# Source control hosting for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "source control hosting platform" and as "Git hosting service", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting/2026-10/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** GitHub leads with 54% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 56 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [GitHub](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/github/index.md) | 54% | 22% | 92 |
| 2 | [GitLab](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/gitlab/index.md) | 30% | 13% | 82 |
| 3 | [Bitbucket](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bitbucket/index.md) | 4% | 28% | 75 |
| 4 | [Azure DevOps](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-devops/index.md) | 4% | 15% | 34 |
| 10 | [Azure Repos](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-repos/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 20 |
| 11 | [Perforce Helix Core](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/perforce-helix-core/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 11 |
| 34 | [AWS CodeCommit](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aws-codecommit/index.md) | 0% | 50% | 14 |
| 37 | [Gitea](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/gitea/index.md) | 0% | 55% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 42 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: GitHub, GitLab; alternatives Azure DevOps
- Perplexity Sonar: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, GitLab, Perforce Helix Core
- Grok 4.20: GitHub; alternatives Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLab
- Mistral Small: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: GitHub; alternatives GitLab
- Llama 4 Maverick: GitLab
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- Kimi K2: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- MiniMax M2.5: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- GPT-6 Luna: GitHub; alternatives Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLab
- Muse Glimmer 30B: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, GitLab

## Sources the answers cite

75 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- docs.github.com: 33 answers, 65 citations
- about.gitlab.com: 27 answers, 50 citations
- github.com: 23 answers, 38 citations
- gane.ai/index: 23 answers, 30 citations
- g2.com: 22 answers, 46 citations
- guideflow.com: 19 answers, 19 citations
- guptadeepak.com: 19 answers, 19 citations
- gitnux.org: 18 answers, 25 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting/enterprise (23 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/version-control-software (19 answers)
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-git-hosting-platforms-2026 (19 answers)
- https://github.com/enterprise (13 answers)
- https://dataintelo.com/report/git-hosting-platform-market (11 answers)
- https://about.gitlab.com/pricing (9 answers)
- https://geekworkbench.com/blog/technical/github-gitlab-bitbucket-comparison (9 answers)
- https://simeononsecurity.com/articles/best-code-repositories-comparison (9 answers)
- https://about.gitlab.com/get-started/enterprise (8 answers)
- https://cloudfresh.com/en/blog/gitlab-github-bitbucket-compared (8 answers)

## Warned against

- GitHub: 20 of 92 labels negative. "should primarily be cautious (or avoid) free or public tiers of popular Git hosting platforms like GitHub.com (free), GitLab.com (free)" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Bitbucket: 21 of 75 labels 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" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- GitLab: 11 of 82 labels negative. "Avoid cloud GitHub/GitLab at this scale unless negotiating massive custom caps—their usage fees (Actions, compute) make totals unpredictable" (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)
- AWS CodeCommit: 7 of 14 labels negative. "Closed to new customers (July 2024); uncertain long-term roadmap; limited ecosystem | ❌ Avoid for new deployments" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: GitHub at 49%.

- GitHub: 56% to 49%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 1 of 36, unchanged.
- GitLab: 28% to 35%, +7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 2 of 36, unchanged.
- Bitbucket: 8% to 4%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 of 36, unchanged.
- Azure DevOps: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 of 36, unchanged.
- Azure Repos: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 9 of 36.
- Perforce Helix Core: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 10 of 36.
- AWS CodeCommit: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 25 → 34 of 36.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, October 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.