Yeah I agree. There are only very minor differences.
Isn't being able to self host it on your company network a big important feature? Like for all the non-public branches and projects you keep internal. Gives you the same UX for everything.
This sounds pretty annoying though: https://docs.gitlab.com/administration/license_usage/
It is important for some companies. https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.22/admin/inst...
Is it more expensive?
Than Gitlab?
I'm not sure, you'd have to check their pricing pages.
It doesn't say does it? For self-hosted commercial use? Wish either were open-source.
I'm sorry, I think you're trying to make a point and I'm not quite following it. Yes, Github Enterprise requires a license.
Github Enterprise is $21/user/month: https://github.com/pricing
Oh nice that $21 includes self hosting. The point we were talking about before was the difference between the two and gitlab can let companies host it for free.
That is important or critical in some companies. But that's surely not what they meant by fitting their "mental model" better.