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

Gane Index, November 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/enterprise

**Standing:** GitHub leads with 68% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 50 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) | 68% | 24% | 93 |
| 2 | [GitLab](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/gitlab/index.md) | 20% | 17% | 88 |
| 3 | [Azure DevOps](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-devops/index.md) | 6% | 14% | 57 |
| 4 | [Bitbucket](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bitbucket/index.md) | 2% | 38% | 71 |
| 6 | [Gitea](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/gitea/index.md) | 2% | 55% | 11 |
| 7 | [Azure Repos](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-repos/index.md) | 0% | 13% | 15 |
| 36 | [AWS CodeCommit](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aws-codecommit/index.md) | 0% | 64% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 37 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: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- GPT-5.4 mini: GitHub; alternatives GitLab
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- Perplexity Sonar: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- Grok 4.20: GitHub; alternatives GitLab
- Mistral Small: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: GitHub; alternatives AWS CodeCommit, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- Llama 4 Maverick: GitHub; alternatives Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLab
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- Kimi K2: GitHub, GitLab; alternatives Azure DevOps
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: GitHub; alternatives Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLab
- MiniMax M2.5: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- GPT-6 Luna: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Azure Repos, GitLab
- Muse Glimmer 30B: GitHub; alternatives Azure Repos, GitLab

## Sources the answers cite

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

- gane.ai/index: 34 answers, 37 citations
- github.com: 32 answers, 53 citations
- g2.com: 31 answers, 32 citations
- docs.github.com: 24 answers, 60 citations
- about.gitlab.com: 22 answers, 38 citations
- toolradar.com: 16 answers, 20 citations
- azure.microsoft.com: 15 answers, 32 citations
- atlassian.com: 15 answers, 22 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting/enterprise (33 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/version-control-hosting/enterprise (25 answers)
- https://github.com/enterprise (18 answers)
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/source-code-management (15 answers)
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-git-hosting-platforms-2026 (14 answers)
- https://github.com/pricing (12 answers)
- https://oqtacore.com/blog/github-alternatives-for-enterprise-teams-a-2026-comparison (12 answers)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities (11 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/source-code-management (11 answers)
- https://about.gitlab.com/compare/gitlab-vs-github/github-azure-migration (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Bitbucket: 27 of 71 labels negative. "Bitbucket has faced criticism for vulnerabilities and security flaws that have prompted some teams to move to more secure alternatives." (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- GitHub: 22 of 93 labels negative. "Avoid cloud GitHub/GitLab at this scale unless negotiating massive custom caps—their usage fees (Actions, compute) make totals unpredictable" (Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt)
- GitLab: 15 of 88 labels negative. "Avoid using the public cloud tier (Premium/Business) without enterprise negotiation." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Gitea: 6 of 11 labels negative. "Gitea | Critical RCE vulnerabilities | CVE-2026-60004 (CVSS 9.8)" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: GitHub at 68%.

- GitHub: 54% to 68%, +14. Cleared the floor by 3 points · rank 1 of 37, unchanged.
- GitLab: 30% to 20%, −10. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 2 of 37, unchanged.
- Azure DevOps: 4% to 6%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 3 of 37.
- Bitbucket: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 3 → 4 of 37.
- Gitea: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 37 → 6 of 37.
- Azure Repos: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 7 of 37.
- Perforce Helix Core: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 8 of 37.
- AWS CodeCommit: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 34 → 36 of 37.

## Record

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