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    Buddy

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABuddy (formerly Springloops) is a SVN/Git source code management tool focused on web development teams. It allows users to code in parallel and share code safely concentrating on results, not on lost changes or overwritten files. With quick deployments, users get rapid collaboration in protected space.

    $75

    per month

    GitLab

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGitLab DevSecOps platform enables software innovation by aiming to empower development, security, and operations teams to build better software, faster. With GitLab, teams can create, deliver, and manage code quickly and continuously instead of managing disparate tools and scripts. GitLab helps teams across the complete DevSecOps lifecycle, from developing, securing, and deploying software. Differentiators, as described by Gitlab: Simplicity: With GitLab, DevSecOps can…

    $0

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    Pricing
    BuddyGitLab
    Editions & Modules
    Free (for freelancers)
    $0
    per month
    On-premises (for teams)
    $35
    per month per user
    Pro (for teams)
    $75
    per month
    Hyper (for teams)
    $200
    per month
    GitLab Essential
    $0
    per month per user
    GitLab Premium
    $29
    per month per user
    GitLab Ultimate
    $99
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BuddyGitLab
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Azure DevOps Services
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BuddyGitLab
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (142 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
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    9.9
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    Usability
    10.0
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    9.0
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    Support Rating
    10.0
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    BuddyGitLab
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    Springloops is the best tool for deployment to any environment. Especially, the auto-deployment feature on development servers is essential for the early stages of development. The built-in source control mechanisms are a perfect combination of ease of use and a rich feature set that allows the development team to have an easier and more complete view of each part of the project. A section that is lacking is time tracking - but then this is not the main usage of the service.
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    GitLab
    GitLab is good if you work a lot with code and do complex repository actions. It gives you a very good overview of what were the states of your branches and the files in them at different stages in time. It's also way easier and more efficient to write pipelines for CI\CD. It's easier to read and it's easier to write them. It takes fewer clicks to achieve the same things with GitLab than it does for competitor products.
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    Pros
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    • Easy of use - clear user interface
    • Fast deployment to all environments
    • Great combination of source control and project management
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    GitLab
    • GitLab excels in managing code versions, allowing easy tracking of changes, branch management, and merging contributions.
    • It helps maintain code stability and reliability, saving time and effort in the development or research workflow.
    • Powerful code review features, enabling collaboration and feedback among team members.
    • Robust project management features, including issue tracking, kanban boards, and milestones.
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    Cons
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    • We would love to have a more flexible management for resources (users, storage)
    • More advanced web hooks would be a plus
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    GitLab
    • CI variables management is sometimes hard to use, for example, with File type variables. The scope of each variable is also hard to guess.
    • Access Token: there are too many types (Personal, Project, global..), and it is hard to identify the scope and where it comes from once created.
    • Runners: auto-scaled runners are for the moment hard to put in place, and monitoring is not easy.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    Apart from being a great versioning control system Springloops offers the options to automatically deploy code to multiple systems. This feature alone is a determining factor to renew Springloops over and over again. Another important factor is that it offers a full set of tools that help the team during the development cycle. No switching between time-tracking to project management. This is a real time-saver.
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    GitLab
    I really feel the platform has matured quite faster than others, and it is always at the top of its game compared to the different vendors like GitHub, Azure pipelines, CircleCI, Travis, Jenkins. Since it provides, agents, CI/CD, repository hosting, Secrets management, user management, and Single Sign on; among other features
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    Usability
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    Easy to use, automatic deployments, comments on projects are only a few factors. Multiple servers per project is another must-have feature. User permissions and rights offer granular control on access to the system
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    GitLab
    I find it easy to use, I haven't had to do the integration work, so that's why it is a 9/10, cause I can't speak to how easy that part was or the initial set up, but day to day use is great!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    No answers on this topic
    GitLab
    I've never had experienced outages from GItlab itself, but regarding the code I have deployed to Gitlab, the history helps a lot to trace the cause of the issue or performing a rollback to go back to a working version
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    Performance
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
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    GitLab
    GItlab reponsiveness is amazing, has never left me IDLE. I've never had issues even with complex projects. I have not experienced any issues when integrating it with agents for example or SSO
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    Support Rating
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    I rarely use it but when I need it the team is there. During the initial steps of Springloops, I had close contact with one of the founders. He provided support to me over Skype! He didn't have to but he did. We had a couple of long talks about some issues I was facing. He has there regardless of time. It was a great experience
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    GitLab
    At this point, I do not have much experience with Gitlab support as I have never had to engage them. They have documentation that is helpful, not quite as extensive as other documentation, but helpful nonetheless. They also seem to be relatively responsive on social media platforms (twitter) and really thrived when GitHub was acquired by Microsoft
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    Alternatives Considered
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    Springloops has a built-in feature that is lacking from Bitbucket (at least on the out-of-the-box functionality). Deployment of projects to various servers/development stages. The process is so easy and painless that even remote servers can act as local environments. This is a feature that differentiates Springloops from other solutions that require other tools to perform the same task.
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    GitLab
    Gitlab seems more cutting-edge than GitHub; however, its AI tools are not yet as mature as those of CoPilot. It feels like the next-generation product, so as we selected a tool for our startup, we decided to invest in the disruptor in the space. While there are fewer out-of-the-box templates for Gitlab, we have never discovered a lack of feature parity.
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    Scalability
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
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    GitLab
    I think is very well designed, and like any VCS it works as intended
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    Return on Investment
    Buddy (BDY, Sp. z o. o. Sp. k)
    • A total time saver - just commit changes and Springloops can handle the deployments
    • Total control of source code and commits - you never have to think about those things again
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    GitLab
    • GitLab cut down our spent on container, package and infrastructure registry
    • Best thing is we can now have everything in single platform which cost effective too
    • Quality of support is really good and they do have emergency support team as well which is great
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