Beta by Crashlytics vs GitLab: What are the differences?
Beta by Crashlytics: Free, streamlined beta distribution for iOS/Android. A streamlined solution for distributing apps that gives you a single, cross-platform toolset for iOS and Android, and a delightful, effortless onboarding for your testers; GitLab: Open source self-hosted Git management software. GitLab offers git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis. Enterprises install GitLab on-premise and connect it with LDAP and Active Directory servers for secure authentication and authorization. A single GitLab server can handle more than 25,000 users but it is also possible to create a high availability setup with multiple active servers.
Beta by Crashlytics and GitLab are primarily classified as "Beta Testing / Mobile App Distribution" and "Code Collaboration & Version Control" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by Beta by Crashlytics are:
- Dashboard that delivers detailed build, tester and developer information
- See the activity of both your developers and your testers. All in one screen.
- Integrated with Crashlytics- Get performance insight, starting with beta testing, all the way through App or Play
store distribution.
On the other hand, GitLab provides the following key features:
- Manage git repositories with fine grained access controls that keep your code secure
- Perform code reviews and enhance collaboration with merge requests
- Each project can also have an issue tracker and a wiki
"Dirt-simple integration" is the top reason why over 7 developers like Beta by Crashlytics, while over 451 developers mention "Self hosted" as the leading cause for choosing GitLab.
GitLab is an open source tool with 20.1K GitHub stars and 5.33K GitHub forks. Here's a link to GitLab's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, GitLab has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1219 company stacks & 1431 developers stacks; compared to Beta by Crashlytics, which is listed in 19 company stacks and 9 developer stacks.