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At a Glance
Bitbucket
Bitbucket
Star Rating
(943)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.1% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Free for up to 5 users
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Subversion
Subversion
Star Rating
(64)3.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Bitbucket vs Subversion

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Bitbucket easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Bitbucket overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Bitbucket meets the needs of their business better than Subversion.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Bitbucket is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Bitbucket over Subversion.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Bitbucket
Small teams
Free
for up to 5 users
Browse all 3 pricing plans
Subversion
No pricing available
Free Trial
Bitbucket
Free Trial is available
Subversion
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
770
8.5
59
Ease of Use
8.7
771
8.0
60
Ease of Setup
9.0
216
7.9
26
Ease of Admin
8.6
201
7.7
25
Quality of Support
8.5
607
7.3
38
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
173
7.8
12
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
732
6.1
57
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Bitbucket
Bitbucket
Subversion
Subversion
Bitbucket and Subversion share no categories
Unique Categories
Bitbucket
Bitbucket is categorized as Version Control Hosting, Peer Code Review, and Gaming Tools
Subversion
Subversion is categorized as Version Control Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Bitbucket
Bitbucket
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
41.1%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
30.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
28.9%
Subversion
Subversion
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
15.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
41.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
42.9%
Reviewers' Industry
Bitbucket
Bitbucket
Computer Software
30.4%
Information Technology and Services
25.6%
Internet
4.0%
Financial Services
3.9%
Marketing and Advertising
3.3%
Other
32.8%
Subversion
Subversion
Information Technology and Services
30.2%
Computer Software
20.6%
Financial Services
11.1%
Internet
6.3%
Telecommunications
3.2%
Other
28.6%
Most Helpful Reviews
Bitbucket
Bitbucket
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Jared T.
JT
Jared T.
Verified User in Newspapers

Free private plans, built in development tools such as issue tracking and wiki, great for collaboration, allows users to view commits easily on the web without requiring locally installed version control tools.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Alex W.
AW
Alex W.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

The site is a bit "busy" and not as easy to navigate in my opinion. I think if the page was shrunk down and had scrolling tabs to navigate it would make it a lot easier to find things.

Subversion
Subversion
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Computer Software

Subversion is a bit confusing to learn at the beginning but it is simpler than Git. There are great integrations for it such as TortoiseSVN which can help with getting files committed and updated in a remote repository. It is great for simple projects where...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Dusty J.
DJ
Dusty J.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Since you maintain a "working copy" on your desktop, I've broken the fragile link between the desktop app and the online repository. I've broken Subversion about every way possible, and learned how to manually remove the "sync" feature for the folders in my...

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Discussions
Bitbucket
Bitbucket Discussions
Is bitbucket same as Git?
3 comments
Chisama M.
CM
Git is a system for version control, enabling collaboration among developers. Bitbucket, on the other hand, is a web-based service that hosts Git...Read more
is there any way to contact on phone call to bit bucket?
2 comments
Ganesh R.
GR
None as i know. But very good support over email.Read more
how to push to bitbucket
2 comments
Official Response from G2.com
Hi there, This might help you out: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/push-updates-to-a-repository-221449525.html Cheers!Read more
Subversion
Subversion Discussions
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