A number of companies offer software development performance analytics as “Software as a Service.” All of them offer a free trial and make it pretty easy to get going right away. Though it’s possible to start receiving insights right away, their greatest value comes from long-term analysis. As with all software tools, we recommend doing your own research to find the right price, feature set, and support for your team.
There are many options available, but here are three of the most popular and interesting options:
Waydev – In their own words: “Waydev analyzes your codebase, PRs, and tickets to help you bring out the best in your engineers’ work. Use metrics to enhance your organization’s code review workflow. Learn how teams work and optimize engineer collaboration.” Waydev is compatible with Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps. They offer a free trial with premium plans starting at $449 per active contributor.
Gitential – According to their site, “Our mission is to provide software development teams the most powerful automated analytics platform available to continuously improve their team’s performance on any given project.” Gitential is compatible with Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps. They have a “Free for Life” limited option and an enterprise-level subscription of $25 per month per active developer.
PluralSight Flow – Per their website, “Accelerate velocity and release products faster with visibility into your engineering workflow. PluralSight Flow aggregates historical git data into easy-to-understand insights and reports to help make your engineer teams more successful.” Compatible with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket. Offers a 30-day free trial with premium plans starting at $499 per active contributor per year.