Gitea Cloud Alternatives

GitHub

Free plan Free trial

9.5 /10

GitHub is the Git hosting category leader with 100M+ developer community. Free: unlimited public + private repos + 2,000 CI minutes/month + Dependabot. Team at $4/user/month: + Codespaces + 3,000 CI minutes + advanced PR features. Enterprise at $21+/user/month: + SSO + SCIM + 50,000 CI minutes + SOC 2 + FedRAMP. Copilot: Individual $10/month or Business $19/user/month. Advanced Security: $49/user/month (Enterprise Cloud).

• 100M+ developer community network effect — no competitor matches
• Unlimited public + private repos on Free tier (vs GitLab Free's 5 user cap)
• GitHub Copilot has largest AI coding market share + deepest IDE integration

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GitLab

Free plan Free trial

9.2 /10

GitLab is the full DevSecOps platform challenging GitHub. Free: 10 GiB + 400 compute min + 5 licensed users (private groups). Premium at $29/user/month annual: 500 GiB + 10,000 compute min + unlimited users + $12 Duo Agent credits/user. Ultimate custom: 500 GiB + 50,000 compute min + unlimited users + guests + $24 Duo credits + advanced security + compliance. Self-Managed + Dedicated custom.

• Integrated DevSecOps platform reduces tool sprawl — SAST + DAST + CI/CD + compliance in one
• Premium tier's $12 Duo Agent credits/user/month effectively bundled AI (vs GitHub Copilot $19 separate)
• Ultimate tier's advanced security bundling competitive with standalone security tools

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Bitbucket

Free plan Free trial

8.7 /10

Bitbucket is Atlassian's Git hosting platform. Free: 5 users + 1 GB + 50 build minutes/month. Standard at $3.65/user/month: unlimited users + unlimited storage + 2,500 build minutes. Premium at $7.25/user/month: + IP allowlisting + enforced merge checks + deployment permissions + AI-powered code review + 3,500 build minutes. Data Center self-hosted custom. Tight Jira + Confluence integration for Atlassian-committed teams.

• Tightest Jira + Confluence integration for Atlassian-committed teams
• Standard tier $3.65/user/month is cheapest per-user pricing in major Git hosting
• Premium tier's AI code review + IP allowlisting at $7.25/user/month undercuts GitHub Team + Copilot

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Codeberg

Free plan

8.3 /10

Codeberg is the non-profit open-source Git hosting service. Free forever for open-source projects (not suitable for proprietary/commercial code). Donation-supported (~€5-20/month suggested). German non-profit Codeberg e.V. Built on Gitea platform, backs Forgejo hard fork. Codeberg Pages for free static site hosting, Woodpecker CI (Drone fork) for free CI/CD. European data residency.

• Genuinely free forever for open-source projects — no hidden limitations
• Non-profit Codeberg e.V. ensures community ownership (vs corporate acquisitions)
• European data residency (German hosting) + GDPR by design

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