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Canonical Bazaar vs GitHub comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Canonical Bazaar
Ranking in Version Control
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
GitHub
Ranking in Version Control
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
102
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (4th), Agile and DevOps Services (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Version Control category, the mindshare of Canonical Bazaar is 3.8%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GitHub is 9.3%, up from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Version Control Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GitHub9.3%
Canonical Bazaar3.8%
Other86.9%
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Featured Reviews

it_user1077 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Bazaar is an excellent open source version control system, which allows you to track project history
A great tool to work on projects in a collaborative environment.It also provides an ability to commit work on local machines, in case of no internet connection. Sometime it takes too long to display the differences in working tree, between revisions. Several operations are…
Abdulmunafz Mct - PeerSpot reviewer
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
Daily workflows have become streamlined as I manage projects, learn from clones, and host sites
The thing that has frustrated me is sometimes when I push using a Git command, I need to force the push, which is the main thing. The setup is frustrating because GitHub could add a repository with pre-installed packages or something since I need to install packages in VS Code before pushing and maintain it in the codebase. Git packages need to be installed manually, and if that was already in a GitHub repository, that would be much better. GitHub packages can be installed previously for the project upon the project requirement, and that is the thing I wanted to add here. That would be good. According to governance and security, I recently heard about some security issues in GitHub. I think that could be centralized and should consider those security issues and clear them. The AI capabilities there include Copilot or something else. I recently heard about security issues, but I do not know about it clearly. However, if security has been more tightened, it will be better.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"A great tool to work on projects in a collaborative environment."
"The collaboration is really great, it has really worked and has really helped me a lot, and I find that it is a very important feature."
"The ability to work as a team is great."
"GitHub's integrations with third-party applications are quite good for the needs that we have today."
"If you are a startup or have a small team, it is a good platform to start with because you can achieve your business goal without any cost."
"You can get the differences, history of changes, and version control for various pull requests."
"The ability to track external changes to repositories we are using has been very useful for us."
"The most valuable features of GitHub are the ease of integration into Microsoft Azure DevOps, the process that you need to deploy into Microsoft Azure becomes fairly simple, and the templates are already available, so a lot of the engineers find it easier to use."
"The solution can scale."
 

Cons

"Sometime it takes too long to display the differences in working tree, between revisions."
"This solution could be improved if migration was fully automated to make it easy, for example, to migrate repositories into GitHub."
"There could be some improvements related to the automation of certain processes, especially with the integration of artificial intelligence."
"When we were using GitHub, sometimes within a month or two, GitHub is down for some time."
"The only thing I see missing in GitHub is that it isn't very user friendly for key personnel who don't have in-depth, technical knowledge. In Jira, there are many functions to upload our test cases, and in GitHub we can only do it manually. There are functions which can be used to upload different files, but that still requires some technical knowledge. A layman cannot do it."
"Initially, I had difficulty understanding at the beginner level, but now I know how to commit, how to push, how to pull, how to sync, and the different functionalities available."
"GitHub could have better integration or capability with other solutions."
"The project management sector really needs some improvement for GitHub. I don't know if GitHub made sense for me as a project manager."
"We've found the way licensing is set up to be very challenging. Also, the LDAP sync capability falls over frequently due to the complexity of our LDAP domains."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Regarding pricing, I'd rate it eight out of ten. It's decent and not too expensive, and small businesses can also afford it. With AWS taking CodeCommit out of the market, I don't see many competitors for small companies in terms of GitHub."
"You don't have to pay for a license if you are using the free version."
"The tool offers a free program. As you go, you can upgrade from the community version to the professional one. I believe it costs about ten dollars per person, per month."
"I use the free version of GitHub."
"We pay a subscription-based yearly licensing fee for the solution."
"It’s an open-source solution."
"The licensing model from GitHub is very clear."
"GitHub is a cost-effective solution."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise55
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitHub?
I have been using GitHub for free, and recently I got a free education offer, such as educational resources. I believe it is GitHub Pro or something similar. I have been using the educational offer...
What needs improvement with GitHub?
When we were using GitHub, sometimes within a month or two, GitHub is down for some time. Also, it is using SAML authentication, so when we restart our system, if there is an update on our laptop t...
What is your primary use case for GitHub?
My main use case for GitHub is as a source repository where I'm pushing our code there. Whatever the microservices or the services code we have, we are pushing there. We are running our build and s...
 

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