AWS CodeBuild vs GitLab: What are the differences?
AWS CodeBuild: Build and test code with continuous scaling. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed build service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers; GitLab: Open source self-hosted Git management software. GitLab offers git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis. Enterprises install GitLab on-premise and connect it with LDAP and Active Directory servers for secure authentication and authorization. A single GitLab server can handle more than 25,000 users but it is also possible to create a high availability setup with multiple active servers.
AWS CodeBuild and GitLab are primarily classified as "Continuous Integration" and "Code Collaboration & Version Control" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by AWS CodeBuild are:
- Fully Managed Build Service
- Continuous Scaling
- Enables Continuous Integration
On the other hand, GitLab provides the following key features:
- Manage git repositories with fine grained access controls that keep your code secure
- Perform code reviews and enhance collaboration with merge requests
- Each project can also have an issue tracker and a wiki
"Pay per minute" is the primary reason why developers consider AWS CodeBuild over the competitors, whereas "Self hosted" was stated as the key factor in picking GitLab.
GitLab is an open source tool with 20.1K GitHub stars and 5.33K GitHub forks. Here's a link to GitLab's open source repository on GitHub.
Coderus, Webedia, and Ticketmaster are some of the popular companies that use GitLab, whereas AWS CodeBuild is used by Convox, Volta Industries, and ChromaDex. GitLab has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1219 company stacks & 1431 developers stacks; compared to AWS CodeBuild, which is listed in 21 company stacks and 14 developer stacks.