Best Version Control Systems

Compare the Top Version Control Systems as of May 2025

What are Version Control Systems?

Version control software assists in the revision and management of the changes made to web sites, documents, programs and their source code. Compare and read user reviews of the best Version Control systems currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    devZing

    devZing

    devZing

    Bug Tracking, Test Case Management and Version Control devZing provides a hosted, managed environment with the tools you need for your project team to get things done. We make sure the servers are running fast, are backed up and have the most current versions. You create great software. Bugzilla Hosting Bugzilla is the classic bug tracker. Have an existing Bugzilla installation? We'll import it. Subversion Hosting Do you have multiple developers writing code? Then you need Subversion. Create as many repositories as you need and access them via Subversion clients such as TortoiseSVN. MantisBT Hosting A great alternative bug tracker. Can even be used as a ticketing system. Testopia Hosting Testopia is a sophisticated addition to Bugzilla so you get integrated test case management and defect tracking in one package. Trac Hosting Trac is a fantastic combination of defect tracker, Subversion browser, Wiki and project management webapp.
    Starting Price: $15.00/month
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    Buddy

    Buddy

    Buddy

    Buddy is a revolutionary build, test & deploy tool with dozens of integrations and over 100 ready-to-use actions. From website delivery to app deployments, from builds to test, Buddy turns the tedious part of every project into a breeze. Buddy is the most effective way to build better apps faster. Even the most complicated CI/CD workflows take minutes to create. Buddy is DevOps adoption winner. Smart changes detection, state-of-the-art caching, parallelism, and all-around optimizations make Buddy the fastest. Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless and Blockchain are always a click away from your stack. Buddy is minimal friction automation platform that makes DevOps easy for developers, designers and QA teams. With Buddy, your apps & websites are built, tested and deployed significantly faster after only minutes of setup.
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    Starting Price: $75 per month
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    GitHub

    GitHub

    GitHub

    GitHub is the world’s most secure, most scalable, and most loved developer platform. Join millions of developers and businesses building the software that powers the world. Build with the world’s most innovative communities, backed by our best tools, support, and services. If you manage multiple contributors , there’s a free option: GitHub Team for Open Source. We also run GitHub Sponsors, where we help fund your work. The Pack is back. We’ve partnered up to give students and teachers free access to the best developer tools—for the school year and beyond. Work for a government-recognized nonprofit, association, or 501(c)(3)? Get a discounted Organization account on us.
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    Starting Price: $7 per month
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    GitLab

    GitLab

    GitLab

    GitLab is a complete DevOps platform. With GitLab, you get a complete CI/CD toolchain out-of-the-box. One interface. One conversation. One permission model. GitLab is a complete DevOps platform, delivered as a single application, fundamentally changing the way Development, Security, and Ops teams collaborate. GitLab helps teams accelerate software delivery from weeks to minutes, reduce development costs, and reduce the risk of application vulnerabilities while increasing developer productivity. Source code management enables coordination, sharing and collaboration across the entire software development team. Track and merge branches, audit changes and enable concurrent work, to accelerate software delivery. Review code, discuss changes, share knowledge, and identify defects in code among distributed teams via asynchronous review and commenting. Automate, track and report code reviews.
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    Starting Price: $29 per user per month
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    Bitbucket

    Bitbucket

    Atlassian

    Bitbucket is more than just Git code management. Bitbucket gives teams one place to plan projects, collaborate on code, test, and deploy. Free for small teams under 5 and priced to scale with Standard ($3/user/mo) or Premium ($6/user/mo) plans. Keep your projects organized by creating Bitbucket branches right from Jira issues or Trello cards. Build, test and deploy with integrated CI/CD. Benefit from configuration as code and fast feedback loops. Approve code review more efficiently with pull requests. Create a merge checklist with designated approvers and hold discussions right in the source code with inline comments. Bitbucket Pipelines with Deployments lets you build, test and deploy with integrated CI/CD. Benefit from configuration as code and fast feedback loops. Know your code is secure in the Cloud with IP whitelisting and required 2-step verification. Restrict access to certain users, and control their actions with branch permissions and merge checks for quality code.
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    Starting Price: $15 per month
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    Backlog

    Backlog

    Nulab

    Backlog is a project management and collaboration tool for teams that want higher productivity, greater visibility, and simple project tracking. Development teams can work together with Design, Marketing, IT, and more to release high-quality projects, faster. Core features include Projects, Gantt Charts, Burndown Charts, Issues, Subtasking, Watchlist, Comment threads, Version control, File sharing, Wikis, and Bug Tracking. Update your projects on the go with iOS and Android apps.
    Starting Price: $35/month
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    Fossil

    Fossil

    Fossil

    Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management system with these advanced features: Project Management, in addition to doing distributed version control like Git and Mercurial, Fossil also supports bug tracking, wiki, forum, chat, and technotes. Built-in Web Interface, Fossil has a built-in, themeable, extensible, and intuitive web interface with a rich variety of information pages (examples) promoting situational awareness. All-in-one - Fossil is a single self-contained, stand-alone executable. To install, simply download a precompiled binary for Linux, Mac, or Windows and put it on your $PATH. Self-host Friendly - Stand up a project website in minutes using a variety of techniques. Fossil is CPU and memory efficient. Most projects can be hosted comfortably on a $5/month VPS or a Raspberry Pi. You can also set up an automatic GitHub mirror. Simple Networking - Fossil uses ordinary HTTPS (or SSH if you prefer) for network communications.
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    Azure DevOps Server
    Share code, track work, and ship software using integrated software delivery tools, hosted on premisis. Use all the Azure DevOps services or just the ones you need to complement your existing workflows. Previously known as Team Foundation Server (TFS), Azure DevOps Server is a set of collaborative software development tools, hosted on-premises. Azure DevOps Server integrates with your existing IDE or editor, enabling your cross-functional team to work effectively on projects of all sizes. Azure DevOps Server is source code management software, and includes features such as access Controls/Permissions, bug tracking, build automation, change management, code review, collaboration, continuous integration, and version control.
    Starting Price: $6 per user per month
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    DBmaestro

    DBmaestro

    DBmaestro

    DBmaestro’s DevOps Platform paves the way for safe implementation of CI/CD for Oracle, MS-SQL, DB2, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB databases. DBmaestro brings DevOps best practices to the database, delivering a new level of speed, efficiency, security and process integration. With DBmaestro’s solutions, organizations can run database deployments safely and methodically, increasing development team productivity and expediting time-to-market, making unplanned database downtime a thing of the past. The platform combines several key features that make its value greater than the sum of its parts: repeatable release automation, database version control, governance and security modules, and a business activity monitor. The result is complete database oversight from a single source and a vital edge over the competition. DBmaestro’s zero-friction platform harmoniously complements all major databases, without requiring database engineering teams to change their core processes.
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    FogBugz

    FogBugz

    Fog Creek Software

    With out-of-the-box capabilities like time tracking, task management, bug and issue tracking, and email support, FogBugz adds simplicity and efficiency to your software development process. You can stick to your project management methodology, such as Scrum, Kanban, or Scrumban. FogBugz is nimble; you can customize it for your own workflows. FogBugz was designed to help you plan, track, and release great software. You can create your tasks and subtasks for each case with required details and track them to ensure timely closure and accountability. Log and track all your bugs and issues. You can maintain your entire project backlog in FogBugz. Your team gets notifications as the bugs move through the workflow. Get accurate delivery estimates. FogBugz is powered by Evidence Based Scheduling (EBS). EBS is a statistical algorithm that produces ship date probability distributions based on historical timesheet data.
    Starting Price: $18.00/month
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    SourceGear Vault
    SourceGear Vault Pro is a version control and bug tracking solution for professional development teams. Vault Standard is for those who only want version control. Vault is based on a client / server architecture using technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server and IIS Web Services for increased performance, scalability, and security. Vault is affordably-priced, painless to install, and intuitive to use, allowing your team to be up and running quickly. Vault was designed to ensure the integrity of data by committing source code changes in atomic operations to a SQL Server database. All communication between client and server is done over HTTP with data compression and binary deltas to provide the best in remote access. In addition, Vault supports exclusive features such as Line History and Event Notifications. From its inception, SourceGear Vault was designed and built for users migrating from Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.
    Starting Price: $349 one-time payment
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    JFrog Platform
    Fully automated DevOps platform for distributing trusted software releases from code to production. Onboard DevOps projects with users, resources and permissions for faster deployment frequency. Fearlessly update with proactive identification of open source vulnerabilities and license compliance violations. Achieve zero downtime across your DevOps pipeline with High Availability and active/active clustering for your enterprise. Control your DevOps environment with out-of-the-box native and ecosystem integrations. Enterprise ready with choice of on-prem, cloud, multi-cloud or hybrid deployments that scale as you grow. Ensure speed, reliability and security of IoT software updates and device management at scale. Create new DevOps projects in minutes and easily onboard team members, resources and storage quotas to get coding faster.
    Starting Price: $98 per month
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    AllChange

    AllChange

    Intasoft

    The comprehensive configuration, change and release management system that incorporates version control, process management and baselines. Secure product components against unauthorized access. A flexible, responsive change management system that identifies exactly who changed what, when they changed it and why. Whatever your change and configuration management requirements, Intasoft has the solution. From simple web-based, IT change management to complex configuration management and version control. All our software systems are fully customizable and come with an outstanding level of technical support.
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    IBM Rational ClearCase
    IBM Rational ClearCase provides controlled access to software assets, including code, requirements, design documents, models, test plans and test results. It features parallel development support, automated workspace management, baseline management, secure version management, reliable build auditing, and flexible access virtually anytime, anywhere. Allows you to delete previous versions, create and delete branches, list version histories, and compare and merge versions. Provides development and integration models, private workspaces and public integration areas. Includes user authentication and audit trails to help meet compliance requirements with minimal administrative hassle. Allows you to control personal workspaces and provides access to the file and directory versions you need.
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