--- 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 / 249\ 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 6198 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** | 6198 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, 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 - 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 - 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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[ClickUp](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/158833/clickup) — 4.6/5 (4620 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. ----- ### "The Best Platform for Collaborative Development" — 5.0/5 > **Himanshu** | *25 July 2026* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: What I like best about GitHub is that it provides a complete platform for version control, collaboration, and modern software development. The pull request workflow, branching model, code reviews, and issue tracking make it easy for teams to collaborate while maintaining high code quality. GitHub integrates seamlessly with CI/CD tools, IDEs, cloud platforms, and third-party services, allowing development workflows to be automated from code commit to deployment. The user interface is intuitive for everyday tasks, and features like GitHub Actions, Discussions, and Projects help keep development organized. I also appreciate the growing AI capabilities, such as GitHub Copilot integration, which improves developer productivity by assisting with code generation and suggestions. Overall, GitHub has streamlined collaboration, accelerated development, and made managing projects much more efficient. > > **Cons**: One area where GitHub could improve is discoverability and navigation, especially for large repositories with many branches, workflows, and pull requests. Some advanced features, such as GitHub Actions and repository security settings, have a steeper learning curve and can be challenging for new users to configure. While GitHub Copilot is a valuable addition, it requires a separate subscription, which may not fit every team's budget. I would also like to see more intuitive debugging for failed CI/CD workflows and clearer permission management for organizations. These improvements would make onboarding easier and enhance the overall developer experience, particularly for larger teams. > > Before using GitHub, managing code changes, collaboration, and release workflows across a team was more time-consuming and prone to conflicts. GitHub provides a centralized platform for version control, pull requests, code reviews, issue tracking, and CI/CD automation, making the entire software development lifecycle more efficient. It has helped our team collaborate more effectively, maintain a reliable history of code changes, and catch issues early through automated workflows and peer reviews. This has reduced deployment risks, improved code quality, accelerated feature delivery, and made it easier to manage projects of all sizes from development through production. ----- ### "A solid tool for everyday development and collaboration" — 4.0/5 > **Manuel** | *12 August 2026* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The biggest thing for me is how easy it makes collaboration. I use it a lot for pull requests, code reviews, and keeping track of changes, and it all feels pretty straightforward. > > **Cons**: The UI can feel a little cluttered sometimes, especially when you’re jumping between repos, issues, and pull requests. Some features also take a bit of digging to find or understand at first. > > Overall, my experience with GitHub has been really positive. I use it pretty regularly for repos, pull requests, code reviews, and team collaboration, and it’s become a pretty essential part of my workflow. ----- ### "Good tool for code management but lacks some features when integrating with Confluence/Jira" — 3.0/5 > **Mark** | *03 June 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: GitHub is a great tool to manage pull requests and being able to add labels in our teams helps to differentiate between urgent items which need reviews and are vital for the next release. > > **Cons**: One of the drawbacks with GitHub is integrating non development team members into a workflow process. Even though it is possible to setup a workflow too add approvers the terminology and UI is very developer based so can be a bit confusing to non development colleagues. > > Overall GItHub is a good tool for managing code, getting reviews and merging into the relevant branch ahead of deployment. There are some good integrations but it would be great if it could work more seamlessly with Confluence and Jira, and provide additional features to help automatically manage the correct states of the linked jira. ----- ### "The Version Control Packed With Features" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *27 May 2026* | Consumer Goods | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: This version control makes coding, deployment and maintainance of repository easier for a team.The tool is also exceptional for automating workflows. Easy to integrate with other UI platforms such as source tree , making it user friendly. > > **Cons**: Permission and security management with access tokens can be complicated. For large enterprices, Github can be expensive. For a new user, advance features have a steap learning curve. > > overall, I have a positive experience with the platform. Github is a widely used version control platform helping team collaboration and clean coding. over the years, it has created a strong ecosystem of its own. The large online community makes the life of a user easier. ----- Page: 1 / 249\ 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