When you need a private repo why do you use BitBucket? I've used the private rep...

jamesharding · on July 29, 2015

BitBucket is free for private repos, GitHub is not (unless you have a student promotion active).

gabeio · on July 29, 2015

Bitbucket is free for private repos if there are <=5 contributors (unless you have a .edu email = unlimited free).

gjtorikian · on July 29, 2015

GitHub also provides free private accounts to .edu addresses: https://education.github.com/discount_requests/new

(And non-profits: https://github.com/nonprofit)

bskap · on July 29, 2015

BitBucket is free for private repos with less than five people. Doesn't work for a lot of businesses, which is where most of the money is.

cachehit · on July 30, 2015

..but if they didn't charge what does it matter that it's where the money is?

veddermatic · on July 30, 2015

Because when your team gets to 6 people, you A) have money (hopefully) and B) your code is already in BitBucket, so choosing to pay them over GitHub is a no brainer.

servercobra · on July 29, 2015

BitBucket private repos are free, GitHub's are not.

tswartz · on July 29, 2015

ahh.. that makes sense then. :)

andrewchambers · on July 29, 2015

Bit bucket is free. This is coming from someone who currently pays for a private github account.