GitLab users often ask us which GitLab version to select. No wonder: today there are essentially 10 (!) options (cloud, on-premise etc.), and the choice can be quite confusing.
The purpose of this article is to help you to choose the right version of GitLab.
So how do you choose?
To make it simple, let’s split the decision process into two steps:
- First, decide whether you want your GitLab in-house behind your firewall (on-premise), on their public cloud (gitlab.com) or on a private cloud. The private cloud option, which we provide, is actually a private server on the cloud, and it offers the best of both worlds: On one hand, there is no need for IT or physical server maintenance; on the other hand, you use your own server , giving you full control and many more advantages.
- Next you have to decide whether the free version (“Community Edition”) is good enough for you, or if you need one of the paid (Enterprise) options.
