Bamboo vs Bitbucket comparison

The compared Bamboo and Bitbucket solutions aren't in the same category. Bamboo is ranked #10 in BA , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 4.3% mindshare in the category. Bitbucket is ranked #1 in VC , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 18.6% mindshare. Additionally, 78% of Bamboo users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Bitbucket users who would recommend it.

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98% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Bamboo and Bitbucket based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Bamboo

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Build Automation (10th)

Bitbucket

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Version Control (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Lifecycle Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Bamboo is designed for Build Automation and holds a mindshare of 4.3%, down 8.1% compared to last year.
Bitbucket, on the other hand, focuses on Version Control, holds 18.6% mindshare, down 36.2% since last year.

Build Automation Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Bamboo	4.3%
GitLab	9.6%
GitHub Actions	8.7%
Other	77.4%

Build Automation

Version Control Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Bitbucket	18.6%
Bitbucket Server	14.3%
Git	10.4%
Other	56.699999999999996%

Version Control

Featured Reviews

Christo Louw

Director at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Automation has streamlined build and deployment workflows and provides clear project reporting

Regarding improvements for Bamboo, I can't think of anything right now. Bamboo is serving the purpose that we needed it for. I would say pipelines for model building could be an area of focus. However, I can't really comment on that because I haven't looked at Bamboo to assist with machine learning pipelines. If they haven't focused on building MLOps pipelines, that's definitely an area where they could assist businesses. I haven't looked at what Bamboo offers for MLOps, so it's possible that they've already built in features. Machine learning and AI are in big demand at the moment. If they haven't focused too much on MLOps, that's probably where they can improve.

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VinodKumar9

Lead Developer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Integrated task tracking has improved code collaboration and now supports secure, controlled delivery

The integration with Jira is a feature I really appreciate in Bitbucket because it allows for easy task management integration, which is very beneficial. Bitbucket provides strong Jira integration, which is essential for our client who uses Jira for task management. This integration helps streamline processes and has built-in CI/CD pipelines, private repositories, and provides solid support for managing tasks effectively. The CI/CD pipeline in Bitbucket streamlines our development process as we need built-in pipelines, which are available and easy to use. Bitbucket maintains code quality through branch permissions that alert you if you are pushing directly and there are branch protections or conflicts. It enforces naming conventions for branches, making it secure and easy to manage. Security-wise, Bitbucket has good features such as private repositories, access controls, authentication requirements, and secure pull requests, ensuring safety at various levels. The initial setup for Bitbucket is easy as I log in with the company email to access a workspace. Creating repositories follows a straightforward process involving setting permissions and branch creation.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We use Bamboo to automate all our test builds and deployments. It integrates with tools like the ReportPortal to help us check and evaluate processes. When we initiate commands, it automatically checks for scaling issues or failures related to new code. Based on these evaluations, it provides reports in the ReportPortal, helping us decide whether to implement changes."

"One of the big things that made us choose Bamboo, is it seamlessly integrates its APIs into NetSuite, which is our main ELP system."

"The tool is useful for continuous deployment."

"Bamboo's integration with the rest of Atlassian's tech tools, like Jira, helps manage the end-to-end development and release process."

"The most valuable features are compiling and deployment."

"The most useful feature of Bamboo is its integration with other solutions such as Jira and BitBucket, also offered by Atlassian. It is easier to use tools all provided by one vendor."

"The most valuable feature of Bamboo is that it is a good tool for CI/CD integration."

"The platform helps us with automated and timely backup. It provides data replication as well."

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"The product's most valuable feature is output backup."

"It's straightforward to adapt to, with user-friendly features and a convenient UI."

"Bitbucket has a pull request-based method, similar to Git's merge request feature."

"It allows me to track the code from ten years back, which is incredibly useful when trying to understand certain implementations in a project."

"The initial deployment is rather straightforward and only takes 30 minutes to an hour."

"It seems to be quite scalable."

"The solution is easy to use. If I need to check out my latest code or I need to send my local code to the depositories it is simple. Overall it is has been a good experience from my side using this solution."

"We have a couple of different tools that allow us to tie source code changes to report bugs. It's integrated with a bug tracking system and also integrated with what requires a tracking system. So we have better facilities. We get with the command line and can type all that stuff in and get the same kind of trust, but when we d it all manually, it's not likely to happen."

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Cons

"One area that could be enhanced is the governance process, particularly with regard to building approvals and transitions between stages. In comparison to other solutions, such as Jira, which features a workflow that supports approval processes, this capability is not natively available in Bamboo. To implement this functionality, integration with other solutions, such as GSM may be necessary. Although some add-ons, such as Adaptavist ScriptRunner, are available in the market to circumvent this limitation, they may not offer the exact functionality needed. Therefore, there is certainly room for improvement in this area."

"It can be challenging for someone new to the system or ecosystem to grasp, making it difficult to train new people and help them understand."

"Bamboo can improve by providing more with scripting, such as they have with Jenkins. Bamboo is more UI-driven at this time, Jenkins is going in that direction too."

"It should be much easier to use. It shouldn't require a lot of reading to be able to use it. It should have just two or three screens rather than hundreds of screens requiring a lot of clicking. It also requires a lot of integration. It has a steep learning curve. It takes a lot of time to understand and put in the data. There is also no proper training."

"Bamboo is a bit complicated to use compared to other solutions, such as GitLab. You have to integrate different actions that are difficult that could be made easier."

"The solution needs to support more customization in the training. What's offered is pretty generic. They need better training and should offer more guidance."

"The tool is not capable of using YAML efficiently."

"Scalability depends on the use case. If it is really a big customer with a lot of tests, it might not be a scalable option for them."

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"Currently, what's lacking in Bitbucket is the assignment feature."

"The module component needs improvement."

"We need an improved automation feature for the cloud."

"Bitbucket doesn't currently offer AI functionalities."

"The solution is not user-friendly. Right now, the solution is not so easy to understand. It needs to update its design and overall user experience."

"I would like to see the security logs option on the tool directly. The current way to work with security logs is through an email protocol."

"The product could benefit from enhancements in scaling capabilities for continuous deployment processes and better integration with other cloud platforms beyond AWS."

"Bitbucket's Initial setup is a little complicated because you need to install and configure the solution. It can take one or two days to deploy Bitbucket. If you have a high workload, you can deploy it on multiple server farms as needed"

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"If Bamboo could provide more flexibility on pricing, that would help. On the agent side, if you want to increase the number of agents it should be less expensive. If they can provide some better pricing model, it will help, whether we are going to use it or are already using it."

"The price of Bamboo is reasonable."

"I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten."

"I rate the solution's pricing a three out of five."

"There is a subscription required to use Bamboo."

"The server products for small teams used to offer excellent pricing. However, Atlassian has since changed the offering and the pricing is more expensive. I do still think the solution offers good value for money."

"A full licensing cost is paid for Bitbucket."

"Bitbucket is a cost-effective solution. It is the cheapest in the market. It is lower than GitLab and GitHub."

"I rate the pricing an eight out of ten because it is cheaper than solutions like GitLab."

"I did not pay for the license as I was using a corporate license. But I think the pricing is fair."

"When you increase from ten people to anything higher the price increase to one thousand five hundred. That is unsatisfactory and they should have a gradual price slope."

"I rate the pricing a seven out of ten because it is expensive."

"Bitbucket may be perceived as costly for smaller companies."

"I rate Bitbucket's pricing a five out of ten."

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Senior iOS Developer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

May 27, 2015

Bamboo vs. Jenkins

A biased and subjective comparison of Bamboo and Jenkins as CI servers for mobile development, based on practical experience with both. Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (Delivery, Distribution) has been around for quite a while. But surprisingly enough on a global scale it pretty…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Government

13%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	22

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Bamboo?

Bamboo's integration with the rest of Atlassian's tech tools, like Jira, helps manage the end-to-end development and release process.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bamboo?

I rate the solution's pricing a three out of five.

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What needs improvement with Bamboo?

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What do you like most about Bitbucket?

It's straightforward to adapt to, with user-friendly features and a convenient UI.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bitbucket?

Pricing is not based on low cost. It's based on the quality and satisfaction of the services provided. We are not comparing Bitbucket's pricing with GitLab.

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What needs improvement with Bitbucket?

Bitbucket has less community support compared to GitHub, which has many users. However, if you are already using Jira, Bitbucket becomes a natural choice. Bitbucket has limitations such as communit...

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Compared 46% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Overview

Bamboo is a continuous integration and delivery tool that ties automated builds, tests and releases together in a single workflow. It works great alongside JIRA and Stash providing a fully traceable deployment pipeline.

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Bitbucket is a team-oriented Git-based code hosting and collaboration solution. The best-in-class Jira and Trello integrations in Bitbucket are meant to bring the entire software team together to complete a project. Bitbucket gives your team a single location to collaborate on code from concept to cloud deployment, to generate quality code through automated testing, and to deploy code with confidence.

There are three deployment options for Bitbucket:

Bitbucket Cloud is a web-based version of Bitbucket that is hosted on Atlassian's servers and accessible via a URL. Pipelines, an exclusive built-in CI/CD tool in Bitbucket Cloud, allows you to create, test, and deploy directly from Bitbucket.
Bitbucket Server is installed on your computer and runs in your environment. Bamboo, our robust CI/CD platform, has strong connections with Bitbucket Server, allowing you to totally automate your workflow. The license is unlimited.
Bitbucket Data Center appears to users as a single instance of Bitbucket Server, but it is actually hosted on a cluster of servers in your environment.

This has some advantages over Bitbucket Server:

Availability: If one cluster node fails, the remaining cluster node(s) can continue to service requests, resulting in little or no downtime for customers.
Performance at scale: A cluster of numerous Bitbucket Server-running machines can manage more traffic than a single system.
Mirroring: For distributed teams working with large repositories, smart mirroring can increase Git clone performance.

Bitbucket Features

Bitbucket has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Workflow control: This helps you to enforce a project or team workflow.

Cooperation: Pull requests with inline commentary for code review cooperation.

Customization: If you don't find what you're looking for in our Marketplace, you can use our full Rest API to create unique features for your workflow.

Jira and Trello integration: Bring order to the chaos and keep the entire software company informed. Access to Jira issues and Trello cards' branches, build status, commits, and status.

Code collaboration: From concept to cloud, code collaboration is a must. Create a merging checklist with designated approvers and check for passing builds before transitioning Jira issues based on pull request status.

Consistent delivery: With built-in continuous delivery, you can build and test automatically. Build, test, and deploy with Bitbucket Pipelines, our integrated CI/CD solution. Benefit from code-based configuration and quick feedback loops.

Simple deployment: Keep track of your deployments, preview them, and confidently promote them.

Code security: You can rest easy knowing your code is safe on the cloud, and you can use checks to prevent errors from occurring.

Reviews from Real Users

Bitbucket stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust traceability and user-friendly interface. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews:

One PeerSpot reviewer, a Developer III at an Information Technology at a energy/utilities company, writes, “Bitbucket has improved our organization because it has simplified and streamlined our developer communication code and review process. It is also much more visual.” He adds, “Bitbucket's traceability is great. Being able to see pool requests is just a great thing for collaboration.”

Kajal P., Quality Assurance Manager at a tech services company, notes, “The solution is easy to use. If I need to check out my latest code or I need to send my local code to the depositories it is simple. Overall it has been a good experience from my side using this solution."

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