Developer Tools Review
Bitbucket
Deep Dive Analysis
Bitbucket is Atlassian's Git hosting service, and its main argument is how tightly it connects to Jira. Commits, branches and pull requests link to issues automatically, which is worth a lot if your team already plans work in Jira.
Target Audience
Teams already invested in Atlassian tools, particularly Jira.
The Final Verdict
"Choose it for the Jira link, not on its own merits. Outside the Atlassian stack the case is much weaker."
Best Alternatives to Bitbucket
What we checked
Public API
Offers a documented API you can build against.
Mobile app
Has a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.
Open source / self-hostable
Source is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.
SSO (SAML)
Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.
These are facts that can be checked, not opinions. Where we have not checked, it says so — we do not fill the gap with a guess.