On-Premises Deployment Considerations
Atlassian ending Data Center as GitLab maintains deployment choice

Atlassian ending Data Center as GitLab maintains deployment choice

10/7/2025 · Emilio Salvador

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This post highlights GitLab's continued commitment to supporting on-premises and self-managed deployment options, contrasting this with Atlassian's decision to end support for Data Center products. It emphasizes GitLab's value proposition for organizations requiring self-managed solutions due to compliance, security, and data sovereignty needs. The post also details GitLab's automated migration tools for Bitbucket Server and Jira, and references a Forrester study on the economic benefits of GitLab Ultimate. It positions GitLab as a unified, AI-native DevSecOps platform that respects customer deployment choices.

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