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Bitrise vs GitLab: which is more reliable? (2026)
Bitrise is more reliable than GitLab, scoring 88.6 vs 81.2 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bitrise reported 6 incidents and GitLab reported 10, with effective uptime of 99.90% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Bitrise | GitLab |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 88.6 | 81.2 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #1 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.90% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 10 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 13m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Bitrise and GitLab differ
- GitLab reported 67% more incidents than Bitrise over the last 90 days (10 vs 6).
- GitLab had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Bitrise.
90-day uptime
Bitrise
GitLab
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Bitrise incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 31m
Long waiting times (queue) on builds
Affected: ⚙️ Builds (CI)
- Partial outageOct 5, 2026 · resolved in 2h 19m
Issue with the Start Build dialog in the Website UIofficial update ↗
Affected: ⚙️ Builds (CI)
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 6m
Long waiting times [on specific stacks / to start builds]
Affected: ⚙️ Builds (CI)
- Degraded performanceSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 1h 49m
Key Value Dependency Cache Service
Affected: Key Value Dependency Cache Service
- Partial outageAug 28, 2026 · resolved in 32m
CI build list is not loading in multiple workspaces
Affected: ⚙️ Builds (CI)
- Degraded performanceAug 7, 2026 · resolved in 58m
Increased queues on Linux machines
Affected: ⚙️ Builds (CI)
Recent GitLab incidents
- Major outageOct 31, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 16, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 16, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
- Depot · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- Bitbucket · #4 · 99.74% uptime
- Buildkite · #5 · 99.57% uptime
- CircleCI · #6 · 99.19% uptime
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