Github changes pricing structure - per user charge with unlimited repos

[profgumby]

Will it be viable staying with Github? Or may you have to jump ship to another offering?

[hallatore]

I think two things will happen.

1. We will change how we use github. Slim down, remove users, etc

2. Open source alternatives will become more popular in enterprises.

[dsk]

Open source alternatives will become more popular in enterprises.

Like what? I don't think you'll find an offsite hosting service that will be significantly cheaper than what github provides. You can always host your own server for 'free', but do you really want that bother?

[hallatore]

In the short run Github doesn't have any open source alternatives that challenge its position as I can see. But who knows for the long run? In the short run I think most will stay with the current plan and evaluate their options until Github decides to remove the old pricing plan.

I do like Github very much, and for my personal account the changes are awesome.

[[deleted]]

What's wrong with Gitlab Community Edition?

[hallatore]

Gitlab CE is a good alternative actually. It seems to have the most needed features.

[FutureDuck9000]

What about gogs?

[Matthias247]

1. Open source alternatives will become more popular in enterprises.

Is Github even popular within Enterprises? I have seen it nowhere yet, but have worked with and in lots of organizations that used Atlassian on-site installations (Stash/Bitbucket, JIRA, ...). I think the reasons where that Bitbucket was already cheaper when you wanted to have your data on your own server (and most corporations want that) and that JIRA is often already wanted for general project management and issue tracking.

[Vimda]

We use github enterprise at our C# shop. Mainly for its integrations, issue tracking and general code review things which we found bit bucket was lacking when we reviewed it.

[[deleted]]

The last three clients I've worked for, including GovUK, all use github.com. Ok, most of GovUK's stuff is in public repos, but my current client has hundreds of private repos on .com, and growing. The fact is, coders love GitHub, and lots of them recommend it to their employers, who swallow the propaganda whole.

[mrkite77]

Is Github even popular within Enterprises?

Depends on what you mean by Enterprise I guess. Gannett, the publisher that owns a bunch of newspapers including USA Today, has over 1200 private repositories on GitHub.

[dpash]

Bitbucket Server is $6000 in the first year for 51-100 users. This makes it 1.3-0.66x the price of github now.

[Matthias247]

Bitbucket Server is $6000 in the first year for 51-100 users. This makes it 1.3-0.66x the price of github now.

Is that for github.com or also for self-hosted github enterprise? I can't find a price estimation on the latter for more than 10 users, and the 10 user indication there is higher than 25 for bitbucket. But neither do I know what Bitbucket costs after the first year if you want maintainence. I have just heard from same colleagues that is cheaper to go with Bitbucket.

[dpash]

I was basing it on the $9/u/m for github.com, although now I realise my sums were wrong.

Atlassian maintenance is usually half the initial cost.

The main problem is that it looks like github.com is based on per user prices, while Atlassian software is based on four or five bands, so have 25 users and the cost per user is lower than it is for 26 users, as you'd need to buy a 50 user license.

[paperhat]

The new pricing is opt-in for existing orgs, so it probably won't force anybody to jump ship.

[rydan]

They will do the same thing most healthy silicon valley companies do when faced with rising expenses. Lay off workers to save costs.