Bitbucket vs. GitLab

Elevate your software delivery from planning to production with built-in AI, CI/CD, and a best-in-class Jira integration. See how we stack up against GitLab.

Better value at a fraction of the cost

Collaborative code review, scalable CI/CD, native DevSecOps capabilities, and better extensibility. See how much your team can save.

 

Bitbucket Premium

starts at $6.60 per user

GitLab Premium

starts at $29 per user

GitLab Ultimate

50 users

Bitbucket Premium

starts at $6.60 per user

$3,960 annually

GitLab Premium

starts at $29 per user

$17,400 annually

GitLab Ultimate

Non-transparent pricing

250 users

Bitbucket Premium

starts at $6.60 per user

$18,810 annually

GitLab Premium

starts at $29 per user

$87,000 annually

GitLab Ultimate

Non-transparent pricing

500 users

Bitbucket Premium

starts at $6.60 per user

$35,340 annually

GitLab Premium

starts at $29 per user

$174,000 annually

GitLab Ultimate

Non-transparent pricing

1000 users

Bitbucket Premium

starts at $6.60 per user

$71,520 annually

GitLab Premium

starts at $29 per user

$348,000 annually

GitLab Ultimate

Non-transparent pricing

5000 users

Bitbucket Premium

starts at $6.60 per user

$332,400 annually

GitLab Premium

starts at $29 per user

$1,740,000 annually

GitLab Ultimate

Non-transparent pricing

Prices shown in USD. GitLab prices as published on 1/15/2025.

Flexible pricing

Flexible pricing

Pair Bitbucket with other Atlassian products spanning the entire software development lifecycle. Pay only for the capabilities you need.

Only pay for build minutes you use

Only pay for build minutes you use

Get started with 3,500 build minutes per month and buy additional minutes based on your usage.

Why choose Bitbucket Cloud over GitLab

Simplify your toolchain. Put code & CI/CD & CI/CD on one platform with Jira and capabilities spanning the entire software development lifecycle.

Reduce context switching

While GitLab integrates with Jira, there is no Jira integration inside GitLab. In Bitbucket, developers can view and manage issues with a built-in Jira UI.

Reduce context switching

Connect software development to business goals

Connect your work to business goals, available in Jira, and empower teams to see, understand, and communicate their impact.

Connect software development to business goals

Manage CI/CD at the organization level

While you can build CI/CD pipelines on GitLab, Bitbucket enables you to manage pipelines at scale across your organization all from a single place.

Manage CI/CD at the organization level

Automate change management processes

Keep dev and ops teams in sync with a native integration into Jira Service Management. All commits flow into JSM, and automatically kick off upon approval.

Automate change management processes

Internal Developer Platform

With native integration to Compass, Atlassian’s Internal Developer Platform (IDP), developers can map dependencies, understand repo ownership, and find info faster.

Internal Developer Platform

Customize and extend

Build workflows that fit the exact needs of your developers with thousands of out-of-the-box apps and integrations and the ability to customize with our Forge extensibility platform.

Customize and extend

See code & CI/CD workflows on the Atlassian platform in action

AI to reduce friction everywhere you build

Accelerate your cycle times

Accelerate cycle times

Help your teams move faster with AI generated pull request descriptions, code reviews, and more native AI capabilities.

Rovo

Bring context to your code

Learn and absorb context faster and easily find information across SaaS apps with Rovo.

Code generation, your way

Code generation, your way

Connect your code to any AI code generation tool like Github Copilot, Codeium, Tabnine & others via your IDE.

Comparison snapshot

Bitbucket Cloud is a scalable code and CI/CD solution at 23% of the cost.

 

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Price

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

$6.60/user/mo

GitLab Premium

$21/user/mo

GitLab Ultimate

Non-transparent pricing

2-way Jira integration

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Dynamic Pipelines

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Automate change management

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Native IDP integration

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Robust 3rd party ecosystem

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Infrastructure as Code scanning

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Secret scanning

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Dependency scanning

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Cross-team planning and dependency management

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

*Included in Jira Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Custom roles

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Source code management

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Collaborative code review

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Built-in CI/CD capabilities

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Deploy across major platforms

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

Native AI features

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitLab Premium

GitLab Ultimate

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