Bitbucket Data Center vs. GitHub Enterprise
See how Bitbucket Data Center stacks up against GitHub Enterprise
Git for the enterprise at a fraction of the cost
Support massive scale with 4x the savings. See how much you and your team can save by choosing Bitbucket Data Center.
Top reasons to go Bitbucket Data Center
From best-in-class integration with Jira to a better code review, Bitbucket Data Center gives your team everything you need to build high quality software at scale.
Git that massively scales
Support your growing team and maintain performance with built-in active-active clustering and disaster recovery. Rest assured that Bitbucket Data Center can handle anything you throw at it.
Support for distributed teams
Geographically dispersed teams save time cloning and pulling changes with Bitbucket Data Center's smart mirroring. Mirrors automatically stay in sync and inherit permissions from the main branch.
Better code review
Code reviews lead to higher quality and faster release cycles. Create a pull request workflow that works for your team with default reviewers, customizable merge checks, and 5 different merge strategies.
Integrations that matter
Get best-in-class integrations with Jira Software, Confluence, and Bamboo out-of-the-box. Using other tools? The Atlassian Marketplace offers hundreds of add-ons to tailor Bitbucket Data Center to meet your team's needs.
Why choose Bitbucket Data Center vs GitHub Enterprise?
See what makes Bitbucket Data Center the Git solution for professional teams.
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Best-in-class Jira integration
Out-of-the-box integration with the #1 software development tool used by agile teams. Create Bitbucket branches from within Jira Software, transition, create, or view issues without ever leaving Bitbucket.
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Turnkey active-active clustering
As your organization grows, maintain performance and ensure uptime by easily adding additional nodes to your cluster without having to call us first.
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Smarter mirroring
Set up smart mirrors for geographically dispersed teams. Select which projects are mirrored in a geographic location and Bitbucket will automatically sync and inherit permissions.
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Flexible pull request workflows
Tailor your pull request workflow to fit your team's needs. Choose between 5 different merge strategies, create custom merge checks, and configure default reviewers.
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Extensibility through apps
Our extensibility goes beyond simple integrations. Add additional functionality by writing custom plugins or shop the hundreds of apps available in our Atlassian Marketplace.
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Disaster recovery
Bitbucket Data Center provides out-of-the-box support for implementing a disaster recovery strategy.
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Granular permissions
Give developers the right access, to the right code, at the right time with multiple levels of permissions.
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Code search
Looking for a specific error message or variable name? Search your entire codebase or a specific pull request.
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User directory integration and SAML support
Integrate with existing user directories (LDAP) for simplified user management. Provide SSO to users through the SAML for Atlassian Data Center add-on.
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Git Large File Support (LFS)
Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers inside Git, while storing the large file contents in Bitbucket.
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GitHub Enterprise's clustering solution is not provided out-of-the-box and requires additional configuration time. GitHub Enterprise also offers functionality such as a commit graph and in-browser editing, both of which can be added to Bitbucket Data Center via Marketplace plugins.
Information effective June 4th, 2018
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All the features your team needs to build great software in a solution purpose built to support massive scale. Choose Bitbucket Data Center today.