--- description: Learn more about GitHub price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: GitHub Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [App Development Software](/directory/30082/application-development/software) > [GitHub](/software/129067/github) # GitHub Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/129067/github Page: 1 / 250\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/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 6216 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** | 6216 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 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, Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **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 - Bug/Issue Capture - Code Review - Collaboration Tools - Collaborative Development - Configuration Management - Continuous Delivery - Continuous Deployment - Continuous Integration - Dashboard - Debugging - File Sharing - Graphical User Interface - Integrated Development Environment - Issue Management - Issue Tracking - Milestone Tracking - Mobile App - Monitoring - Project Management - Quality Assurance - Real-Time Analytics - Release Management - Reporting/Project Tracking - Repository Management - Task Management - 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 ## Category - [App Development Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30082/application-development/software) ## Related Categories - [App Development Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30082/application-development/software) - [Source Code Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31420/source-code-management/software) - [Nonprofit Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/32439/project-management-software-for-nonprofits/software) - [Project Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30002/project-management/software) - [Continuous Integration Tools](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31119/continuous-integration/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Airtable](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/146652/airtable) — 4.6/5 (2251 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Quality Source Code Version Control on the Colud" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *18 July 2019* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love the ability it gives people to store, backup and share their code on the cloud, which is not locked to a commercial organisation - it is suitable for a variety of people within the coding space whether its a large enterprise or a single user working on a hobby project. > > **Cons**: GitHub is not so versatile in keeping a birds eye view of different projects that you have selected to view from their owners accounts. You either need to fork which creates a single version of the repository or be invited as a collaborator to the project. > > I have realized that GitHub is one example from many ways that you can make use of non in house tools to save time on maintenance and feature requirement updates of managing processes for a business. ----- ### "Important platform for version control and CI/CD but expensive to scale" — 5.0/5 > **Ekpono** | *21 September 2026* | Translation & Localization | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Hosting free github private repositories, CI/CD using Github Actions, code review by AI and teammates. Pull Request and commits. issue tracking and forking public repositories etc. Github is fast, reliable and makes managing different code branches across different projects really simple > > **Cons**: Subscription gets expensive once your team grows. You have to pay per seat. Downloading Github action log is not available. Switching copilot to be usage based instead of subscription base is terrible > > Githbu is really realiable and team collaboration is top tier. Github action for your CI/CD is the best in the industry. and everything version control is seamless. per seat gets expensive real fast when your team grows and recent update of changing co-pilot billing to be usage based also adds to the cost. ----- ### "Powerful development platform with a learning curve" — 5.0/5 > **Tyler** | *02 October 2026* | Program Development | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: GitHub makes it extremely easy to take an existing project, fork it, experiment with it, and keep everything organized without worrying about destroying the original code. I also like how well it works with development tools and AI-assisted workflows. Having repositories, branches, issues, releases, and version history all in one place makes managing both personal projects and collaborative development much easier. > > **Cons**: Some parts of GitHub can be unnecessarily confusing when you're still learning the platform. Permissions, authentication, Actions, branch protection, and some repository settings are spread across different areas and aren't always intuitive. Error messages could also do a better job of explaining exactly what went wrong and what needs to be fixed. > > Overall, GitHub has become an important part of how I develop software. I use it for my own projects as well as forking and modifying open-source projects, tracking changes, testing ideas, and keeping working versions of code organized. Once you understand the workflow, it gives you a lot of freedom to experiment while still having a reliable history to fall back on. ----- ### "Paved the way for source control but is having trouble" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *25 August 2026* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Github is the easiest way to collaborate with code with a very generous free tier. It has been around for a while so the toolset and concepts are very mature at this stage. > > **Cons**: Recently the performance of Github has been incredibly spotty and quite poor overall. This diminishes the reliability of the tool and its reputation as a trusted company. ----- ### "Github is an Essential Developer Tool" — 5.0/5 > **Christopher** | *17 August 2026* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Github is now the defacto standard for version control. Easy to use and works great\! I used to use BitBucket before Github, but the interface on Github is much better. > > **Cons**: Some of the recent pushes are more focused on bringing in money. I like when they pushed usage more. Developers would use the product forcing companies to buy into the project. That was a better model. > > A must have. Github has a lot of cool tools like pipelines, AI code editors, and other offerings that make this a must have tool for any modern developer. ----- Page: 1 / 250\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/129067/github?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/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