Source control hosting for enterprise buyers
Asked as “source control hosting platform”, and as “Git hosting service”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 50 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
56%
Clear leader
56GitHub28GitLab08Bitbucket08others
56% of first choices, clear leader.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
All six head-to-head pages: the top four products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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05
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07Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01GitHub56%
GitHub56%02GitLab28%
GitLab28%03Bitbucket8%
Bitbucket8%04Azure DevOps6%
Azure DevOps6%05Perforce Helix Core0%
Perforce Helix Core0%06Azure Repos0%
Azure Repos0%07AWS CodeCommit0%
AWS CodeCommit0%What they warned about
Five of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash and Kimi K2 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
GitHub18%
14 of 79 labels negative · 12 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“GitHub Enterprise suits most but avoid free tiers” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Bitbucket23%
16 of 69 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“Atlassian has officially announced the end of life (EOL) for their on-premise "Server" products... should never purchase a license for a product line that is being phased out” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
AWS CodeCommit70%
7 of 10 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“AWS stopped accepting new customers in 2023 and labels it “not for new deployments.”” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
GitLab11%
8 of 74 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“should primarily be cautious (or avoid) free or public tiers of popular Git hosting platforms like GitHub.com (free), GitLab.com (free)” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
61 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 987 links across 317 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · GitLab20 answers · 37 citations · 9 models
vendor site · GitHub19 answers · 47 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G216 answers · 29 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guideflow16 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Gitnux15 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
vendor site · GitHub15 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Atlassian13 answers · 22 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
vendor site · BMC12 answers · 13 citations · 6 models
12 answers · 12 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 12 citations · 6 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
16 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 5 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best source control hosting platform”, “source control hosting platform”, “source control hosting platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub github.com | 56% | 216 | 1,500,000 | 31,479 | 42,019,137 | $81 | 14 | |
| GitLab gitlab.com | 28% | 196 | 90,500 | 4,844 | 603,028 | $884 | 66 | 4 |
| Bitbucket bitbucket.org | 8% | 181 | 33,100 | 1,560 | 22,601 | |||
| Azure parent site Azure DevOps 6%, Azure Repos 0% | 6% | 162 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Assembla assembla.com | 2% | 7 | ||||||
| Perforce Helix Core perforce.com | 0% | 13 | 260 | 11 | 161,450 | $2,860 | 100 | |
| RhodeCode rhodecode.com | 0% | 2 | ||||||
| Coder codercops.com | 0% | |||||||
| CodeCatalyst | 0% | |||||||
| Gitea/Forgejo gitea.com | 0% | 4 | 10 | 7,814 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 13 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (about.gitlab.com, atlassian.com, gitprotect.io). The first result for “best source control hosting platform” is reddit.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best source control hosting platform for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which Git hosting service would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade source control hosting platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best source control hosting platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a source control hosting platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which source control hosting platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5GitHub, GitLabGitHubChangedGitHubGitLabGitLabagainst: Azure DevOps, GitHub, Launchpad, Radicle, SourceHut
Two alternatives
Azure DevOps, BitbucketTwo alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabFour alternatives
Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab, RhodeCodeTwo alternatives
GitHub, GiteaOne alternative
GitHubGPT-5.4 miniGitHubGitHubHeldGitHubagainst: AWS CodeCommitGitLabagainst: Bitbucket, GitHubno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabTwo alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabFour alternatives
Azure DevOps, Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLabOne alternative
GitHubGemini 3.5 FlashGitHub, GitLabagainst: Azure DevOpsGitHubChangedagainst: BitbucketGitHub, GitLabagainst: Azure ReposAzure DevOps, Bitbucketagainst: GitHub, GitLabno first choiceagainst: AWS CodeCommit, Apache Subversion, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Forgejo, Gerrit, Gitea, Gitolite, Phabricator, SourceForge
One alternative
BitbucketTwo alternatives
Azure DevOps, GitLabThree alternatives
AWS CodeCommit, Bitbucket, Perforce Helix CoreTwo alternatives
GitHub, GitLabPerplexity SonarGitLabGitHubChangedno first choiceagainst: Apache Subversion, IBM Rational ClearCaseGitLabagainst: Bitbucket, GitHubno first choiceagainst: AWS CodeCommit, Apache Subversion, ClearCase, Forgejo, Gitea, Mercurial, Perforce Helix Core
Three alternatives
Bitbucket, GitHub, Perforce Helix CoreTwo alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabOne alternative
Perforce Helix CoreGrok 4.20GitHubGitHubHeldno first choiceAzure DevOpsagainst: Bitbucket, GitHubGitHubagainst: Assembla, Giteaagainst: AWS CodeCommit, Bitbucket, Codeberg, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea/Forgejo, SourceHut
Three alternatives
Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLabOne alternative
GitLabOne alternative
GitLabTwo alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabMistral SmallGitHub, GitLabBitbucket, GitHub, GitLabChangedGitHub, GitLabGitHubno first choiceagainst: GitHub, GitLab
One alternative
BitbucketFour alternatives
AWS CodeCommit, Azure Repos, Bitbucket, Perforce Helix CoreTwo alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabDeepSeek V4 FlashGitHubGitHubHeldGitHub, GitLabagainst: AWS CodeCommitGitLabagainst: GitHubno first choiceagainst: Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Codeberg, Forgejo, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, SourceHut
Three alternatives
Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLabTwo alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabThree alternatives
Azure Repos, Bitbucket, Perforce Helix CoreThree alternatives
Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitHubLlama 4 MaverickGitHubBitbucket, GitHub, GitLabChangedno first choiceGitHubAssemblaagainst: Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitHub, Perforce Helix Core
One alternative
GitLabOne alternative
CoderQwen 3.7 FlashGitHubBitbucket, GitHub, GitLabChangedGitHub, GitLabagainst: AWS CodeCommitAzure DevOpsagainst: GitHub, GitLabno first choiceagainst: Apache Subversion, Bitbucket, Codeberg, GitLab, Gitea, SourceForge, SourceHut
Two alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabThree alternatives
Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Perforce Helix CoreThree alternatives
Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLabThree alternatives
Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLabKimi K2GitHubGitHub, GitLabChangedGitHubGitHubno first choiceagainst: Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab
Two alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabThree alternatives
Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLabTwo alternatives
Azure DevOps, GitLabGLM 4.7 FlashXGitHubGitHubHeldGitHubGitLabagainst: Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Perforce Helix Coreno first choiceagainst: AWS CodeCommit, Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea
Three alternatives
Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLabTwo alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabThree alternatives
Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLabTwo alternatives
GitHub, Perforce Helix CoreMiniMax M2.5GitHubGitHubHeldGitHubGitHubagainst: Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Perforce Helix Coreno first choiceagainst: Bitbucket, GitHub
Two alternatives
GitLab, Perforce Helix CoreTwo alternatives
Bitbucket, GitLabThree alternatives
Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLabOne alternative
GitLabBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:49 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:27 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:36 | yes | 12 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:45 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:13 | yes | 36 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:20 | yes | 13 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 13:22 | yes | 29 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:31 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:30 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:04 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:03 | yes | 29 | 135 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:09 | yes | 10 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:18 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:24 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:09 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:14 | yes | 17 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 09:48 | yes | 22 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:08 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:48 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:07 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:27 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:01 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:51 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:13 | yes | 7 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:54 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:32 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 13:51 | yes | 24 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:18 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:44 | yes | 9 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:13 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:29 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:27 | yes | 23 | 42 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:16 | yes | 25 | 133 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:03 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:25 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:36 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:19 | yes | 28 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 10:57 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 09:54 | yes | 29 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:50 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:17 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:03 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:38 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:23 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:31 | yes | 28 | 213 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:34 | yes | 25 | 61 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:58 | yes | 18 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:47 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:59 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:57 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:24 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:31 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:29 | yes | 25 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:50 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:20 | no | 0 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:17 | yes | 25 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:06 | yes | 15 | 76 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:11 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:39 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:16 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:53 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:48 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 11:15 | yes | 41 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:36 | yes | 20 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:37 | yes | 30 | 56 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:02 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:20 | no | 0 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:53 | yes | 30 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:04 | yes | 33 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:33 | yes | 10 | 38 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Atlassian read as Bitbucket
GitHub Enterprise Server read as GitHub
GitHub Enterprise Server (self-hosted) read as GitHub
GitLab Self-Managed read as GitLab
GitLab Self-Managed Premium read as GitLab
GitLab Ultimate read as GitLab
GitLab Ultimate (SaaS) read as GitLab
GitLab Ultimate (self‑managed) read as GitLab
GitLab self-managed read as GitLab
Perforce read as Perforce Helix Core
Perforce Cloud read as Perforce Helix Core
Unresolved, counted raw
ClearCase
CodeCatalyst
IBM Rational ClearCase
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.