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Backlog vs Phabricator: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 19th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 969 reviews from IT Project Management users.
% Fit
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Task Management
4.7
Workflow Management
4.1
Task Scheduling
4.5
Status Tracking
4.6
Prioritization
4.4
% Fit
Missing features
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Feature ratings
Task Management
5.0
Workflow Management
NA
Task Scheduling
NA
Status Tracking
NA
Prioritization
5.0
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews157
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.3
4.1
User reviews17
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
3.9
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
3.7
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Empower your team with Backlog's integrated platform, uniting project management, bug tracking, Wikis, and Git for development teams and a user-friendly interface for non-technical members.

Designed for software developers, it is an IT project management solution that offers activity revisions, audit source codes, business rules, plotting warns, and more.

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Justin S
Senior DevOps Engineer
2.0

Justin: Hi. I'm Justin, DevOps engineer, and I give Phabricator a two out of five. For more reviews like this click below. At the time, we looked to GitLab and a couple of similar products and considering Phabricator, as well. We ultimately decided on Phabricator because it had the features we wanted at a price tag that we could afford. We mainly chose Phabricator because of its Mercurial integrations. We use the Mercurial version control system at my company and not a lot of other companies supported it. That plus the price tag, plus some additional capabilities around code review, gave us what we were looking for. Getting started with Phabricator is definitely not an easy process. The only documentation they have is their official documentation, which is a little bit spotty. Phabricator is installed by cloning to Git Repository. There are no system packages or anything like that. It was a little surprising because packages like GitLab, which are considerably bigger, have everything consolidated into a single package. After the repository is installed, you need to manually install, configure a variety of different services. It took quite a while, and it was a very difficult process to finish. If you're thinking about getting Phabricator, be aware of the company that develops it, Phacility, is largely a one-man operation. While Evan Prieslty is definitely a very capable developer and Evan Priestly's been able to make, I would not personally interest my company's productivity to something that's backed by more or less a single person. Consider it, too, that the overall trajectory of Phabricator is geared more toward paying customers. If you're not paying for their support, you are not going to get any feature requests or support of any sort.

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Backlog

Top Features
30/38
  • Budget Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Change Management
  • Mobile App
  • Portfolio Management
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Release Management
  • Requirements Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Customizable Templates
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • For IT Project Management
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Issue Management
  • Kanban Board
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Prioritization
  • Product Roadmapping
  • Project Planning
  • Project Tracking
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Resource Management
  • Search/Filter
  • Status Tracking
  • Supports Scrum
  • Task Management
  • Task Scheduling
  • Testing/QA Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Workflow Management
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Phabricator

12/38
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Backlog

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Backlog
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Phabricator
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Backlog
  • By Nulab
  • Located in Japan
  • Founded in 2004
Phabricator
  • By Phacility
  • Located in United States
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