--- 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 6189 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** | 6189 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 (14 total) - CircleCI - 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. 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[ClickUp](https://www.capterra.ca/software/158833/clickup) — 4.6/5 (4606 reviews) ## Reviews ### "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. ----- ### "A great tool for developers" — 5.0/5 > **Ildaphonse** | *January 8, 2026* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I use github daily in the workplace. It is very easy to use. I can easily store my information without worry. It is free to use as well. I've encountered no issues or bugs when using it. > > **Cons**: I wish it was easier to learn how to use. Sometimes i forget which commands to use when pushing my code to the cloud. > > I've enjoyed my experience with Github. I use it daily when coding because of how quick and easy it is to store data. ----- ### "My review of GitHub" — 5.0/5 > **Vinny** | *November 26, 2025* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like that GitHub is a very intuitive version control tool to use. There is a huge community that uses GitHub and if I ever run into problems, it is very easy to find a solution on Stack Overflow. > > **Cons**: There is a lot of downtime with GitHub. I am unsure what the service level agreement is with GitHub but in my career as a software developer, it has gone down at least 10 times. > > Overall, GitHub is easy to use. There are many features that make developing software in a team environment easy. Also, it is quick to setup and migrate from other version control tools. ----- ### "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. ----- ### "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