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Source control hosting

Asked as “source control hosting platform”, and as “Git hosting service”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 47 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing
GitHub
Clear leader
74% of first choices, clear leader.
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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small businessGitHub78%Clear leaderStanding →Mid-marketGitHub74%Clear leaderThis pageEnterpriseGitHub56%Clear leaderStanding →

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01GitHub74%17%72endorsed leader
02GitLab19%16%70accepted challenger
03Bitbucket4%17%69accepted challenger
04Gitea2%16%25accepted challenger
Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09AWS CodeCommit0%36%11criticized challenger
08Forgejo0%22%18accepted challenger
05Azure DevOps0%14%22accepted challenger
07Azure Repos0%0%13accepted challenger
06Codeberg0%0%11accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Head to head
GitHub vs GitLabGitHub vs BitbucketGitLab vs Bitbucket

One product takes 74% of first choices here, so the chart would put eight markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. One product carries a negative rate above 25% in this category. Jump to the standing

02What they warned about

Nine of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar and DeepSeek V4 Flash changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
GitHub
17%
12 of 72 labels negative · 11 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“GitHub is a platform that some users may want to avoid due to its controversies” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
GitLab
16%
11 of 70 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“The "Budget Trap" to Avoid: **GitLab SaaS** ... it is not budget-friendly for small, scaling teams” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Bitbucket
17%
12 of 69 labels negative · 8 of 12 models
“About one-third of Bitbucket incidents had major impact ... Atlassian struggled with high-severity flaws including CVSS scores over 9” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
SourceForge
89%
8 of 9 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“Who should avoid it: Any modern engineering team looking for a standard DevSecOps development lifecycle.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

61 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 703 links across 218 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

g2.com
22 answers · 32 citations · 9 models
mgsoftware.nl
19 answers · 19 citations · 7 models
slant.co
19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
guideflow.com
vendor site · Guideflow18 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
note.com
18 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
worldmetrics.org
17 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
gitprotect.io
13 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
devopsboys.com
13 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
toolradar.com
13 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
reddit.com
11 answers · 19 citations · 6 models
learnmandu.com
11 answers · 11 citations · 9 models
bmc.com
vendor site · BMC10 answers · 10 citations · 5 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

mgsoftware.nl/en/tools/best-version-control-systems
19 answers · 7 models
slant.co/topics/153/~best-hosted-version-control-services
19 answers · 8 models
guideflow.com/blog/version-control-software
18 answers · 9 models
note.com/snake_dragon/n/n87068052df3a?hl=en
18 answers · 9 models
g2.com/categories/version-control-hosting?hsCtaTracking
14 answers · 8 models
devopsboys.com/blog/github-vs-gitlab-vs-bitbucket-2026
12 answers · 6 models
learnmandu.com/blog/tech/github-vs-gitlab-vs-bitbucket-version-control
11 answers · 9 models
bmc.com/blogs/github-vs-gitlab-vs-bitbucket
10 answers · 5 models
gitprotect.io/blog/top-git-hosting-services
10 answers · 7 models
worldmetrics.org/best/source-code-control-software
10 answers · 8 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ModelDirect“What is the best source control hosting platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which Git hosting service would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top source control hosting platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best source control hosting platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a source control hosting platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which source control hosting platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5GitHub
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHub, GitLabChangedGitHub
Three alternativesAzure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
GitHub
Four alternativesBitbucket, Forgejo, GitLab, Gitea
no first choiceagainst: Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, Jira
GPT-5.4 miniGitHub
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHubHeld
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
no first choiceGitHub
Three alternativesAzure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
no first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashGitHub
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHubHeld
One alternativeGitLab
against: BitbucketGitHub
Five alternativesAzure DevOps, Bitbucket, Forgejo, GitLab, Gitea
against: AWS CodeCommitGitHub
Two alternativesBitbucket, Gitea/Forgejo
against: GitLabGitHub, GitLab
Two alternativesAzure DevOps, Bitbucket
against: AWS CodeCommit, Bitbucket, Forgejo, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Gitee, SourceForge
Perplexity SonarGitHub
One alternativeBitbucket
GitLabChanged
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitHub
GitHub
Four alternativesAzure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLab, Gitea/Forgejo
GitHub
Two alternativesBitbucket, Gitea
no first choiceagainst: Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, SourceForge
Grok 4.1 FastGitHub
One alternativeGitLab
against: BitbucketGitHubHeld
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHub
Three alternativesAzure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLab
GitHub
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
against: Gitea/Forgejono first choice
Two alternativesGitHub, GitLab
against: Bitbucket, Forgejo, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, SourceForge
Mistral SmallGitHub
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHubHeld
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHub, GitLab
Four alternativesAzure Repos, Bitbucket, Gitea, Gogs
against: AWS CodeCommitBitbucket
Three alternativesCodeberg, GitHub, GitLab
no first choiceagainst: Azure DevOps, GitHub
DeepSeek V4 FlashGitHub, GitLab
Three alternativesAzure DevOps, Azure Repos, Bitbucket
against: AWS CodeCommitGitLabChanged
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitHub
GitHub
Four alternativesAWS CodeCommit, Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLab
GitHub
One alternativeBitbucket
against: GitLabGitHub, GitLab
Three alternativesAzure Repos, Bitbucket, Gitea/Forgejo
against: Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Forgejo, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Google Code, Microsoft CodePlex, SourceForge
Llama 4 MaverickGitHubGitHubHeld
Three alternativesBitbucket, GitLab, Gitea
GitHub
Four alternativesAzure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLab, Gitea
GitHub
Three alternativesBitbucket, CloudForge, GitLab
no first choiceagainst: GitHub
Qwen 3.7 FlashGitHub
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHubHeld
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHub
Three alternativesAzure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
against: SourceForgeGitHub
One alternativeBitbucket
against: GitLabno first choiceagainst: Bitbucket, GitHub, SourceForge
Kimi K2GitHub
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHubHeld
One alternativeGitLab
against: BitbucketGitHub, GitLab
One alternativeBitbucket
GitHub
Two alternativesGitLab, Gitea/Forgejo
against: BitbucketGitHub, GitLab
Two alternativesAzure Repos, Bitbucket
against: Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, Google Code, OSDN, Phabricator, SourceForge
GLM 4.7 FlashXGitHub
Three alternativesAzure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
GitHubHeld
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHub
Five alternativesAzure DevOps, Bitbucket, Forgejo, GitLab, Gitea
Bitbucket, Gitea
Two alternativesForgejo, GitLab
against: GitHubno first choiceagainst: Forgejo, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Google Code, SourceForge
MiniMax M2.5GitHub, GitLab
One alternativeBitbucket
GitHub, GitLabHeld
One alternativeBitbucket
GitHub
Two alternativesBitbucket, GitLab
GitHub
Two alternativesGitLab, Gitea
no first choiceagainst: Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 13:56yes98 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 12:36yes36 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 13:23yes1426 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 09:48yes205 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 10:46yes1712 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 09:34yes55 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 10:10yes1015 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 10:57yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 11:38yes1033 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 13:16yes2433 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 10:22yes834 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 10:14yes1430 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 11:10no05 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 09:45yes34 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 11:27yes1323 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 13:18yes205 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 13:56yes1410 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 13:46yes54 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 12:24yes1012 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 12:15yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 10:59no037 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 10:00yes919 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 14:13yes1518 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 11:29yes1027 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 11:59yes911 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 10:18yes36 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 10:24yes1323 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 13:22yes207 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 12:08yes149 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 13:15yes59 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 10:46yes1015 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 13:40yes53 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 11:30yes946 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 09:53yes1042 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 09:52yes8209 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 11:30yes516 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 09:44no04 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 12:42no02 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 12:39yes1424 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 14:02yes205 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 10:56yes209 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 13:22yes97 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 10:52yes1010 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 13:08yes53 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 11:53yes1023 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 10:09yes1524 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 11:06yes1076 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 10:54yes1030 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 12:31no017 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 10:57no08 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 13:34no018 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 12:37yes208 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 11:28no06 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 12:41no010 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 11:02yes1726 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 13:34yes54 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 11:09no036 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 11:27yes1577 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 10:22yes14149 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 10:24yes1035 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 10:02yes1812 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 11:41no04 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 11:06yes2121 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 12:25yes207 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 09:30yes4414 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 12:21yes108 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 11:02yes3044 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 11:06yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 12:43yes959 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 09:26yes1527 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 10:13yes3536 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 11:40yes1327 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings
GitHub Enterprise Server read as GitHub
GitLab SaaS read as GitLab
GitLab Self-Managed read as GitLab
GitLab Ultimate read as GitLab
self-hosted GitLab read as GitLab
Unresolved, counted raw
Microsoft CodePlex
OSDN
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.

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