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Source code hosting & version control Category leader

Bitbucket

Free plan· $3.65/user/mo 1–500+ people

Atlassian's Git hosting with Pipelines CI/CD and Jira links

Key features

  • Pull request review
  • Branch protection rules
  • Built-in CI/CD
  • Self-hosted option
  • Code security scanning
  • Fine-grained permissions

Source code hosting & version control Category leader

GitHub

Free plan 1–500+ people

Git hosting with pull requests, Actions CI/CD and security tooling

Key features

  • Pull request review
  • Branch protection rules
  • Built-in CI/CD
  • Self-hosted option
  • Code security scanning

Source code hosting & version control Category leader

GitLab

Free plan· $29/user/mo 2–500+ people

DevSecOps platform with Git hosting, CI/CD and security scanning

Key features

  • Pull request review
  • Built-in CI/CD
  • Self-hosted option
  • Code security scanning

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