GitLab Duo review
Using AI across the whole software development lifecycle, produce safer software more quickly.
What is GitLab Duo?
A set of AI-powered tools called GitLab Duo assists engineers at every phase of the software development lifecycle:
- Obtain code recommendations, clarifications, and test generation for planning and coding.
- Deploying and safeguarding: Find security flaws, obtain justifications, and have automated solutions implemented.
- Issue and epic management: Ask questions about epics, summarise issues, and convert comments into issue descriptions.
Advantages
Using AI across the software development process
Duo is the first artificial intelligence solution that helps developers at every step of their workflow, from planning and coding to securing and deploying.
AI that prioritizes privacy
You can manage which users, projects, and groups have access to AI-powered features with GitLab Duo. Additionally, AI models are not trained using the secret code and data of your company.
A better experience for developers
Provide your developers with a unified platform that incorporates the optimal AI model for every use case throughout the whole process, from debugging security flaws to comprehending code.
Dedicated to open AI
AI needs to be transparent if teams and organizations are to trust it. How we maintain ethics and transparency in our AI-powered features is explained in GitLab’s AI Transparency Centre.
GitLab Duo Features
Increase productivity with the help of clever coding
With AI-powered recommendations in more than 20 languages, you can write secure code more quickly in your preferred IDE. Automate repetitive processes to speed up development cycles.
Your AI development partner
Throughout the whole software development lifecycle, receive real-time guidance. Create tests, provide code explanations, refactor quickly, and have direct chat conversations within your IDE or online interface.
Address CI/CD pipeline problems as soon as possible
AI-assisted root cause analysis for CI/CD task failures can help you troubleshoot issues faster. Get recommended solutions and concentrate on important work.
Use AI-powered security to make your code more robust
Recognise vulnerabilities and fix them more quickly. To reduce security concerns, receive thorough explanations and automatically created merge requests.
Calculate the return on your investment in AI
Monitor the efficacy of AI in real time. Measure your return on investment by observing noticeable improvements in cycle times and deployment frequencies.
GitLab Duo pricing
GitLab Duo Enterprise
$39 a month per user
Throughout the software development lifecycle, GitLab Duo Enterprise is intended to increase team productivity by providing:
Everything from GitLab Duo Pro, plus:
Tools for summarisation and template creation
- Discussion summary
- Summary of the merge request
- Summary of the code review
Tools for security and vulnerability
- An explanation of vulnerability
- Resolving vulnerabilities
Advanced Conversation with
- Context of the merge request
- Problem and Epic Setting
Advanced Troubleshooting
- Analysis of the Root Causes
AI Analytics
- Forecasting value streams
- Reports on the Impact of AI on Productivity
Personalize GitLab Duo
- Model Personalization
- Self-Hosted Models
There can be additional conditions and costs.
Accessible to Ultimate clients.
GitLab Duo Pro
$19 a month per user
Development teams looking to improve code quality and efficiency with all-encompassing AI-powered support should use GitLab Duo Pro:
Features include:
Controls for Organisational Users
- Permissions from users for AI capabilities
Code Recommendations
- Generation of code
- Finishing the code
- Supporting more than 20 programming languages, it is accessible in numerous well-known IDEs.
Chat
- An explanation of the code
- creation of tests
- Refactoring code
Accessible to Premium and Ultimate clients.
Presenting GitLab Duo with Amazon Q
By incorporating a variety of generative AI features into the settings where developers work, Amazon Q Developer has revolutionised the conventional development approach. In addition to improving productivity by speeding up a variety of development chores outside of coding, this smooth integration aids in maintaining focus.
GitLab is a well-known DevSecOps platform with a large developer community where many development teams spend time creating and working together on projects. We are thrilled to present GitLab Duo with Amazon Q because of this. This new integration turns GitLab into a unified development experience that powers AI-driven DevSecOps by bringing the power of Amazon Q Developer agent capabilities to GitLab through GitLab Duo. AI agents are used by GitLab Duo with Amazon Q to help with intricate, multi-step activities like developing new features and updating the codebase for Java 8 and 11. Additionally, it provides improved unit testing and code review features within the same well-known GitLab platform.
GitLab quick actions make it simple to interact with Amazon Q Developer. To begin utilising it to speed up everyday chores or take on more complicated workflows, put /q immediately inside the issue description, a general comment, or a merge request comment.
In conclusion
The most complete DevSecOps platform and the most powerful generative AI-powered software development assistant are combined in GitLab Duo with Amazon Q. In the same comfortable GitLab environment that developers are accustomed to, GitLab Duo and Amazon Q provide a smooth developer experience with additional features to speed up feature development and change workloads.
Things to be aware of
- Getting started: GitLab self-managed users with an Ultimate subscription can preview GitLab Duo with Amazon Q.
- Availability: All GitLab self-managed clients with an ultimate tier subscription can now use GitLab Duo with Amazon Q in preview.
