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Canonical Bazaar vs GitHub comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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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
99
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (4th), Agile and DevOps Services (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Version Control category, the mindshare of Canonical Bazaar is 3.5%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GitHub is 10.6%, up from 6.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Version Control Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GitHub10.6%
Canonical Bazaar3.5%
Other85.9%
Version Control
 

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…
Murathan OK - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development Manager at a media company with 10,001+ employees
CI/CD workflows have become streamlined and AI support has improved collaborative development
We are using GitHub because it is open-source software, which is the most valuable solution for us. The open source and community support are very good. We are always up-to-date with the community, and integration difficulty is very low. If you integrate any CI/CD solutions on GitHub, it's very easy. We started using GitHub about three months ago with AI integration. For our deployments, some developers can be very shy about asking for descriptions on their commits. We are using AI support for comments and deployment management, which is beautiful. We are not using the GitHub API for automating workflows in our projects. I give GitHub a five-star rating for the review capabilities. I also give GitHub five stars for integration with third-party applications. There is a lot of integration available on GitHub. If you want to integrate something, even if it could be integrated before GitHub, you can make your code and integrate your own in-house applications. It's a very easy and powerful aspect of GitHub.

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."
"Using the solution feels like we are running a massive development team comprising a couple of other employees and me."
"It’s great to find the talent who is available and has particular skills."
"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."
"We are using GitHub for all of our repositories where we can store the code, collaborate with different developers, build, and create a pipeline."
"GitHub is good for small companies and for personal use."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"I appreciate saving from Visual Studio Code that implements changes directly on GitHub."
"GitHub have a built-in software application development environment and this has been most useful."
 

Cons

"Sometime it takes too long to display the differences in working tree, between revisions."
"It would be useful to have tutorial videos within the GitHub dashboard."
"The support team needs to have a well-defined SLA model since it is an area where the tool currently has some shortcomings."
"There is room for improvement in terms of interface."
"When solving merge conflicts, it would be helpful to have tooltips within the actions to know what changes could happen next when resolving a conflict."
"Another problem is installation."
"GitHub could add some more security features."
"The solution can improve by adding video guides, official guides, or short courses that cater to beginners who are new to the system. These resources could offer step-by-step guidance on how to use GitHub, including common procedures such as pulling and committing. Currently, many of us have to resort to searching for information on how to do these tasks via Google. An official guide provided by GitHub itself would be a valuable asset to newcomers and would save them time and effort."
"I faced one or two breakdowns. That said, they lasted only for a few seconds or a minute."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It’s an open-source solution."
"There are no licensing fees for the features that we use."
"If I consider the market standards, the product's price is pocket-friendly."
"I think, in terms of price, GitHub is okay compared to other tools."
"The basic licensing model is free, and if you need to have technical support and such things, then it does cost something. You only need to pay extra if you need technical support."
"The price of this solution is reasonable."
"The licensing model for GitHub is user-based. Whenever the new developer joins we have to get a new license and register their ID. The overall price of the solution is reasonable."
"My company purchased it. Before, we used to receive the free version, but then they purchased some of the features."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Marketing Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise52
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitHub?
I was paying approximately one hundred dollars annually about a year ago. I am uncertain of the current cost, but GitHub without Copilot is free as far as I know. I am not paying anything for my Gi...
What needs improvement with GitHub?
We have been working on artificial intelligence improvements as well, and improvement of that, so the development and delivery to different kinds of environments will be faster. I think that a slig...
What is your primary use case for GitHub?
We are using products that are already established, as we are a consultant company that is working extensively on Microsoft technologies. For the queuing products, we are using Service Bus, Event H...
 

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