GitLab, the leading AI-powered DevSecOps platform, recently announced that it has been recognized as a Leader in the first-ever 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms. Among the 14 DevOps Platforms vendors that were evaluated, GitLab was recognized as a Leader based on the criteria of “Completeness of Vision” and “Ability to Execute.”
Leaders, by Gartner’s definition, execute well against their current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow. According to the report, “DevOps platforms are emerging as a simpler alternative to DevOps toolchains, providing organizations with a consolidated set of integrated capabilities. Software engineering leaders should evaluate DevOps platforms as a means to accelerate delivery of customer value.”
GitLab empowers enterprises to build better software faster, increase operational efficiency, and enhance security and compliance. Customers using GitLab can get end-to-end value stream visibility, improve their developers’ productivity, increase software supply chain security, and accelerate migration to the cloud.
“Having GitLab has completely changed the way we approach reusable software because the place where we develop software is also the place that other people can share, contribute, and participate in that development,” says Alan Hohn, Director of Software Engineering at Lockheed Martin. “Now, all of our programs have access to a high-quality software development environment.”
According to Gartner Peer Insights, the average rating for GitLab based on 368 reviews from DevOps Platforms customers was 4.5 out of 5 in the DevOps Platforms market. Read some of the excerpts of reviews by customers in different industries here:
- IT Services Industry: “GitLab is an all-in-one platform covering much of the features required to implement DevSecOps approach. The tool is built with a nice user experience which ease teams to onboard and to use it in a daily basis.”
- Services (Non-Government) Industry: “GitLab has become the go-to tool in the software development world in the last few years. We use GitLab to manage our code repositories, do version controlling, implement DevOps engineering tasks and deployment, and for CI/CD pipeline. It ultimately became the one-stop solution for almost all our needs.”
- Retail Industry: “GitLab provided us to address different needs using a single platform and improved development velocity and developer experience. We are using pages, package & container registry, dependency proxy, product planning, service desk, wiki and Jira integration features. Implementation and developer onboarding was easy, thanks to enhanced user experience and training & professional services support.”
“GitLab is constantly listening to our community and customers to identify key areas for growth and innovation, and over the past 12 months, we have made significant investments to help customers strengthen their software supply chain, meet complex compliance and regulatory needs, visualize their end-to-end value streams, and leverage AI to deliver secure software faster,“ says Ashley Kramer, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, GitLab. “We believe that our recognition as a Leader in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms further validates the value we provide to our customers and community.”
