Jack I.
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Less than a year
“powerful platform for dev workflows”
Pros
It packs in everything needed across the product development lifecycle and it also makes it simple to publish builds to third-party services.
Cons
Honestly.. there's not much to complain about. If anything, Github Actions could be a little more simple to set up but aside from that, I don't really have any issues with it.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Sabino Eduardo Q.
Graphic Design, 1-10 employees
Less than a year
“Code collaboration made easy”
Pros
Extremely useful platform!! Because it connects well with other tools like Visual Studio Code which makes my projects much simpler to manage at the code level. Github also supports collaboration really well by keeping versions organized properly so it ends up being a very powerful version control system.
Cons
The learning curve can be somewhat steep for people who have very little programming knowledge.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Stephanie L.
Professional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees
Less than a year
“A dependable platform”
Pros
Getting around it is really simple and the support has been very strong too.
Cons
Website itself isn't especially polished from a design standpoint but it's not a major issue.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Cajetan Emeka O.
Education Management, 500+ employees
Less than a year
“Great results”
Pros
Accessibility, reliable version control and the fact that it's open source are the biggest advantages.
Cons
Honestly I cant think of any downsides. It has become my default platform for version control.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Esteban G.
Construction, 51-100 employees
Free Trial
“Better organization with collaboration tools”
Pros
It really shines when it comes to collaboration specially with version control and pull requests. Those features make working with other people on projects much more organized and help keep track of changes efficiently.
Cons
Getting started can be tough for beginners particularly when trying to understand Git commands and how branching works.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
8
Jem C.
Computer Software, 51-100 employees
Less than a year
“feature-packed and far ahead”
Pros
Compared with SVN, it feels way more capable and offers a huge range of features. People often say SVN is simpler but it's honestly not hard to keep things simple with it too. And when you need something beyond a basic workflow, the extra functionality is already there. Most of the time, if there's a feature or solution you're looking for, a quick search will show that it already supports it.
Cons
Once you go beyond the basics, the learning curve can be pretty time-consuming. Even after using it for many years, I still find myself regularly learning new parts of it and figuring out features I hadn't used before.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
8
Anonymous
Computer Software, 500+ employees
Less than a year
“copilot and search are fantastic”
Pros
Copilot has been amazing to use. It makes repository access and version control really simple and I also appreciate how many add-ons and integrations it supports. PR reviews are easier to work through with the split view and the search functionality is excellent. It does a really good job scanning the codebase and often pulls up references and function definitions when I need them.
Cons
At times, the PR review view can be a little confusing because comments show up under the wrong name which makes it harder to understand where the code actually sits especially in a large file.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Enish S.
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Less than a year
“Helpful branching”
Pros
The branching feature is eespecially valuable because it lets developers handle new features or bug fixes separately and then merge everything back into the main project without interrupting the workflow.
Cons
As a beginner, the user interface felt a bit overwhelming at first. It works fine but it can sometimes seem cluttered.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
8
Meghann O.
Computer Software, 51-100 employees
Less than a year
“Liked using it overall”
Pros
It's been a really useful way to keep tabs on how bugs and feature requests are progressing through the engineering pipeline.
Cons
Searching is still incredibly difficult and it's very easy for duplicate tickets to get created.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
6
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
8
Anonymous
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 51-100 employees
Less than a year
“Excellent usability”
Pros
I usually rely on this platform for source control. Github gets a lot of use from personal projects, education and professional business work alike.
Cons
Learning the fundamentals can take a bit of time.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Peter Z.
Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Less than a year
“Satisfied overall experience”
Pros
My experience using this product was great, it actually gave a good boost to our productivity!
Cons
Honestly nothing specific comes to mind. Overall, it's been excellent.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Anonymous
Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Less than a year
“Made work easier”
Pros
It's a pretty simple tool.. and it comes with plenty of features that help me keep my code versioning organized.
Cons
Getting started was a little confusing at first so I'd really like to see a simple guide when opening a new account.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Aiden A.
Computer Software, 51-100 employees
Less than a year
“Github is my go-to”
Pros
There's a reason it's the default pick. It's excellent, usually free and gives you a lot of room to customize things the way you want. I use it every day and would easily choose it over Bitbucket, GitLab and similar options. It really creates a different kind of experience, almost like a social network built around version control.
Cons
I don't have any complaints. It is simply my favorite.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Jiaxin F.
Information Technology and Services, 51-100 employees
Less than a year
“Great shared codebase management”
Pros
Comes with really useful features that help me and my team manage our shared codebase effectively.
Cons
Github Actions still doesn't have as many features as some other CI/CD tools.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
8
Carla M.
Design, 500+ employees
Less than a year
“works great for us”
Pros
Having different repositories available for my projects is a big advantage. Also, it lets me create my own repository, work together with colleagues and best of all, keep track of every revision along the way.
Cons
Been using it for a long time now and honestly haven't run into any major issues. That's exactly why I recommend it so highly.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Grace D.
Sports, 51-100 employees
Less than a year
“we're happy with it”
Pros
Managing PRs with this has been a huge help for our team. Setting up workflows works really well and when a PR needs to be reverted, that process is smooth too.
Cons
The email notifications can feel a bit redundant whenever changes are made to a PR although that's not really the tool's fault.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Miguel D.
Information Technology and Services, 51-100 employees
Less than a year
“backbone of open source”
Pros
It serves as the foundation for a huge number of open source projects.
Cons
Honestly I think it handles just about everything the right way.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Abdullah A.
Civil Engineering, 500+ employees
Less than 6 months
“handy app sharing platform”
Pros
This is a really good platform for sharing applications and other kinds of solutions.
Cons
I've used it a few times and haven't run into any issues.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Abbi D.
Automotive, 51-100 employees
Less than a year
“lifesaver for older commits”
Pros
More than once, this has bailed me out when I needed to roll back to an older commit.
Cons
Finding open-source projects can be a bit difficult without getting flooded by too many options and Jupyter notebooks are occasionally hard to view.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
10
Evandro M.
Accounting, 1-10 employees
Less than a year
“helpful coding community”
Pros
There's a really strong community here for sharing code, learning from others and reusing existing code as templates which saves a lot of time.
Cons
One limitation is the upload cap of 100 files and it also doesn't support uploading folders.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
8
Customer Support
6
Functionality
8