2 categories · RankedGitLab
GitLab is a DevSecOps platform for source control hosting, infrastructure as code, and container security scanning · gitlab.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
GitHub is first at 86%.
GitHub is first at 78%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
GitHub is first at 68%.
Why models recommend it
“If your B2B customers require strict SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA compliance... GitLab is often the strongest contender.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“If you need a unified DevSecOps tool (everything in one URL) and self-hosting options: GitLab.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Recommended: GitLab Self-Managed (or GitLab SaaS if you prefer a managed service)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Paraphrase question · first choice
“For critical/sensitive projects: Self-host using GitLab, Gitea, or Forgejo”Kimi K2 · Negative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Hosting your own Git platform using open-source tools like Gitea, Forgejo, Gogs, or GitLab Community Edition is great for data privacy, but comes with operational risks”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“The free tier is more restrictive than Bitbucket regarding private repositories... you generally need to pay for the "Premium" tier”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Merge rules and protections are documented, but implementation details (e.g., bypass permissions) vary”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“the Red Hat incident was tied to a self-managed GitLab instance rather than GitLab's managed service”GPT-5.4 mini · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as GitLab, over the 242 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | 140 | Compare → | |
| 219 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 119 | 3 | View → | |
| 69 | 0 | View → | |
| 40 | 0 | View → | |
| 36 | 0 | View → | |
| 28 | 1 | View → | |
| 24 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of GitLab →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on GitLab's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- teams and agents
- Price stated
- Commit once, adjust anytime with flexible pricing
- Free plan or trial
- Get free trial
- Certifications
- CCPA, CSA STAR, GDPR, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 42001
- Customers named
- nvidia, barclays, lockheed martin, thales, ericsson, deutsche telekom, agoda, HackerOne
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 196 of the 242 answers that named GitLab and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
417 of the 526 domain citations in answers naming GitLab came from a third party's page. Fifty-seven were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 2,282 | undated | SAST, Feature flags | ||
| Conference or event | 588 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 247 | undated | |||
| News or press | 219 | undated | |||
| Case study | 96 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 19 | 0 | 2024-07-01 | ||
| Comparison | 12 | 1 | 2026-09-16 | SAST | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 10 | 1 | 2026-10-06 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 6 | 0 | 2025-05-29 | ||
| Podcast or video | 2 | 0 | 2019-07-03 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-16When to use SAST versus an LLM security scanner comparison
- 2025-05-29What is a large language model llm glossary or explainer
- 2024-11-14What is git the ultimate guide to gits role and functionality glossary or explainer
- 2024-09-27What is gitflow glossary or explainer
- 2024-09-24Git pull vs git fetch whats the difference comparison
Events in person
- November 20, 2026GitLab Epic Tour MumbaiSofitel Mumbai BKC, Mumbai, India · hosts
- August 12, 2026GitLab Epic Tour MelbourneSofitel Melbourne on Collins, Melbourne, AU · hosted
- July 28, 2026GitLab Epic Tour SydneySofitel Sydney Darling Harbour, Sydney, AU · hosted
- June 4, 2026Bank of America Global Technology ConferenceSan Francisco, US · spoke
- March 5, 2026Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom ConferenceSan Francisco, US · hybrid · spoke
As the event pages on gitlab.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page gitlab.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.