# Source control hosting for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "source control hosting platform" and as "Git hosting service", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/developer/source-control-hosting/enterprise/

**Standing:** GitHub leads with 56% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 50 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GitHub | 56% | 18% | 79 |
| 2 | GitLab | 28% | 11% | 74 |
| 3 | Bitbucket | 8% | 23% | 69 |
| 4 | Azure DevOps | 6% | 21% | 28 |
| 5 | Perforce Helix Core | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 6 | Azure Repos | 0% | 25% | 12 |
| 7 | AWS CodeCommit | 0% | 70% | 10 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: GitHub, GitLab; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket
- GPT-5.4 mini: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: GitHub, GitLab; alternatives Bitbucket
- Perplexity Sonar: GitLab; alternatives Bitbucket, GitHub, Perforce Helix Core
- Grok 4.1 Fast: GitHub; alternatives Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitLab
- Mistral Small: GitHub, GitLab; alternatives Bitbucket
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- Llama 4 Maverick: GitHub; alternatives GitLab
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- Kimi K2: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- MiniMax M2.5: GitHub; alternatives GitLab, Perforce Helix Core

## Sources the answers cite

61 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- docs.github.com: 19 answers, 47 citations
- about.gitlab.com: 17 answers, 32 citations
- g2.com: 16 answers, 29 citations
- gitnux.org: 15 answers, 27 citations
- guideflow.com: 15 answers, 15 citations
- github.com: 14 answers, 19 citations
- viasocket.com: 13 answers, 15 citations
- mgsoftware.nl: 13 answers, 13 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://guideflow.com/blog/version-control-software (15 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/version-control-hosting/enterprise (13 answers)
- https://mgsoftware.nl/en/tools/best-version-control-systems (13 answers)
- https://infoworld.com/article/2249213/enterprise-repo-wars-github-vs-gitlab-vs-bitbucket.html (12 answers)
- https://bmc.com/blogs/github-vs-gitlab-vs-bitbucket (11 answers)
- https://dataintelo.com/report/git-hosting-platform-market (11 answers)
- https://geekworkbench.com/blog/technical/github-gitlab-bitbucket-comparison (11 answers)
- https://viasocket.com/discovery/blog/gq33cp/version-control-tools/10-best-version-control-tools-for-teams (11 answers)
- https://gitnux.org/service/git-hosting (10 answers)
- https://oqtacore.com/blog/github-alternatives-for-enterprise-teams-a-2026-comparison (10 answers)

## Warned against

- GitHub: 14 of 79 labels negative. "GitHub Enterprise suits most but avoid free tiers" (Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt)
- Bitbucket: 16 of 69 labels negative. "Atlassian has officially announced the end of life (EOL) for their on-premise "Server" products... should never purchase a license for a product line that is being phased out" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- AWS CodeCommit: 7 of 10 labels negative. "AWS stopped accepting new customers in 2023 and labels it “not for new deployments.”" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- GitLab: 8 of 74 labels negative. "should primarily be cautious (or avoid) free or public tiers of popular Git hosting platforms like GitHub.com (free), GitLab.com (free)" (Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.