# Assembla Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Assembla the right Application Development solution for you? Explore 103 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/112631/Assembla/reviews --- Assembla 4.2 (103) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/112631/Assembla/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Assembla Ease of use 4.0 Customer Service 3.8 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Carlos O CEOMarketing and Advertising, Self-employedUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Overall, Assembla is a versatile platform that provides a range of project management and version control tools for businesses and development teams. While it may not be suitable for everyone due to its complexity and learning curve, its advanced security features, integrations, and customization options make it a valuable asset for businesses and organizations that require robust project management and version control capabilities.“ March 29, 2023 CD Christopher D Senior Sofware DeveloperComputer Software, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I even listened to \[sensitive content hidden\] tell me about a prior customer who made it all the way to the sensitive content hidden\] of the company, but in the end they were also not given one cent back.“ October 7, 2024 MS Matthew S Software EngineerComputer Software, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “We used it successfully for a number of years, but as company size increased it felt like the capabilities of the software were not able to keep up. Would have no problems recommending this for a smaller team.“ June 19, 2023 PK Parth K Web DeveloperStaffing and Recruiting, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Sometimes the invitations are not received, and it is difficult to resend them. Except for the most astute user, planning releases, running reports on estimates vs. actual time spent, and comparing that across several projects is nearly impossible.“ February 8, 2023 GK Govinda K Replacement InchargeInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “All features like Task management, Integrated development environment, Task Schedule are the best in assemble and it makes daily work more comfortable doing.“ November 19, 2022 MM Michael M Senior DevInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I did not even get AN EMAIL just to ACKNOWLEDGE I had reached out to them for help (and presumably someone will eventually get around to responding in this "chat")“ November 23, 2023 pr prasanth r Senior Software EngineerEducation Management, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Creating keys and access to repo is easier.“ May 14, 2024 FB Felipe B Service and application support Hospital & Health Care, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The way to setup it is tooo complex.....“ October 30, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 103 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Corstiaan S. Unity 3D Developer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A one Hub solution that could work a bit faster" February 4, 2021 4.0 It's a solution that has it all but I would welcome an overhaul of UI and backend optimization for speed. It feels like there's a lot of ancient code in there. Pros It's a one-hub solution. Everything I need is within reach. Task management and planning in the card-wall of tickets are indispensable. Cons Slow: Opening a page or a ticket can sometimes take seconds of looking at a blank page. When used in meeting this is really annoying. Clutter: It lacks options to clean-up. Since I work with it for 10 years I have 150 projects in my view and no way to hide old projects. New projects appear at the bottom of that list, so scrolling galore! Yes, I could go to the project-owner and ask him to archive, but you know how that goes in large companies and I don't have rights to archive so I'm stuck with over 10 years of old projects. GIT: It could use some more optimizations, specially Merge-request handling / canceling, retaining comments etc. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CTO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Strive to be best toolset for development organization" February 11, 2020 4.0 It is ok for smaller teams. It is affordable. Not much of online documentation, but most parts are intuitive. Pros It is a cloud based solution and can be accessed from anywhere. Support for protocols like git. It has embedded document management workflow. Cons Lack of support for document search. Lack of support for wide adoption among developers. No easy way of project management, bug tracking etc. At the least the versions that we used in the past. No management reports. It serves the basic purpose of source code management with git. No clear support for command line tools and scripting for ci/cd pipelines. Alternatives considered [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/)[Jira](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/)[Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/)[Confluence](https://www.capterra.com/p/136446/Confluence/) Reason for choosing Assembla It was the first collaboration platform we tried in our previous startup. It worked OK for sometime as long as the team size was small. Soon we realized not many developers were familiar with this platform and became an issue while educating them to bring them onboard. Review Source CD Christopher D. Senior Sofware Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Zero Customer Service" October 7, 2024 2.0 Overall, after not following their 30-day cancellation policy to the letter we were automatically billed for an extra year with zero refund. Not only did nobody there apologize, I was even informed that they are very proud of their commitment to sticking to the policy. I even listened to \[sensitive content hidden\] tell me about a prior customer who made it all the way to the sensitive content hidden\] of the company, but in the end they were also not given one cent back. Pros It was not hard to use but I would not say it was easy or intuitive either. Cons By far, the customer service is the worst I have ever been involved with, especially at the management level. At several points during the conversation with a manager named \[sensitive content hidden\], he even laughed at the situation and specifically at me. The entire staff is in Portugal and from top to bottom I have never been treated so poorly by a company. Reason for choosing Assembla Pricing Review Source sS scott S. Software engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Assembla for SVN only" May 6, 2021 5.0 Other than the ridiculous cost its been extremely reliable for the past 7 years we have used it. We've had a couple short outages but they were very brief and got quick attention from their support. Pros Reliable SVN Server, pretty fast, easy to manage Cons We just use the SVN features, it's ridiculously expensive per person for SVN,. Alternatives considered [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/) Reason for choosing Assembla Decided SVN was easier to learn than git for our non technical users Review Source Steffano D. Lead Engineer Entertainment Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "honest opinion" February 13, 2021 4.0 Even with its flaws it's a good option over git and svn, it has a nice webapp to help you keep track of the project and source files. Pros It seems very secure, and I love the fact that you can see which files others have checked out, that's huge thing when working with a big team. Cons It's super slow when you need to revert files or when you added 2k files to a submit queue and you decide not to move forward with the submit. That will take a lot of time and it's really annoying. One last thing is that is a pain in the ass for new users especially for artists to setup perforce, perforce should have automated tools to setup your workspace, like a wizard to ask you about the basics. Having to open the command to type manual commands is not intuitive. Review Source xD ximena D. business unit manager Animation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Slow and inconvenient" February 3, 2021 1.0 It has been not as good, the tool is slow and more like an old management tool. Also, the customer service is not very good. We had to report all manager for a whole week the same problem to get a follow up for the problem. For a whole week, all of our teams couldn't see the missing info on tickets, it was a waste of our time and resources. Pros The Kaban and list view are convenient. Being able to add options to tickets are also good for management, and the prioritization set is good too. The way the tickets keep track of the dates and hours of every change in the ticket is really good. And the relationships you can build between tickets is good too. Cons A don't like many things about this software, the main thing is that Is too hard to plan long-term using it. Also is hard to have access to quantitative reports. To keep all my information accurate and easy to access I use Airtable to organize the information I have on Assembla. Because Assembla is too slow and too hard to get reports from it. Everyone at my office does the same thing of using another tool to interpret and organize the info we have on Assembla. I think a Gantt view would help and a view more likely to excel in which you could add and edit tickets faster. It would be great if you could build features for the admins to build their own statistics and reports. And features to automate some actions on tickets. Alternatives considered [Asana](https://www.capterra.com/p/184581/Asana-PM/) Reason for choosing Assembla Same reason that Airtable is easiest to use and personalize. Switched from [Airtable](https://www.capterra.com/p/146652/Airtable/) Because is easiest to use and to build your own reports, charts, customizations, formulas, fields, and automatizations to get, update, and register all info. Review Source MM Michael M. Senior Dev Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "HORRIBLE user experience!" November 23, 2023 1.0 HORRIBLE CANNOT RECOMMEND I did not even get AN EMAIL just to ACKNOWLEDGE I had reached out to them for help (and presumably someone will eventually get around to responding in this "chat") Pros I... suppose I could paste a public ssh key (and it seems to work) Cons CANNOT EVEN CHECKOUT ANY REPOSITORIES - not with ssh and NOT with username and password! apparently User Management is a complete PAIN to use with these guys oh and the "chat" says someone will response WITHIN A FEW HOURS Switched from [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/) company policy - for some reason using them is non-negotiable Review Source Response from IDERA November 27, 2023 We are very sorry to hear about the challenges you have faced while using Assembla. We would like to clarify that checking out repositories is a core component of our platform and can be done without any issues. Our support team has found that, in most cases, this problem occurs due to incorrect username and password combinations. Please make sure to type up your password and avoid copy/pasting, as this sometimes can introduce other characters inadvertently. Additionally, if you log in with SSO or MFA, normal passwords won't work and you'll need to create an SSH key and add t o your Assembla profile. But we'll be happy to look into this issue more closely. We're actively searching for your support ticket, and to help us locate it more efficiently, please send us an email at support@assembla.com. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to resolving any issues. Dan O. Managing Director Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Project Management Tool Unfortunately Super-Seeded" March 22, 2018 4.0 Tracked and version controlled website releases. Easy oversight of website epics, stories and tasks. Pros Reliability, I've used Assembla for more than 10 years and I do not recall any significant downtime, sure there were some issues but they were typically resolved within an hour. It does work as a method by which to manage your software development, a repository (SVN or GIT) is built into the solution. Cons It's expensive for what it is, it isn't that versatile (for example, you can't modify the status's to customise your status or workflow) and the pricing recently once the ownership changed hands. Depending on your user count, Bitbucket and JIRA may compare more favourably. The application really hasn't continued to evolve that much since I first signed up 10 years ago. Review Source Javed I. Sr Software Quality Assurance Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "SQA Review " November 5, 2021 5.0 \- Good for Agile Development Process - Good for Project Management - Not Suitable for Software Quality Assurance Process Pros \- Best for Agile Development Process - Good reporting feature - Fully access to administrator - Notification for the task assigned user Cons \- Expensive as compared to the other project management tools - Customer support is not available 24/7 - Available only for Web App - Mobile Application version is not available - Not suitable for Test Cases management Review Source Josip K. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Assembla Review" October 3, 2020 5.0 Pros It has deep integration of source control system with their project management tool so you can track commits using the same view/page that you use for tracking ticket comments. Cons Assembla was acquired by some other company and the first thing they did is to raise the price. In short time, from one of the cheapest products, they become one of the most expensive products. And that change was very fast and ugly; I remember that we needed to add just one additional member to the team and they said to us that we are on legacy plan, and that we need to move to their standard plan, and pay something like 5-10X more for the same service. Instead of paying more, we moved to Jira :-) Review Source RH Robert H. President & CEO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The Best SVN Repo Out There" September 8, 2021 5.0 Great service (backing up software on the Cloud is a must-have) for the money. Pros SVN is arguably the most popular Version Control system out there; and, with tools like VisualSVN and Tortoise (all integrate into Windows and Visual Studio perfectly), it makes perfect sense to use this tool. Highly recommended. Cons There was one or two features that were not well-documented and easy to use; but, with the great support Online, they were easily mastered. Alternatives considered [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/) Reason for choosing Assembla Because I was already using Visual SVN and Tortoise on my local machine and I was very happy working with this. Review Source MS Michal S. R&D engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Assembla" February 4, 2021 5.0 As an engineer I am satisfied with Assembla reporting capabilities and task tracing. It is helpful to revert/find certain activities for reference. Pros For people who work with computer on a daily basis (not programmers) it is good tool to report work and tasks progress. It has nice integration with Slack communicator. There are also other tricks and integrations that IT people can benefit from. Cons People who work less on a office-based routine it is harder to report and follow tasks in Assembla (non programmers). While exporting pdfs and attached images are too big files, output file is not clear. It is tricky or impossible to create subspace/subtickets for part-time subcontractors without giving them access to all other tickets in the space/company. You need to spend some time on reporting directly in Assembla (15min minimum) - cos of having things properly reported. Review Source rR randy R. partner Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Assembla " February 5, 2021 4.0 Pros Task management is our favorite feature. Some users utilize Cardwall and other project tracking tools. But primarily task assignment and tracking. Cons We always need better ways to document processes. The Wiki provided does not sufficiently serve that purpose. Perhaps it is the limited formatting for complex heirarchical work. Not sure. Other team members use Confluence and claim it to work better for documentation. Review Source AM Anuradha M. Principal Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great all in one tool!" March 25, 2021 4.0 I loved the tool, and sort of accepted it's ways of doing things Pros tickets, wiki, codebase management everything under one platform and ease of integration with other platforms like slack and outlook etc Cons ticket hierarchy visibility, managing EPICS- STORIES and TASKS is very complecated as there is so clear segregation directly available. Review Source JM June M. Systems Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Useful Tool but can be fustrating" February 3, 2021 4.0 keeping track of tickets when we have a number of teams with some floating individuals. Pros It works well to keep track to issues as well as our code Cons It is clunky. Slow to load in paces, would like to be able to keep one ticket open if I need to work on a second ticket at the same time, the filters do not always work. It is not intuitive, have to go hunting for features Reason for choosing Assembla it was recommended by one of the development team who had used it in the past, we tried it out and it allowed us to track our tickets so we stuck with it. Review Source OW Ondřej W. Product Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy way to manage your team" March 10, 2022 4.0 Pros Its simplicity, our team works in weekly sprints and we can simply manage our weekly or quarterly tasks. It is really easy to manage group of developers and mainly focus on other things Cons The look of this app is kind of "outdated" but they are still making some adjustments or upgrades. Review Source MS Mikko S. FAE Semiconductors Used the software for: 2+ years ### "User experience" February 12, 2021 3.0 Pros Ticket usage easy although tag filtering is too restricted. Cons 1) Hard to create project specific views other than based on single tag, which then disables further tag filtering for user. 2) User management page is unacceptably slow, we have close 1000 users and page is so slow that browser always complains that page is unresponsive. It takes at least 20 seconds to load the page. 3) ticket description loads very slowly compared to comments etc when opening ticket. Bad user experience. Review Source MS Moti S. Team lead Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Could be better" November 18, 2021 3.0 Pros The website is easy to use. Cons I have lack of basic features that I have in all your competitives. Im working with git source code. I don't have: - Delete branch from manually from website. - Disable merge button if no reviewer accept the code. - Set number of minimum reviewers Reason for choosing Assembla Because I was here before Review Source AK Alex K. Indie Dev Manager Computer Games Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Some issues to begin with but now a solid choice" September 30, 2022 5.0 We were initially assigned the wrong port when setting up our perforce server. Support took over 12 hours to rectify it. Maybe it's because we were on the free trial but still you need to make sure people trying the product are well looked after so they stay Pros It just works. Have had no down time that I'm aware of. Integration was simple Cons Simplicity. very little configuration required. Uptime and stability appears to be very good Alternatives considered [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/) Reason for choosing Assembla Ease of use Review Source PN Priyanka N. Team Lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Assembla - A powerful code management tool" June 15, 2017 4.0 Code & Document management, version control. Ease of access . Maintenance of code Pros We've used Assembla for managing our code and document repository. The advantage of it being integrated with SVN and GIT makes it really easy to manage our repo. The ability of an a repository to integrate with other tools is an added advantage. Secure and cost effective. Cons Would like to see a tool primarily to support repository operations on IOS, that's one piece which is required. Review Source Response from IDERA June 28, 2017 Hi Priyanka, Thank you for your review! We're glad Assembla helped you managed your code and document repositories. We'd love to send you a shirt! Email support@assembla.com with your address and size and we'll send one over. Thanks again! The Assembla Team FF Filipe F. Programmer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Assembla review" September 10, 2019 5.0 Great value for the everyday work trust and always on Pros This software is esay to use compatible with any SVN client Get your code/project in any place on any device, just checkout and work or review Cons At moment this software has all i need to develop my code and mantain it revisions Reason for choosing Assembla In general I trust more on Assembla to secure my code Review Source JP Jean-Michel P. Program Manager Telecommunications Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Assembla for ticket management" February 17, 2021 4.0 Pros allowed good information exchange between Marvell and Nokia. It has helped us to raise tickets and get solutions. Cons poor workflow functionalities. Maybe a configuration issue (meaning the person who set it up for our needs did not implement a solid workflow - so not a problem of the tool but more of using the tool) Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Development Team Lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Gets the job done" November 2, 2018 4.0 Our company has a large number of ongoing projects with even more milestones in progress at the same time split by teams. Assembla has been helping us have a smooth and uniform process. Pros As a developer, the main functions I interacted with are the repository and ticket management. Both are intuitive and easy to use. Particularly the ticket management function which has a very practical layout. You can easily see where each ticket is in the pipeline and the overall status of that particular milestone. Cons In the ticket management function, the quick add module view could be slightly wider but this is a personal preference. It's fine as it is now. Review Source AG Ashok G. QA Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review from QA Perspective" February 4, 2021 4.0 Very Good Experience Pros \->Issue Tracking ->Filters ->Custom Fields ->Activity Stream Cons Integration to other Software, assembla not providing us the export file in the required formats Review Source IR Igor R. Technical Project Manager Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Used to be a good project management tool, not anymore." April 30, 2018 2.0 Project management and source control. Pros It used to be a convenient SCRUM/Kanban - style project management tool with seamless SVN integration. Cons This year they raised the prices more than 10 times while the system itself not only didn't get any better but actually became so glitchy and unreliable, we can hardly use it anymore. Moving on to another platform. 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