Comparison

Bitbucket vs Gitea

On the evidence we track, Bitbucket leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Bitbucket full profile →Gitea full profile →

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★Bitbucket70

Gitea53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	BitbucketLeader	Gitea
vioscaleAI score	70 / 100medium · 72%	53 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$3.65	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	100	21
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001	-
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.1
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 20 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgo-gitea%2Fgitea&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 8 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	41
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	58,303
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	16
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Bitbucket70 / 100medium · 72%

Gitea53 / 100high · 76%

Pricing

Free tier

Bitbucket✓

Gitea✓

Model

Bitbucketfreemium

Giteacommercial

Price level

Bitbucketlow

Gitealow

Starting price

Bitbucket$3.65

Gitea–

Transparent

Bitbucket✓

Gitea✓

Integrations

Count

Bitbucket100

Gitea21

Security

Certifications

BitbucketSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001

Gitea–

Disclosure policy

Bitbucket✓

Gitea–

Gdpr

Bitbucket✓

Gitea✓

Hipaa

Bitbucket–

Gitea✓

Iso27001

Bitbucket✓

Gitea–

Scorecard

Bitbucket–

Gitea7.1

Soc2

Bitbucket✓

Gitea–

Vulnerabilities

Bitbucket–

GiteaCount: 20 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgo-gitea%2Fgitea&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 8 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Status page

Bitbucket✓

Gitea✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Bitbucket–

Gitea41

Github stars

Bitbucket–

Gitea58,303

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

BitbucketAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

GiteaAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Bitbucket7 items

Gitea7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Version Control
Capability	Bitbucket	Gitea
Model
VCS model	Centralized	Distributed
Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)	Git	Git
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
Review
Code review	PR / MR	PR / MR
Storage
Large-file / binary handling	Git LFS	-
Scale
Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)	✓	-
DevOps
Built-in CI	✓	✓
Access
Access control granularity	Branch	Repo
Federation
Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)	-	-
Licensing
Open-source core	Closed	Open-source
Self-managed license model	Seat-priced EE	Free
Integration
API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)	-	REST / webhooks
Enterprise
SSO / SAML / SCIM	-	✓
Security
Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)	-	✓

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

GiteaRepo

Federation

Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)

Bitbucket-

Gitea-

Licensing

Open-source core

BitbucketClosed

GiteaOpen-source

Self-managed license model

BitbucketSeat-priced EE

GiteaFree

Integration

API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)

Bitbucket-

GiteaREST / webhooks

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

Leader

A cloud-based and self-managed Git hosting service designed for team code collaboration, featuring built-in CI/CD pipelines, comprehensive code review capabilities, and AI-powered workflows integrated with Jira and other Atlassian products.

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

Leader

from $3.65/seat/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier for up to 5 users. Standard from $3.65/user/month, Premium from $7.25/user/month.

FreeFree
- Unlimited public and private repositories
- 1 GB Git LFS storage
- 50 build minutes per month
Standard$3.65 per user per month
- All Free plan features
- Bitbucket Pipelines (built-in CI/CD)
- Comprehensive code review tools
- Jira integration with automatic issue updates
Premium$7.25 per user per month
- All Standard plan features
- Enforced merge checks
- IP allowlisting
- Deployment permissions
- Required two-step verification
- +1 more

as of 2026-09-23verify ↗

Gitea

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free open source or from $9.50/user/mo for enterprise cloud hosting

Open SourceFree
- Code hosting
- Issue tracking
- Pull requests
- Project management
- Gitea Actions (CI/CD)
- +4 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Open Source features
- SAML SSO Integration
- Audit Logs
- Kubernetes AutoScaling Runners
- Priority security bug fix notifications
- +3 more

as of 2026-09-07verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Bitbucket	Gitea
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Bitbucket✓

Gitea✓

CLI

Bitbucket✓

Gitea✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Bitbucket✓

Gitea✓

Self-hosted

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

Leader

11 total - 10 not shared

Jira
Jira Service Management
Rovo
Teamwork Graph
Opsgenie
Amazon S3
SonarCloud
Confluence
Snyk
Jenkins

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

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