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We are pleased to announce that for the first time, we are offering the opportunity to benefit from our extensive accumulated knowledge about GitLab 🦊 (since 2015), even if you haven’t purchased GitLab licensing from us — through access to reports, graphs, and insights that we produce about the product monthly!
We decided to do this due to the high demand from GitLab users around the world who hadn’t purchased licensing from us (or were using the free edition) and approached about accessing our Gitlab reports. Recently we decided to make this knowledge accessible to everyone and increase product transparency, at a nominal price that quickly returns the investment.
Until now, we limited this information (at no additional cost) to our customers who buy licensing or annual GitLab support from us, and now, due to the demand, we’ve decided to enable those who do not purchase licensing or annual GitLab support to access this information as well for a nominal fee.
What do you get in this subscription?
- Monthly Update – Detailed Excel Report of ALL product capabilities (currently over 600), organized by criteria such as which edition the capability exists in (or not), category assignment, assignment to development process stages, capability explanations, technical documentation links, and more.
The report comes as an expanded Excel file, with built-in filtering and sorting capabilities (and an explanation of how to use and read the file).
Using the file, it’s easy to identify which capabilities exist in GitLab in a specific area (for example, CI or CD) and which capabilities are in the free edition, Premium, or Ultimate.
We release this alongside the new GitLab edition release (around the 22nd of each month).
>> An example Excel file (from version 16.7 released about a year ago) can be downloaded here.
- Monthly Update – Detailed Excel Report of ALL [NEW] Features in the product, organized according to various criteria, such as in which release it was launched, which product area it belongs to, user community popularity metrics for this feature, and more.
The file includes many sorting and filtering options.
The file includes thousands of new features (we started building it in version 11.0 about 7 years ago).
With this file, you can identify, for example, a cross-section of new features introduced in the last year or from a specific date, and do a secondary cross-section of a product area (such as CD, Version Control, or a specific Security capability).
>> You can download the following file to see an example of all features from version 14.0 (July 2021) to version 16.2 (July 2023).
- Bimonthly Update – Graphs of GitLab’s Development Trends, presenting the product’s progress, insights, and our analysis.
This allows you to see, for example, where the manufacturer’s effort is concentrated within the product for each Release, at the resolution of specific product areas, and more.
>> You can see an example in the attached file here (PDF of versions 16 to 17), and also in a public article we published a few years ago (that was very popular and impactful).
The most up-to-date information is emailed to our subscribers (in a convenient-to-read format) ✉️monthly.
If this content interests you send us an email gitlab@almtoolbox.com
or call us 866-503-1471 (USA / Canada) or 072-240-5222 (International)
All of this content is produced by us, based on open and legal information databases, and cannot be obtained elsewhere in the way we offer (not even on the manufacturer’s website).
GitLab users worldwide love this content because it provides important knowledge and saves them a lot of time searching for information (most of which is very difficult to find or aggregate in the way we’ve done). You can look at the information as a unique “Gartner” for GitLab users
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
Q: Can the information be shared?
Yes, within your organization only (we provide organizational subscriptions).
Q: How can one know the subscription purchase cost?
Send us an email to gitlab@almtoolbox.com or call us.
Q: How is the information we share built?
The information is aggregated from several information sources existing on the manufacturer’s (GitLab) website and open product repositories, and based on our accumulated knowledge.
The files you see above are our own development.
By the way, we build and package the product using the great GitLab CI 🙂
Q: Where is your product knowledge from?
We have been using GitLab since 2015, supporting it (for our clients) since late 2015, and officially representing the manufacturer since 2016.
We received our first technical certification for the product in 2017 and since then have obtained additional certifications (including in 2024) after passing technical exams.
We’ve sold the product and provided support (until today) to hundreds of customers from around the world, and have also received several appreciation awards from the manufacturer, such as GitLab Hero since 2020, GitLab Selected Partner since 2018, and GitLab Champion in 2024.
Q: I’m your client buying GitLab licensing or support — how can I receive this?
Someone in your organization might already be receiving this — contact us by email gitlab@almtoolbox.com
Q: Does the information include references to GitLab free editions?
Yes, absolutely. In fact, through this information, it’s easy to compare different editions.
Q: Do the reports include information about Self-hosted and Cloud editions?
Yes – the information relates to both (some information even shows the differences between them).
Q: Is the most current information delivered to subscribers close to a new edition’s release?
Yes, absolutely. We generate the reports automatically (which allows the production process to be very quick).
Q: Do you create other unique tools or content complementing GitLab?
Definitely – contact us (some tools are free).
Q: Is the information you distribute legal?
Yes, absolutely (we’ve legally verified this). The information is mostly based on public and open sources.
Q: Do you also provide support for GitLab?
Yes, definitely. We provide consulting, support, managed services, development process and CI/CD building, connection to complementary tools, and more – contact us.
