Are you ready to deploy your own instance? Follow this guide to replicate the Topvaz experience.
| Feature | Topvaz Self-Hosted | GitLab.com (SaaS) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Control | Full control over data, updates, and backups | No infrastructure management | | Cost | Server + maintenance cost | Free tier available; Premium starts at $19/user/month | | CI/CD minutes | Unlimited (your own runners) | 400 minutes/month (Free); unlimited with paid | | Security | Air-gapped possible; custom firewall rules | Shared responsibility model | | Best for | Regulated industries, large teams | Startups, open source | topvaz gitlab
If Topvaz handles sensitive user data (e.g., healthcare or finance), a self-hosted instance behind a VPN is mandatory. Are you ready to deploy your own instance
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A university research team needed to share code with reproducibility. Using Topvaz GitLab’s Jupyter notebook integration and GitLab Pages, they hosted interactive data dashboards directly from their repositories.