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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
102
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (4th), Agile and DevOps Services (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Version Control category, the mindshare of Canonical Bazaar is 3.8%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GitHub is 9.5%, up from 7.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Version Control Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GitHub9.5%
Canonical Bazaar3.8%
Other86.7%
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…
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."
"I'm able to access any repository that I like, whether it's public or private."
"I did not have any issues with the stability of Github. It worked seamlessly."
"The code sharing and updated history are valuable features."
"We use GitHub as a repository."
"The support team is good."
"The principal benefit of using this solution is being able to organize improvements and changes to code, which is particularly useful for projects that involve many people."
"GitHub provides good time reduction and this is what I value the most."
"The most valuable feature is help offered by the community for open-source projects."
 

Cons

"Sometime it takes too long to display the differences in working tree, between revisions."
"When we were using GitHub, sometimes within a month or two, GitHub is down for some time."
"GitHub could expand the limits of the free version."
"It would be better if the amount of storage were increased."
"The development team pushes the code into a repository, and the CI/CD pipeline will perform the build. We need open-source libraries to perform the builds. It would be helpful to have the ability to link to open-source libraries like npm libraries. I don't know if GitHub Actions provides this. I would like to see that in GitHub Actions if they don't."
"Specifically, I want the solution to offer AI-based merging support, as it is the only area where the product has certain shortcomings."
"I think one area where GitHub could improve is its search and navigation functionality within repositories. For example, we use IDEs like IntelliJ or Visual Studio Code when developing code. These IDEs allow us to easily navigate from one piece of code to another file where a method is being called. It would be really helpful if the solution could add this navigation feature."
"The project management sector really needs some improvement for GitHub. I don't know if GitHub made sense for me as a project manager."
"If it had all of the end-to-end integration, then we probably wouldn't have any doubts about what we have installed. However, at this point, we're still trying to figure out how to use it end-to-end."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is reasonably priced."
"It is open-source. There is no license for GitHub."
"We are currently paying nothing for GitHub."
"The price of this solution is reasonable."
"GitHub is an open-source product, but when using the free-to-use version, anyone can see the code we're working on."
"The private repositories are free, which is very good."
"It’s an open-source solution."
"If there are only 10 people using a particular repository, then GitHub is free. But if we increase the number of users, we need to pay the normal charge for GitHub."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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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?
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...
What is your primary use case for GitHub?
I use GitHub for maintaining repositories, as it is easy to maintain freelance projects and to store college projects. I will be using it for hosting by providing a GitHub link. For one of my freel...
 

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