings

Average 86

SDLC Integration

Vulnerability Scanning

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Container Security Testing

Risk Scoring

Policy Engine and Enforcements

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

False Positive Remediation

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-in

Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

GitLab Reviews

Andire G.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Amazing Application Security Testing

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates GitLab from other similar products?

When it comes to application security testing, GitLab Ultimate is highly capable and comes with leading features in its class

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Using GitLab Ultimate is easy and it's very effective for testing software security Can test applications regardless of the operating system

What do you dislike most about this product?

No hates because GitLab Ultimate has met our needs

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For effective application security testing, GitLab Ultimate is the real deal. It's affordable and seamless to use.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Naziya A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Open-Source Platform For Project Management

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates GitLab from other similar products?

It includes features that aid in my productive and secure work, like continuous integration/deployment, sprints, milestone tracking, secure code reviews, advanced role-based permissions settings, and more. We have a code quality function provided by Githab. We can evaluate the caliber of our source code with this tool.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It has effective project management tools for monitoring development tasks and promoting teamwork. Private repository access is granted to users in accordance with their individual rights and restricted organization settings. Developers can quickly identify issues and securely deploy changes thanks to its continuous integration/deployment functionality. It is an excellent tool for managing, storing, and setting up continuous distribution as necessary.

What do you dislike most about this product?

For larger activities or many projects, the allocated storage space is insufficient. Additionally, the lack of third-party connectors makes it challenging to maintain data synchronization across numerous systems.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

A complete Git repository with branching, merging, and pull requests is available through GitLab. To facilitate better teamwork, GitLab provides a variety of collaboration tools like merge requests, wikis, and comment threads. To assist teams in remaining structured and on task, GitLab provides a variety of project management tools, such as issue tracking, milestone tracking, and a kanban board.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Efficient Service
Effective Service

Estelle M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Great code collaboration platform.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates GitLab from other similar products?

The Gitlab platform is known for its unique CICD ( continuous integration and continuous delivery ) workflow. This workflow, brings automation into critical processes, required to develope , test and deploy our code into our production environment. Leading to automated security tests and feedback provisions for peer to peer code reviews.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Gitlab's version control is an important part of my day to day experience with this tool. We utilize this function to primarily collaborate and maximize productivity. Another key benefit of Gitlab's version control system , is that it enables clear code reviews, branching patterns , and asset version control, which are key for faster problem solving and quicker product delivery.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Kubernetes is the adopted code orchestration system of choice within my institution , and I dislike that Gitlab's integration with this tool is inadequately limited. This reduces the efficiency of our inhouse workflow processes, when developing containerized applications.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Collaboration on large scale development projects with lots of contributors , is a fantastic use-case for the Gitlab repository, software development platform.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Security Protects

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

2026 Data Quadrant Champion

GitLab Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love GitLab?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

SDLC Integration Integration with source code repository, pipeline, etc.

Vulnerability Scanning Identify security vulnerabilities in applications and middleware.

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Analyzes application source code to identify potential security vulnerabilities.

Container Security Testing Analyzes application containers to identify security vulnerabilities.

Risk Scoring Provides an overall risk score that consolidates and normalizes assessment results and allows for comparisons against other third parties.

Policy Engine and Enforcements Includes standard and/or customizable security policies, and the ability to enforce policies.

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Analyzes applications while in runtime to identify potential security vulnerabilities.

False Positive Remediation Resolves false positives using either human curators and/or machine-enabled algorithms.

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plug-in Provides plug-ins or other means to integrate directly into popular Integrated Development Environments (IDEs).

Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) Analyzes applications while in runtime to identify potential security vulnerabilities, using automated or human interactions.

Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Analyzes libraries and other components of an application to identify potential security vulnerabilities.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

GitLab Reviews

Andire G.

Amazing Application Security Testing

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Naziya A.

Open-Source Platform For Project Management

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Estelle M.

Great code collaboration platform.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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