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Bitbucket vs Liquibase comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 14, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Bitbucket
Ranking in Version Control
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Liquibase
Ranking in Version Control
7th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
4.5
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Version Control category, the mindshare of Bitbucket is 18.6%, down from 36.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Liquibase is 4.4%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Version Control Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Bitbucket18.6%
Liquibase4.4%
Other77.0%
Version Control
 

Featured Reviews

VinodKumar9 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer2797194 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer
Database-as-code has transformed how we track schema changes and manage controlled migrations
The best features Liquibase offers include CI/CD integration, which we really appreciate because we didn't have a lot of issues integrating it into our existing CI pipelines, and the changeset and changelog, which are the source of truth that effectively tell us how the database changes are taking effect. The CI/CD integration helped my workflow by improving visibility with the changelog and changeset. For the CI part, Maven and Gradle builds are already available, so we just use the Maven plugin and it was pretty straightforward. There is something called Liquibase Validate as well, which helps with pre-deployment checks. We use the update SQL command for dry-run approvals. Liquibase has positively impacted my organization by providing a way to manage database migrations instead of maintaining raw SQL, which comes with the issue of not being able to track certain schema updates or new table creations. With Liquibase, you have that history through the changelog and changeset tables, which maintain that history of changes.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool helps us manage different versions of code and branches. I like that Bitbucket is similar to Git but may have some vendor support. It has many of the same features as Git."
"The most valuable features are the scripts used for migration purposes and to create new repository releases."
"We can watch the newly implemented code. So it's quite nice to organize the teams to see what part of the work is done and what part of the code is already old or new. It is very good for that kind of management."
"BitBucket is a reliable and user-friendly product."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"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."
"This is a very dependable product that is easy to use and it has an excellent GUI interface."
"Overall product rating: ten out of ten."
"It will be useful for teams to automate and reduce manual work."
"Liquibase has positively impacted my organization by providing a way to manage database migrations instead of maintaining raw SQL, which comes with the issue of not being able to track certain schema updates or new table creations."
"The solution is easy to use, and it has very clear documentation."
"They have some nice features around the automation of rule checking. They have a rules engine that checks the SQL code so that you can actually do your edit checks on the validity of the SQL code. If you don't want certain tables to be able to have certain things done to them, you can have it checked for that. It's a very flexible way to kind of do an automated peer review of the SQL code to catch things before you actually try to deploy it."
 

Cons

"Bitbucket should come with code review pre-integrated, which would be better than integrating another tool into the solution."
"Could provide some default branching options for users to adopt."
"In terms of the commits, we currently create a pull request, however, we are not able to assign any. This could be an area for improvement."
"There could be more AI features included in the product."
"There are many places where the product could be expanded to make it a more complete solution."
"Bitbucket pipelines could be enhanced by adding scalability and caching."
"We need an improved automation feature for the cloud."
"I think the developers are constantly working on improving the pull requests support."
"One thing we faced issues with is that Liquibase does not show the exact error, which added to the complexity."
"We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue."
"The pricing is quite high."
"Liquibase can be improved by addressing the issue that changelog files could conflict with Git if they're not modularized properly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product price as two on a scale of one to ten, where ten means that it is a very expensive tool."
"Licensing is on a monthly basis, it's available on our website. They have a free version, the pro version and then they have an enterprise version, and we're using a kind of the middle of the pro version for about $7 per user per month."
"I rate the pricing an eight out of ten because it is cheaper than solutions like GitLab."
"With our small number of users, our licensing fees are approximately $10 USD per month."
"When it comes to licensing we have the standard plan."
"I rate Bitbucket's pricing a five out of ten."
"Bitbucket may be perceived as costly for smaller companies."
"Sometimes there are issues in obtaining licenses and the pricing could be improved."
"Liquibase is an open-source solution."
"The pricing is fair."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise22
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Bitbucket?
It's straightforward to adapt to, with user-friendly features and a convenient UI.
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.
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Liquibase?
Liquibase is an open-source solution. If you are using Liquibase, you need to update its license. I think Liquibase is affordable for our organization.
What needs improvement with Liquibase?
We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue.
What is your primary use case for Liquibase?
I have worked on the Liquibase commands, Liquibase updates, Liquibase storeback, and some basic commands from Liquibase. We were using the Docker image installed from the AWS CI/CD, downloading thi...
 

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Sample Customers

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