--- 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 / 247\ 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 6155 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** | 6155 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 - 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 (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 ## 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 (2222 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. ----- ### "Convenient project management and deployment" — 5.0/5 > **Josh** | *03 March 2026* | Computer Hardware | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Super easy to use. All commonly used functions are always laid out in a very user friendly layout to allow easier navigation. > > **Cons**: Nothing major at all. If I had to say something I would maybe like to see improvement of access to files in repos. > > Always pleased with any project I am working on. Contacting the Devs for support is a breeze to have issues resolved in a timely manner everytime. ----- ### "Reliable but stingy github actions capacity" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *26 March 2026* | Medical Practice | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I appreciate the github actions, which allows me to run automated testing for each one of my pull requests. > > **Cons**: It's annoying that I am not able to have unlimited github actions for private repos that I pay for. It's limited to a cap, which I think is a little stingy considering that I am a paying customer. I would have expected the same caps as public github repos. > > Overall, the experience is great. It's a very convenience way to store my git repos online, and I can trust that the data will be there to stay since it is owned by Microsoft. I've have my github for almost 10 years. Some years I am more active than others, but I can always count on the experience being consistent and reliable. ----- ### "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. ----- ### "Look No Further for Source Control" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *08 December 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Github makes it easy to store my code and collaborate with my teammates. The other Integrations that Github supports makes it easy to run linting, tests, deployments, and more with Github actions. It is my favorite source control software, and the free accounts that it allows make it a really good value. Setup is a breeze with Github, and makes it so you can get a repository setup in no time. > > **Cons**: If you're newer to github then using some of the tools it provides can be overwhelming, but github makes other tools to support that. > > I've used Github for about 5 years, and it's been great since I started. It allows me to easily collaborate with my teammates, and keep each other from stepping on toes while working. I would have a very hard time doing my job without Github, and the other options available are inferior for various reasons. ----- Page: 1 / 247\ 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