GitHub
github.com
Where the code lives
from $4/moFree plan
GitLab
The whole DevOps pipeline in one app
Free plan availableDeveloper ToolsSince 2011
from $29/moVisit about.gitlab.com
What GitLab is
Source control plus CI/CD, security scanning, package registry and project management — self-managed or SaaS.
What GitLab has cost
We have read this pricing page 15 times since Jan 2021, including archived copies of it. Each figure below was pulled from the page itself, not from a summary of it.
- $4/mo*Jan 2021 · Bronze / Starter · 1 reading · archived page
The entry plan changed name here, from Bronze / Starter to Premium. That is a different plan, so the two prices are not a rise or a cut.
$19/mo*Jul 2021 – Jan 2023 · Premium · 4 readings · archived page- $29/mo*Jul 2023 – Sept 2026 · Premium · 10 readings · archived page
The Premium plan moved from $19 to $29 (+52.6%) somewhere between Jan 2023 and Jul 2023 — we read it at both ends and cannot narrow it further.
* That reading is the effective monthly cost when paying for a year up front, which is what the page published at the time.
Gaps are ours, not the vendor's: where a capture was unreadable, or the price could not be tied to a plan at all, no reading was recorded rather than a guess. See every price change we can stand behind.
Price held · 3 years
GitLab Premium has cost $29/mo, paid annually, since July 2023.
10 readings of its own pricing page agree, starting from the July 2023 capture. How the award works
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Current offers
Free plan
Free plan, no card required
Ongoing free tier published by the vendor. Limits vary by plan.
GitLab alternatives
Other tools in developer tools that cover similar ground. Full comparison.
Where GitLab sits on price
Entry prices across Developer Tools, cheapest first.
13 of these 13 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page. The median is taken across the 13 verified prices in Developer Tools. 1 more tool in this category does not publish an entry price and is not plotted. Showing the 10 cheapest.
GitLab pricing questions
- How much does GitLab cost?
- GitLab starts at $29 a month on its Premium plan, billed annually. That figure was read from about.gitlab.com's own pricing page on 21 September 2026.
- Does GitLab have a free plan?
- Yes. GitLab publishes an ongoing free tier — not a countdown trial. Limits vary by plan, so check what the free tier covers before you commit.
- What is GitLab used for?
- Source control plus CI/CD, security scanning, package registry and project management — self-managed or SaaS. People mainly use it to host code, run ci, self-host git, review code.
- What are the best alternatives to GitLab?
- The closest alternatives in the same category are GitHub, Vercel, Supabase, Sentry. GitHub starts lower at $4 a month; Vercel starts lower at $20 a month; Supabase starts lower at $25 a month; Sentry starts lower at $26 a month. GitHub, Vercel, Supabase and Sentry publish a free plan.