GitLab Reviews & Ratings 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights

Name: GitLab
Rating: 4.4 (1446 reviews)

Overview

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Updated 22nd November 2023

What is GitLab?

GitLab is a comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform for software innovation. The GitLab DevSecOps platform includes all capabilities required to deliver secure software faster with a unified data store, including source code management, continuous integration and delivery, agile project and portfolio planning, GitOps, software supply chain security, compliance management, and value stream management. GitLab empowers customers to improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, build high-performing teams, and accelerate cloud transformation to maximize the overall return on software development.

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TSE

50M - 250M USD, IT Services

FAVORABLE

“Reliable DevOps Platform with great visibility over the development cycle ”

4.0

Nov 28, 2025

Gitlab is one of the most reliable parts of my development workflow. I started using it just for source control but over time we have shift most of our CI/CD and project tracking into it. Platform stays consistent, runs without needing constant fixes. Helped a lot in bringing clarity to release process.

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CRITICAL

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Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) Tools

About Company

Company Description

GitLab is a comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform for software innovation. As a software delivery platform for development, security, and operations teams, GitLab brings security and compliance to AI-powered workflows throughout the software delivery lifecycle, helping customers deliver secure software faster. GitLab Duo, the company’s suite of AI capabilities, improves team collaboration and reduces the security and compliance risks of AI adoption by bringing the entire software development lifecycle into a single AI-powered application that is privacy-first. With GitLab, customers can visualize their end-to-end value streams, boost developer productivity with out-of-the-box analytics, and secure their software supply chain with SAST, DAST, secret detection, container scanning, and API testing. It enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate cloud transformations to maximize the overall return on software development.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

2014

Head office location

United States

Number of employees

1001 - 5000

Website

https://about.gitlab.com/

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Best part about gitlab is how much it consolidates into one platform. Instead of jumping between tools for code reviews, security scans and project tracking everything is right there in a single interface. Transparency in Gitlab is really good.

The accessibility on the web - you can find GitLab articles on most programming questions also with examples on the web that are easy to read through. What I like about GitLab is the current layout they have. Of course, this platform has a long history on the web already and I can still remember the old-school layout sometimes making it hard to read through - however, this has now changed for good and I truly believe this is one of the best OpenSource sharing platforms on the web (if not the best)

GitLab automatically runs security scans (SAST, DAST, Dependency Scanning, Secret Detection, Container Scanning) in the CI/CD pipeline on every code commit. Scan results give Security and AppSec teams a real-time, high-level view of risk across all projects. Features like vulnerability explanation and resolution using AI help developers understand and fix issues faster.

Some features feel a bit heavy or overwhelming, especially for teams that don't use the full GitLab ecosystem. UI gets cluttred at times, and navigating certain settings. Upgrades on self hosted version also require careful planning as a single version jump can occasionally break older pipeline configurations. None of these are deal breakers but they do slow down things at times.

I will be absolutely honest, I have nothing negative to highlight for this product

The most advanced and comprehensive security features (like DAST) are locked behind the Ultimate subscription tier. Due to the complexity and the high volume of critical security vulnerabilities (CVEs) found and patched in the platform itself. Native security scanners can sometimes generate a high volume of findings or false positives, which can lead to alert fatigue.

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Director of Information Security

Best Practices to create a SBOM with EOS/EOL Timeline to aid vulnerability remediation (currently use GitLab as our pipeline and Nexus repository).

Group Director of Information Security

It's a 5-step process which you will need to correlate for your environment. 1. Integrate dependency scanners (e.g., GitLab's built-in scanner, Trivy, Snyk, OWASP Dependency-Check or your existing Nexus repo) to flag outdated dependencies and use GitLab’s security dashboard to monitor deprecated packages. 2. Set up GitLab CI/CD rules to fail builds if EOL/EOS dependencies are detected and enforce allow/block lists for dependencies using GitLab’s security policies. 3. Configure GitLab to generate reports when a dependency is approaching its EOL and see if you can use GitLab’s webhook integrations to notify security teams via Slack, email, or Jira. 4. Implement dependency auto-updating tools (e.g., Renovate, Dependabot) to replace (identified & manually verified) EOL/EOS components. If no direct upgrade path exists, isolate the outdated component via containerization or sandboxing. 5. Maintain a historical record of all SBOMs and EOL/EOS alerts for compliance audits (ISO 27001, NIST, etc.). Regularly conduct security reviews using GitLab’s security reports.

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IT Analyst

What has been your experience utilizing GITLAB (not GITHUB) to implement CI/CD for Athena and AWS GLUE, specifically for a process to transfer changes in Athena Views from the development environment to production?

CTO

We have used gitlab CI CD pipelines using terraform for all AWS resources, not athena or glue specifically though.

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50M-1B USD

IT Services

Review Source

Reliable DevOps Platform with great visibility over the development cycle

MANAGER

1B-10B USD

Miscellaneous

Open Platform Features Make GitLab Accessible and Versatile for Developers Worldwide

5.0

Nov 27, 2025

GitLab is truly a diverse platform that lets you input, keep, review and share programming pieces on the spot. Since it is an open platform, anyone can access it. That is what makes it versatile and very user-friendly, smooth and widely accessible. It also stands out as the library is very well distributed across the web - if you are unsure and are looking for a piece of advice on programming, you will find this platform taking most of your headaches away. Created to be shared with and by professionals in the field, it benefits both the professionals and newbies in programming.

ENGINEER

<50M USD

GitLab Integrates Security Tools Seamlessly But Advanced Features Require Ultimate Tier

Dec 1, 2025

For organizations, GitLab offers a highly comprehensive and automated security experience. Its core strength lies in its "Single Application" architecture, which tightly integrates security, CI/CD, and version control.

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER ASIA

Manufacturing

Centralized Tool Reduces Fragmentation but Presents Complexity for New Users

Nov 25, 2025

For our team, this is a very good end-to-end DevSecOps platform that brings development, security, and CI/CD capabilities together seamlessly. It has improved collaboration, reduced tool fragmentation, and helped us deliver faster with improved quality. Overall great experience so far.

IT MANAGER

GitLab Enhances Collaboration Yet Faces Performance and Usability Challenges for Teams

Nov 8, 2025

My overall experience with GitLab has been excellent. it plays a crucial role in managing our product lifecycle. GitLab makes it easy to track issues, validate release builds, and collaboration efficiently with developers. The CI/CD pipelines save time during development on customer setups, while merge requests help maintain code quality. It has improved our testing visibilty and release accuracy. Overall, GitLab has enhanced productivity, teamwoprk and the overall efficiency of our QA and development processes.