Bitbucket vs. GitHub

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 GitHub.

Code & CI/CD at up to 10x savings

Collaborative code review, scalable CI/CD, native security tools, and premium support,
for 3-10x less than GitHub.

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*prices shown in USD. GitHub prices as published on 10/31/2024. 10x savings based on GitHub plan price of $21/user + $49/user security addon + Premium support addon.

Native security tools

Native security tools

Secret scanning, dependency scanning and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scanning tools for no additional cost. GitHub charges for security tools as an addon.

Premium support

Premium support

Premium support and 99.9% SLAs so your developers can work uninterrupted. GitHub charges for premium support as an addon.

Flexible build minute plans

Flexible build minute plans

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

Why choose Bitbucket Cloud over GitHub

Simplify your toolchain

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

Improve your developer experience

Reduce context switching

Developers can view and manage issues with a built-in Jira UI. 

Manage CI/CD at the organization level

Manage CI/CD at the organization level

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

Automate change management processes

Automate change management processes

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

Native IDP experience

Native IDP experience

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

AI wherever developers need it

Accelerate cycle times

Accelerate cycle times

Help your teams move faster with AI generated pull request descriptions and AI assisted code reviews.

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Bring context to code

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

Choose any code generation tool

Choose any code generation tool

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

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Bitbucket Cloud offers unbeatable value, while giving you the tools you need to build, test, and deploy, at enterprise scale.

 

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Price

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

$6.60/user/mo

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

$21/user/mo

Source code management

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Collaborative code review

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Built-in CI/CD capabilities

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Deploy across major platforms

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Native AI features

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Compatible w/ Copilot in IDE

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

DevSecOps tools included

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

$49/user/mo

Premium support w/ fast response times included

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Sold as add-on.

2-way Jira integration

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Orchestrate CI/CD at organization level

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Automate change management

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Native IDP w/ Compass

Bitbucket Cloud Premium

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

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