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On the comparison with GitLab you mention we don't support IPv6. We do if you host your own.

We will enable it for GitLab.com once we're done with the migration to GCP [0].

Our pricing is per user, tiered. Not per-user and then per feature. Although I understand that's not far off from each other.[1]

[0]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/47216

[1]: https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/

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We will update this information, thanks for your pointer jobvandervoort!

And just updated.

Question: What is ur LFS pricing for GitLab.com? I see that you mention "Object storage for LFS" on the self-hosted comparison page, but not on the GitLab.com pricing comparison page (https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/self-hosted/feature-compari...).

Is IPv6 a driver for anyone?

I have not heard it mentioned by any user / customer / other community member in the last year, but I think it makes sense to support it.

It's a nice to have - but not a dealbreaker - for me.

Since I've been using GitHub for years, I am already locked into a platform that's IPv4 only. If I'm moving somewhere new, I'd like to have IPv6 if possible.

For us, we have a large userbase in China, and my understanding (could be wrong!) is that Chinese users generally use IPv6.

We're hosted on GitHub presently though, so I don't have access to the server logs to see if I'm wrong about that. :)

Wifi in my college only supports Ipv6.

Just out of curiosity why did you decide to use GCP rather than Azure or AWS?

We currently run on Azure. GitLab integrates deeply with Kubernetes and specifically GKE, so it makes sense to run GitLab.com there: https://about.gitlab.com/2018/04/05/gke-gitlab-integration/

I am sure getting off your main competitors platform is a huge win now!

Are you saying MS would sabotage Gitlab.com on Azure?

Isn't Netflix running on the same platform (AWS) as Amazon Prime?

Realistic speaking, what's the huge win for GitLab?

To answer your question: no I was not implying that.

All it takes a someone in the billing department leaking metadata to a project manager for confidential information to leak (traffic numbers, storage trends etc.).

Sure trust every employee of your only real competitor if you want, but I wouldn't if it was my business and I had alternatives.

Why should GitLab abandon Azure? Things are working for them just fine. Now when Google acquires GitLab I'm sure that moving to GCP will be a requirements but until then there's no threat to GitLab just because they are running on a platform owned by a Platinum member of the Linux foundation (something Amazon and Google can't say).

That is quite interesting. We are planning to offer IPv6 based kubernetes hosting with transparent reachability by IPv4. Are you interested in talking about that?

What could anybody need IPv6 on a website for? Users who don’t have IPv4 connectivity or what?

The problem with github (indepently of the recent news) is that it is not reachable from IPv6 only networks. And while you might have seen many of them yet, they are getting more and more the standard in data centers, which makes sense, because running dual stack is more effort and error prone.

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