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Comparison

Bitbucket vs Gitea

No clear leader: Bitbucket (59.0) and Gitea (56.4) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Bitbucket full profile →Gitea full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Bitbucket59
Gitea56
Score
Vioscale score
Bitbucket59 / 100medium · 71%updating
Gitea56 / 100high · 77%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Bitbucket✓
Gitea✓
Model
Bitbucketfreemium
Giteacommercial
Price level
Bitbucketlow
Gitealow
Transparent
Bitbucket✓
Gitea✓
Integrations
Count
Bitbucket50
Gitea21
Security
Disclosure policy
Bitbucket✓
Gitea–
Gdpr
Bitbucket–
Gitea✓
Hipaa
Bitbucket–
Gitea✓
Scorecard
Bitbucket–
Gitea7.1
Soc2
Bitbucket✓
Gitea–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Bitbucket✓
Gitea✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Bitbucket–
Gitea41
Github stars
Bitbucket–
Gitea57,622
Activity
Commits last 30d
Bitbucket–
Gitea100
Release
Cadence days
Bitbucket–
Gitea16
History
Bitbucket–
Gitea20 items
License
Spdx
Bitbucket–
GiteaMIT
Language
Primary
Bitbucket–
GiteaGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for version control. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Model
VCS model
BitbucketCentralized
GiteaDistributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)
BitbucketGit
GiteaGit
Deployment
Hosting
BitbucketCloud + self-hosted
GiteaCloud + self-hosted
Review
Code review
BitbucketPR / MR
GiteaPR / MR
Storage
Large-file / binary handling
BitbucketGit LFS
Gitea-
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)
Bitbucket-
Gitea-
DevOps
Built-in CI
Bitbucket✓
Gitea✓
Access
Access control granularity
BitbucketBranch
Gitea-
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)
Bitbucket-
Gitea-
Licensing
Open-source core
Bitbucket-
GiteaOpen-source
Self-managed license model
Bitbucket-
GiteaFree
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)
Bitbucket-
Gitea-
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM
Bitbucket-
Gitea✓
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)
Bitbucket-
Gitea-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Bitbucket

A web-based platform that manages Git repositories alongside continuous integration and deployment automation, with tight integration for team project coordination and code review management with governance controls.

Independently observed

Gitea

Gitea is an open-source DevOps platform that provides Git repository hosting, code review, CI/CD pipelines via integrated Gitea Actions, and multi-format package management. It supports both cloud-hosted and self-managed deployments on Linux, Windows, macOS, and Kubernetes.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Bitbucket

from $3.65/moHybridFree tier

Free up to 5 users; Standard from $3.65/user/mo; Premium from $7.25/user/mo; Data Center by quote

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited public and private repositories
    • 1 GB LFS file storage
    • 50 build minutes per month
  • Standard$3.65 per user per month
    • All current Bitbucket features
    • Git LFS
    • Bitbucket Pipelines
  • Premium$7.25 per user per month
    • All Standard features
    • Merge checks
    • IP allowlisting
    • Deployment permissions
    • Required two-step verification
    • +2 more
  • Data CenterContact sales
    • Self-managed infrastructure deployment
    • Custom data management and compliance controls
    • Bitbucket Hybrid License option for existing Data Center users
as of verify ↗

Gitea

from $9.50/moHybridFree tier30-day trial

Free open-source tier or from $9.50/user/month for enterprise

  • Open SourceFree
    • Code hosting
    • Issue tracking
    • Pull requests
    • Project management
    • Gitea Actions (CI/CD)
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseFrom $9.50/user/month (1-year annual commitment)
    • All Free features
    • SAML SSO Integration
    • Audit Logs
    • Kubernetes AutoScaling Runners
    • Priority security bug fix notifications
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Bitbucket✓
Gitea✓
macOS
Bitbucket✗
Gitea✓
Windows
Bitbucket✗
Gitea✓
Linux
Bitbucket✗
Gitea✓
CLI
Bitbucket✓
Gitea✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Bitbucket✓
Gitea✓
Self-hosted
Bitbucket✓
Gitea✓
On-premise
Bitbucket✓
Gitea✓
Hybrid
Bitbucket✓
Gitea✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Slack

Bitbucket

8 total - 7 not shared
  • Jira
  • Jira Service Management
  • Rovo
  • Teamwork Graph
  • Opsgenie
  • Amazon S3
  • SonarCloud
Independently observed

Gitea

21 total - 20 not shared
  • GitHub Actions
  • Cargo
  • Chef
  • Composer
  • Conan
  • Conda
  • Container
  • Helm
  • Maven
  • NPM
  • NuGet
  • Pub
  • PyPI
  • RubyGems
  • Vagrant
  • SQLite
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • TiDB
  • MS SQL
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.