--- description: Learn more about GitHub pricing, benefits, and disadvantages for your business in Canada. Read verified software reviews and find tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: GitHub Pricing, Reviews & Features - Capterra Canada 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Application Development Software](/directory/30082/application-development/software) > [GitHub](/software/129067/github) # GitHub Canonical: https://www.capterra.ca/software/129067/github Page: 1 / 249\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/129067/github?page=2) > GitHub enables development teams to collaborate, and review and manage code within a DevOps pipeline and built-in code security. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 6199 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses GitHub? Development teams at startups and small businesses to Fortune 50 companies use GitHub, every step of the way. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 6199 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Microsoft - **Location**: Redmond, US - **Founded**: 1975 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$4.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Free (Basics for teams and developers) $0 per month Team (Advanced collaboration and support for teams): $4 per user / month Enterprise (Security, compliance, and flexible deployment for enterprises): $21 per user/month - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq and 27 more ## Features - Application Security - Automated Testing - Backlog Management - Bug Tracking Software - Bug/Issue Capture - Code Review - Collaboration Tools - Collaborative Development - Configuration Management - Continuous Delivery - Continuous Deployment - Continuous Integration Software - Dashboard Software - Debugging - File Sharing Software - Graphical User Interface - Integrated Development Environment - Issue Management - Issue Tracking Software - Milestone Tracking - Monitoring - Project Management Software - Quality Assurance - Real-Time Analytics - Release Management - Reporting/Project Tracking - Repository Management - Task Management Software - Task Progress Tracking - Ticket Management - Version Control - Vulnerability Scanning ## Integrations (15 total) - CircleCI - Docker - Git - Heroku - JIRA Service Management - Jenkins - Jira - Microsoft Azure - Microsoft Visual Studio - Netlify - Pivotal Tracker - Slack - Trello - Vercel - Visual Studio Code ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software ## Category - [Application Development Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30082/application-development/software) ## Related Categories - [Application Development Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30082/application-development/software) - [Source Code Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31420/source-code-management/software) - [Nonprofit Project Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/32439/project-management-software-for-nonprofits/software) - [Project Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30002/project-management/software) - [Continuous Integration Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31119/continuous-integration/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Jira](https://www.capterra.ca/software/19319/jira) — 4.4/5 (15462 reviews) 2. [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.capterra.ca/software/101288/microsoft-visual-studio) — 4.6/5 (3013 reviews) 3. [GitLab](https://www.capterra.ca/software/159806/gitlab) — 4.6/5 (1227 reviews) 4. [Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.ca/software/157785/bitbucket) — 4.6/5 (1347 reviews) 5. [Airtable](https://www.capterra.ca/software/146652/airtable) — 4.6/5 (2243 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Github over 2 years" — 5.0/5 > **Rakhi** | *April 23, 2026* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Its strong version control, because it makes it easy to track changes, identify who made them, and restore earlier versions when needed. I also liked the pull request workflow, since it makes code reviews more organized and helps improve code quality before anything is merged. Another major advantage is how easy it is to collaborate with a team through branches, comments, and shared repositories without disrupting the main codebase. Finally, GitHub’s integrations and automation features are very useful because they support testing, deployment, and overall project management in one place. > > **Cons**: managing permissions and repository settings can become confusing, especially in larger teams where access levels, branch protections, and admin controls are spread across different places. Another pain point is that pull requests can get hard to review when they are large or when there are too many comments, making it easy to miss important feedback or lose track of what still needs to be addressed. > > It provides a reliable and well-structured environment for managing code, collaborating with teams, and tracking development work. The platform is especially strong for version control, pull requests, and maintaining visibility into changes across a project. At the same time, some parts of the interface, such as permissions and complex pull request discussions, can feel harder to manage as projects grow. Overall, it has been a valuable tool for keeping development organized and improving team collaboration. ----- ### "The industry standard for version control" — 5.0/5 > **Filippo** | *January 13, 2026* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The extensive collaboration tools and version control are critical features used in our bug troubleshooting workflows. > > **Cons**: The interface is quite busy and as a beginner it's difficult to quickly identify how to achieve a certain goal. Navigating the platform is not immediate and the learning curve seems to be quite steep for me. > > My experience is overwhelmingly positive, especially in terms of features geared towards team collaboration and bug/incident tracking. ----- ### "Github: A Convenient, Agile, Useful Developer Community" — 5.0/5 > **Mike** | *August 28, 2025* | Computer Hardware | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy integration with different services (Github Copilot, VSCode, CI Automation) Generally very high service availability and have encountered no major bug or issues during my entire 10 year on Github Don't see much outage compared to self hosted solutions Easy to setup and do not need as much service as a self hosted solution. > > **Cons**: Github support is very unresponsive and when there is an outage or issue with the enterprise account it is difficult to find someone to call. Have to pay additional price for Single Sign On service (SSO Tax) > > I've been on Github for 10 years and it has always been my go to when developing professional software. I loved the integration between Github and other software vendors, the fact that leisure use is mostly free, and that there is a strong developer community on GitHub. ----- ### "Reliable everyday software development platform." — 5.0/5 > **Anonymous User** | *August 20, 2026* | Consumer Goods | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: GitHub is a great platform for organizing project or development work all in one place. It offers advanced features for code management, tracking changes, reviewing work or working with coworkers. Considering the value for money, GitHub integrates well for both smaller and larger projects. Reporting feature helps tracking project progress which makes workflow smooth. > > **Cons**: GitHub can be a little difficult for beginners, particularly learning commands, branches or pull requests. Also setting up the account can take time initially. GitHub also lacks with it's customer support, as it failed providing proper assistance when it comes to complex technical issues. > > All in all considering the value for money and the features it provide, I personally feel GitHub is a great platform for tracking workflow and changes, managing codes or reviewing work, leaving customer support aside. ----- ### "Essential daily tool for our engineering team's PR and code review workflow" — 5.0/5 > **Kaynan** | *July 6, 2026* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: GitHub is the backbone of our engineering workflow at NextDay AI. We run pull requests through it daily for our backend services, and the review flow (inline comments, suggested changes, required approvals before merge) makes it easy to keep code quality high even when we're shipping fast. GitHub Actions is tightly integrated, so our CI checks (tests, linting) run automatically on every PR and block merges if something breaks. Branch protection rules and the PR template system also help us keep a consistent process across the team, and linking PRs to ticket IDs makes it trivial to trace a change back to the original task. > > **Cons**: The PR review UI can get sluggish on very large diffs (we occasionally touch big generated files or migrations), and finding a specific historical PR or comment thread through search is still clunkier than it should be. Notification management is also a bit overwhelming once you're on several active repos - it's easy for an important review request to get buried under less relevant activity unless you fine-tune your watch settings. > > We use GitHub every day as the core of our dev workflow: opening PRs, doing code reviews, running CI via Actions, and tracking work through linked tickets. It has been reliable and it scales well with a growing engineering team, even though a few UX rough edges (search, notification noise on large diffs) show up with heavier day-to-day use. ----- Page: 1 / 249\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/129067/github?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ca/software/129067/github) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | tr | | ----- ## Structured Data