Perforce P4 (Helix Core) alternatives

Other source code hosting & version control tools to consider instead of Perforce P4 (Helix Core). Key features and starting prices come from each vendor's own site.

Feature Perforce P4 (Helix Core) Category leader Bitbucket Category leader GitHub Category leader GitLab Category leader Harness Code Repository Rising Tangled Rising
PricingFree plan
$39/user/mo billed monthly (P4 Cloud)
Free plan
$3.65/user/mo
Free planFree plan
$29/user/mo billed annually
Free planFree
Best forGame, animation and hardware teams of 5 to several hundred people that version large binary assets alongside code.Teams of 5 to 200 already on Jira that want Git hosting with built-in CI/CD and issue links.Software teams from solo developers to large enterprises that want code hosting, review, CI/CD and security scanning in one platform.Software teams of ten or more developers that want Git hosting, CI/CD and security scanning in one platform, with a self-managed option.Engineering teams of 50-500 that already deploy with Harness and want repositories, pipelines and governance on one platform.Open-source maintainers and small teams who want self-hostable, federated Git hosting with stacked pull requests and no vendor lock-in.
Team size2–500+ people1–500+ people1–500+ people2–500+ people2–500+ people1–50 people
Pull request review Not listedYesYesYesYesYes
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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
  • Fine-grained permissions

Source code hosting & version control Category leader

GitLab

Free plan· $29/user/mo billed annually 2–500+ people

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

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 Rising

Harness Code Repository

Free plan 2–500+ people

Git hosting inside the Harness delivery platform, built for agent code

Key features

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

Source code hosting & version control Rising

Tangled

Free 1–50 people

Open-source social Git hosting built on the AT Protocol

Key features

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