9 Companies That Use Gitlab [2024]

Updated: May 21st, 2022

A web-based DevOps lifecycle tool that provides a Git-repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking and CI/CD pipeline features, using an open-source license, developed by GitLab Inc.

We put together a list of the biggest companies that use Gitlab, along with some Gitlab testimonials and Gitlab case studies.

Here's the list:

1. Starter Story

Starter Story is a niche blog started by Pat Walls in 2017. Starter Story uses Gitlab for their business.

Revenue
$250K / month
Team
1 founders / 6 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

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How I Turned A Crappy Idea Into A $3M/Year Business

Starter Story grew to 1.4 million monthly visitors and millions in annual revenue by sharing the stories of entrepreneurs. Pat breaks down the early days and how he grew the business into something that changed his life.

Read by 78,050 founders

2. Fastmail

Fastmail is an internet privacy app started by Bron Gondwana in 1999. Fastmail uses Gitlab for their business.

Revenue
$500K / month
Team
3 founders / 40 employees
Location
Victoria, Australia

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How Our Focus On Quality Helped Us Reach $500K/Month With An Email Service In A Space Full Of Free Alternatives

Fastmail CEO shares how focusing on quality and respect for users' privacy helped the email hosting service reach $500k/month in revenue, along with insights on building a loyal customer base, developing innovative email protocols, and the tools and resources that have been critical to his success.

Read by 11,852 founders

3. Accointing

Accointing is a crypto management platform started by Alex Lindenmeyer in 2017. Accointing uses Gitlab for their business.

Team
5 founders / 10 employees
Location
Zug, Switzerland

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4. User.com

User.com is a marketing automation platform started by Mike Korba in . User.com uses Gitlab for their business.

Revenue
$100K / month
Team
2 founders / 40 employees
Location
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

article

How We Built a $100K/Month Sales And Automation Software

User.com is a full-stack marketing platform with customers in over 60 countries that reached close to $1m ARR last year, with plans to double it this year, and has a low monthly churn rate of below 5%.

Read by 7,531 founders

5. Keyhole Software

Keyhole Software is a software developer started by Chris DeSalvo in 2008. Keyhole Software uses Gitlab for their business.

Team
2 founders / 85 employees

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6. Cantilever Web Design & Development

Cantilever Web Design & Development is a web development business started by Ty Fujimura in 2011. Cantilever Web Design & Development uses Gitlab for their business.

Revenue
$148K / month
Team
1 founders / 9 employees

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How I Started A $750K/Year Web Development Agency

Cantilever Web Design and Development, with clients including IBM and small businesses, reached a revenue of over $750k last year with a gross margin of 50% by prioritizing Digital Hospitality, fostering high-quality relationships, and constantly improving their process and philosophy.

Read by 42,592 founders

7. SteelKiwi

SteelKiwi is an iPhone app started by Viacheslav Ponomarov in 2011. SteelKiwi uses Gitlab for their business.

Revenue
$150K / month
Team
2 founders / 80 employees

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How We Started A $150K/Month Website And Mobile Development Outsourcing Company

How we started a 150k/month website and mobile development outsourcing company that has grown to 80+ employees and offers services in graphic design, QA, business analysis, project management, and marketing in addition to web and mobile app development.

Read by 6,721 founders

8. FounderBlocks

FounderBlocks is a technology consulting business started by Lasse Schuirmann in . FounderBlocks uses Gitlab for their business.

Revenue
$60K / month
Team
1 founders / 12 employees

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How We Created A $60K/Month Startup Factory

VIPERdev is an accelerator program that helps founders turn their digital business ideas into products and bring them to market within 8-12 weeks, releasing an average of 2-5 products per month.

Read by 6,429 founders

9. Indifferent Broccoli

Indifferent Broccoli is a private cloud servers business started by Jake Gaba in 2021. Indifferent Broccoli uses Gitlab for their business.

Revenue
$82.4K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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I Left Stanford & Bought A Small Website, Tripled Revenue In 6 Months

Jake Gaba tripled his game server hosting company's monthly recurring revenue from $1,600 MRR to $5,000 MRR after buying the business for $25,000, and has since launched new services for Viking and Valheim gaming servers under a distinct and memorable central hub brand, Indifferent Broccoli.

Read by 27,104 founders

meet the author
Pat Walls

I'm Pat Walls and I created Starter Story - a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. We interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started and grew their businesses.