Code hosting and CI · Comparison
Bitbucket vs GitHub
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | Bitbucket | GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Built-in reachGit hosting with built-in CI and Jira integration on every plan, from $3.65 per user a month. | Worth the pricePrivate repositories, pull request reviews and 3,000 CI minutes for $4 per user, with a free plan that has no user cap. |
| Overall score | 6.2 | 9.2Best |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $3.65/user/mo | $4/user/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing units | Users, plus build minutes beyond the plan | Users, plus CI minutes beyond the plan |
| Free plan | Up to 5 users, 50 build minutes/mo | Unlimited users, 2,000 CI minutes/mo |
| 10 developers, 3,000 CI minutes/mo | $46.50 (Standard plus 1,000 minutes) | $40 (Team) |
| CI minutes on the entry paid plan | 2,500/mo; then $10 per 1,000 | 3,000/mo; then $0.006/min (Linux 2-core) |
| Security scanning add-ons | None listed; Code insights shows third-party results | Secret Protection $19 and Code Security $30 per active committer/mo |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both (Bitbucket Cloud in scope) | Both (SOC 2 Type 2 report listed on Enterprise) |
| EU data residency | Bitbucket not listed for data residency | Enterprise (GHE.com: EU, Australia, US, Japan) |
| SAML SSO | Atlassian Guard add-on ($3/user/mo at 10 users) | Enterprise (from $21/user/mo) |
| Self-managed version | Data Center: not sold to new customers | GitHub Enterprise Server, covered by Enterprise |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Bitbucket has the lowest per-user price here and Jira integration on every plan. SSO and audit logs come through Atlassian Guard, and there is no data residency or new self-managed option. | From its public pages, GitHub lists the lowest price here for 10 developers and covers the scenario on its $4 Team plan. SAML SSO starts on Enterprise, and scanning is an add-on. |
Evidence: Bitbucket: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; GitHub: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
When to pick each
In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.
From our Bitbucket review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick Bitbucket when
- Your team plans in Jira, or you want SAML SSO through Guard rather than an enterprise seat.
- Pick GitHub when
- You want a free plan for more than five people, EU data residency or a self-managed server.
From our GitHub review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick GitHub when
- You want EU data residency, an audit log on every plan or a self-managed option you can still buy.
- Pick Bitbucket when
- Your team plans in Jira and wants SAML SSO for less than an Enterprise seat, through Atlassian Guard.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- BitbucketLowest priceStandard$3.65/user/moPer user; 2,500 build minutes/mo, then $10 per 1,000
- Unlimited users
- 5 GB Git LFS
- Merge checks (not enforced)
- Standard support
- GitHubTeam$4/user/moPer user; 3,000 CI/CD minutes/mo
- Required reviewers, code owners and repository rules in private repositories
- 2 GB Packages storage
- Secret Protection and Code Security as add-ons
- Web-based support
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Bitbucket 2026-10-15, GitHub 2026-10-15.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- GitHubSelf-serve sign-up; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (9.2/10).
- Lowest starter price
- Bitbucket$3.65/user/mo for the Standard plan.
- Highest overall score
- GitHub9.2/10 (Excellent). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
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