--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of GitHub. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: GitHub Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [App Development Software](/directory/30082/application-development/software) > [GitHub](/software/129067/github) # GitHub Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/129067/github Page: 1 / 249\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/129067/github?page=2) > GitHub enables development teams to collaborate, and review and manage code within a DevOps pipeline and built-in code security. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 6198 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses GitHub? Development teams at startups and small businesses to Fortune 50 companies use GitHub, every step of the way. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 6198 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Microsoft - **Location**: Redmond, US - **Founded**: 1975 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$4.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Free (Basics for teams and developers) $0 per month Team (Advanced collaboration and support for teams): $4 per user / month Enterprise (Security, compliance, and flexible deployment for enterprises): $21 per user/month - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq and 27 more ## Features - Application Security - Automated Testing - Backlog Management - Bug Tracking - Bug/Issue Capture - Code Review - Collaboration Tools - Collaborative Development - Configuration Management - Continuous Delivery - Continuous Deployment - Continuous Integration - Dashboard - Debugging - File Sharing - Graphical User Interface - Integrated Development Environment - Issue Management - Issue Tracking - Milestone Tracking - Monitoring - Project Management - Quality Assurance - Real-Time Analytics - Release Management - Reporting/Project Tracking - Repository Management - Task Management - Task Progress Tracking - Ticket Management - Version Control - Vulnerability Scanning ## Integrations (15 total) - CircleCI - Docker - Git - Heroku - JIRA Service Management - Jenkins - Jira - Microsoft Azure - Microsoft Visual Studio - Netlify - Pivotal Tracker - Slack - Trello - Vercel - Visual Studio Code ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [App Development Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30082/application-development/software) ## Related Categories - [App Development Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30082/application-development/software) - [Source Code Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31420/source-code-management/software) - [Nonprofit Project Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/32439/project-management-software-for-nonprofits/software) - [Project Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30002/project-management/software) - [Continuous Integration Tools](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31119/continuous-integration/software) ## Alternatives 1. [GitLab](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/159806/gitlab) — 4.6/5 (1226 reviews) 2. [Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/157785/bitbucket) — 4.6/5 (1347 reviews) 3. [Jira](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/19319/jira) — 4.4/5 (15460 reviews) 4. [Wrike](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/76113/wrike) — 4.4/5 (3038 reviews) 5. [ClickUp](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/158833/clickup) — 4.6/5 (4620 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Good tool for code management but lacks some features when integrating with Confluence/Jira" — 3.0/5 > **Mark** | *3 June 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: GitHub is a great tool to manage pull requests and being able to add labels in our teams helps to differentiate between urgent items which need reviews and are vital for the next release. > > **Cons**: One of the drawbacks with GitHub is integrating non development team members into a workflow process. Even though it is possible to setup a workflow too add approvers the terminology and UI is very developer based so can be a bit confusing to non development colleagues. > > Overall GItHub is a good tool for managing code, getting reviews and merging into the relevant branch ahead of deployment. There are some good integrations but it would be great if it could work more seamlessly with Confluence and Jira, and provide additional features to help automatically manage the correct states of the linked jira. ----- ### "Industry standard" — 4.0/5 > **Anonymous User** | *5 December 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Given it's the industry standard it just works with everything making integrations a breeze. Actions are also a really simple way to get CI up and running. > > **Cons**: Better organisational tools for repositories would be great, appreciate you can setup teams but I'd love to be able to group certain repositories together in the UI. ----- ### "Keeps it simple and polished" — 4.0/5 > **Ioannis** | *19 August 2026* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: No-nonsense UI - it is one of the few where I never got use out of the "Zapper" tool of uBlock Origin, as everything has its place. Very good documentation for all parts of GitHub. Strong integrations with just about everything that affects a software development lifecycle. Clear ways to interact with it through many forms, including a rich command line client. Also, a high number of developers are on it which is a great boon for open source projects. > > **Cons**: Data portability - the issue tracker is deliberately quite simple (and I don't think it should be made more complex) but after a certain point, does not scale to everyone's needs. It is hard to move off of GitHub, at least for tracking issues. The pull request review process is quite noisy and sometimes hard to get to grips with. For example, it's not clear that you need to "Submit" your review to actually propose changes. The propose changes feature is very nice as it means you don't have to leave your browser, but is not very clearly exposed in the UI. Some social elements are undesirable, like "Achievements", which lead to drive-by interactions with open source projects. Their users are "in GitHub", but not "in projects" so to speak. I believe this creates poor incentives for the open source community, as it brings people further apart from becoming long term contributors, as they are chasing virtual badges instead of real community engagement. > > Positive - it has historically and I would say it is still one of the best when it comes to keeping it simple. They have been conservative with adding features and I believe that's the right approach on the whole. ----- ### "Rock-solid for developing our museum apps, just a massive learning curve for the non-tech guys" — 5.0/5 > **Mark** | *12 June 2026* | Museums & Institutions | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: GitHub has sheer reliability as a central source of coder truth, especially when you are managing a diverse mix of projects. I work closely with a professional System Architect to manage our codebases, and the platform handles everything we throw at it flawlessly. Recently, we used it as a repository for hosting Mail Transfer Agent Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS), which demands total stability. But where it really shines for us is managing repositories for our in-house applications across completely different museum departments. We have repos dedicated to our Flight Sim \& VR Suite team, another for our Aviation Library team, and a separate one to catalogue our heritage collection. The version control is bulletproof, pull requests are intuitive, and it gives us a secure, centralised space to collaborate. Knowing the platform is fast, stable, and simply never falls over gives us massive peace of mind. > > **Cons**: While it is absolute perfection for me and our volunteer System Architect, the biggest challenge is the steep learning curve for everyone else. GitHub’s interface and terminology are fundamentally developer-centric. When you try to bring in non-technical volunteers or niche department teams—like the Admin guys managing physical library archives or setting up flight simulators—the UI can be incredibly intimidating. Concepts like branch merging, pull requests, and commit histories feel like a foreign language to them. GitHub has tried to simplify things over the years, but it still lacks a genuinely user-friendly, abstracted environment for non-developers who just need to collaborate on data or check progress. It takes a lot of hand-holding and internal training to get them comfortable, which slows down cross-department onboarding, especially for 100% non-profit organisation like ours. > > GitHub has been top-tier for me. It has allowed two technical leads to cleanly structure, secure, and oversee multiple developer pipelines for an entire aviation heritage organisation. It seamlessly bridges the gap between high-level infrastructure tasks, like deploying MTA-STS, and bespoke app development for our various museum sectors. The platform is incredibly robust, the hosting is rock-solid, and the security features—particularly the SSL and repo permissions—are exactly what you need when handling heritage data. It isn’t the easiest tool to introduce to non-technical staff or volunteers, and you will have to bridge that UI gap yourself. However, as a core repository system and collaboration engine, it is completely unmatched. It keeps our projects organised, secure, and moving forward in the current, lightning speed of coding in this Singularity of AI. ----- ### "Perfect for all sizes of projects" — 5.0/5 > **🧑‍💻 Owain** | *6 April 2026* | Internet | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I enjoy working with GitHub due to its ease of use and that so many people use it so there are tons of online resources available if you get stuck trying to set something up > > **Cons**: Sometimes swapping between repos can be cumbersome. If you have multiple organisations it's not always a smooth transition between repos > > I enjoy working with GitHub so much that we've recently migrated all our bitbucket repos to GitHub. 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