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GitLab
(NASDAQ:GTLB) 

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GitLab is a web-based DevOps lifecycle tool that provides a Git repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking and continuous integration and deployment pipeline features, using an open-source license, developed by GitLab Inc.

Founded: 2011
IPO Price: $77 (Oct 14, 2021)
Full Time Employees: 2,100 (Jan 2023)
CEO / Co-Founder: Sid Sijbrandij 
Sector: Technology
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At a glance:
  • Revenue Growth Driven by Seat Expansion and Upsell: GitLab continues to grow primarily through expanding usage within existing customers and upselling higher-tier plans and add-ons, supported by broad adoption of its DevSecOps platform.
  • Path Toward Profitability Hinges on Operating Leverage: Improving margins and disciplined expense growth suggest increasing operating leverage, with profitability progress closely tied to balancing R&D and go-to-market investment against scaling subscription revenue.
  • Enterprise Demand and Large-Deal Execution Are Key: Performance is sensitive to enterprise IT budgets and GitLab’s ability to land and expand large customers, including renewal execution and multi-year commitments that influence near-term billings trends.
  • Competitive Pressure Remains Elevated in DevOps Tooling: GitLab faces ongoing competition from integrated platform providers and point solutions, making product velocity, security capabilities, and total cost of ownership central to maintaining differentiation.
Bull Thesis:
  • Comprehensive DevSecOps Platform: GitLab's 'single application for the entire DevOps lifecycle' strategy, including integrated security (DevSecOps), is a strong differentiator. It helps organizations consolidate tools, reduce complexity, improve collaboration, and streamline workflows, leading to significant cost savings and efficiency gains compared to fragmented toolchains.
  • Strong AI Integration Across the Platform: GitLab is aggressively integrating AI capabilities (e.g., Code Suggestions, AI-powered security scanning, incident management) throughout its platform. This enhances developer productivity, improves code quality, accelerates time-to-market, and strengthens security postures, making the platform increasingly valuable and sticky for users.
  • Open-Core Model and Vibrant Community: GitLab's open-source roots and open-core business model foster a large, active community that contributes to innovation, bug fixes, and feature development. This community-driven approach helps accelerate product development, ensures broad adoption, and builds strong brand loyalty, while the enterprise features drive monetization.
  • Cloud Agnostic and Hybrid Cloud Flexibility: GitLab offers unparalleled deployment flexibility, supporting on-premise, any public cloud, or its SaaS offering (GitLab.com). This cloud-agnostic approach appeals to a wide range of enterprises with diverse compliance, security, and infrastructure requirements, making it resilient to cloud vendor lock-in and broadening its market reach.
Bear Thesis:
  • Intense Competition, Especially from GitHub: GitLab faces formidable competition from well-capitalized players like Microsoft's GitHub, which benefits from deep integration with Azure and Visual Studio. Other competitors include Atlassian (Jira, Bitbucket), Jenkins, and numerous specialized point solutions, creating pricing pressure and making customer acquisition challenging.
  • Persistent Unprofitability and Free Cash Flow Concerns: Despite strong revenue growth, GitLab has historically struggled to achieve consistent profitability and positive free cash flow. Investors may be concerned about the company's path to sustainable financial health, especially in a higher interest rate environment where profitability is increasingly scrutinized over pure growth.
  • Macroeconomic Headwinds and IT Spending Slowdown: A general slowdown in global IT spending or a recession could significantly impact GitLab's growth. Enterprises might defer or reduce investments in new DevOps tools, scale back existing subscriptions, or opt for cheaper alternatives, leading to slower revenue growth and increased churn.
  • Complexity and Potential for Partial Adoption: While comprehensive, the breadth of GitLab's platform can also be a double-edged sword. Some organizations might find the full suite of features complex to implement and manage, leading to partial adoption or a preference for simpler, specialized tools, potentially limiting the perceived value and upsell opportunities.
Main Competitors:
  • GitHub (Microsoft) ($MSFT) (GitHub (Repos, Actions, Issues, Packages, Advanced Security, Codespaces)), GitHub is GitLab's most direct competitor, offering a comprehensive suite of DevOps tools including Git repository hosting, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), issue tracking, package management, and advanced security features. Its strong community, open-source focus, and integration with the broader Microsoft ecosystem make it a formidable rival, often preferred for its ubiquity and ease of use.
  • Microsoft ($MSFT) (Azure DevOps (Azure Repos, Pipelines, Boards, Artifacts, Test Plans)), Azure DevOps provides a full suite of integrated services for the entire software development lifecycle, including Git repositories, CI/CD pipelines, agile planning tools, artifact management, and testing. It competes with GitLab by offering a comprehensive, enterprise-grade platform, particularly appealing to organizations already invested in Microsoft Azure and its ecosystem.
  • Atlassian Corporation Plc ($TEAM) (Bitbucket, Jira Software, Confluence, Bamboo, Opsgenie, Statuspage), Atlassian competes with GitLab through its ecosystem of best-of-breed tools that cover various aspects of the DevOps lifecycle. While not a single integrated platform like GitLab, its popular products like Bitbucket (Git hosting), Jira Software (issue tracking and project management), and Bamboo (CI/CD) are widely adopted and often integrated to form a complete DevOps solution, especially in larger enterprises.
  • CloudBees (for enterprise support), Open-source community (for Jenkins) (Jenkins (CI/CD server), CloudBees CI/CD), Jenkins, as the leading open-source automation server, directly competes with GitLab CI/CD. While it requires more manual integration with other tools for repository management, issue tracking, and security, its flexibility, vast plugin ecosystem, and cost-effectiveness make it a popular choice. CloudBees offers enterprise-grade Jenkins distributions and additional features, competing for the same enterprise CI/CD market.
Moat:
GitLab's primary competitive moat lies in its 'single application for the entire DevOps lifecycle' strategy. By integrating Git repository management, CI/CD, security scanning, project management, and more into one platform, GitLab aims to reduce toolchain complexity, integration overhead, and context switching for development teams. This contrasts with a highly fragmented market where many organizations piece together best-of-breed point solutions (e.g., Jira for issues, Jenkins for CI/CD, Snyk for security, Bitbucket for Git). However, GitLab faces intense competition from several fronts. Microsoft's GitHub and Azure DevOps offer increasingly comprehensive and integrated platforms, leveraging their vast user bases and cloud ecosystems. Atlassian, with its suite of widely adopted products like Bitbucket and Jira, provides a powerful alternative for organizations preferring a collection of tightly integrated, specialized tools. Additionally, open-source solutions like Jenkins continue to offer flexible and cost-effective CI/CD options, albeit requiring more manual integration. GitLab's challenge is to continue demonstrating the superior value of its unified platform against both integrated suites and best-of-breed ecosystems, while also innovating rapidly to stay ahead in a dynamic market.
Income Statements:
Quarterly
Annual
    Unit: USD2025-10-31 2025-07-31 2025-04-30 2025-01-31 2024-10-31 2024-07-31 2024-04-30 2024-01-31 2023-10-31 2023-07-31 2023-04-30 2023-01-31 2022-10-31 2022-07-31 2022-04-30 2022-01-31 2021-10-31 
                     
      revenue:
                     
      subscription—self-managed and saas
    223,262,000 212,684,000 194,481,000 185,562,000 175,257,000 163,181,000 151,179,000 142,026,000 130,993,000 122,096,000 111,191,000 105,055,000 98,435,000 88,936,000 76,923,000 69,621,000 59,774,000 
      license—self-managed and other
    21,091,000 23,276,000 20,028,000 25,869,000 20,790,000 19,403,000 18,008,000 21,753,000 18,675,000 17,485,000 15,687,000 17,852,000 14,546,000 12,105,000 10,484,000 8,175,000 7,026,000 
      total revenue
    244,353,000 235,960,000 214,509,000 211,431,000 196,047,000 182,584,000 169,187,000 163,779,000 149,668,000 139,581,000 126,878,000 122,907,000 112,981,000 101,041,000 87,407,000 77,796,000 66,800,000 
      yoy
    24.64% 29.23% 26.79% 29.10% 30.99% 30.81% 33.35% 33.25% 32.47% 38.14% 45.16% 57.99% 69.13%     
      qoq
    3.56% 10.00% 1.46% 7.85% 7.37% 7.92% 3.30% 9.43% 7.23% 10.01% 3.23% 8.79% 11.82% 15.60% 12.35% 16.46%  
      cost of revenue:
                     
      total cost of revenue
    32,221,000 28,505,000 25,035,000 22,869,000 22,125,000 21,370,000 18,776,000 15,989,000 15,084,000 14,696,000 13,939,000 14,238,000 14,564,000 13,030,000 9,848,000 9,173,000 7,195,000 
      gross profit
    212,132,000 207,455,000 189,474,000 188,562,000 173,922,000 161,214,000 150,411,000 147,790,000 134,584,000 124,885,000 112,939,000 108,669,000 98,417,000 88,011,000 77,559,000 68,623,000 59,605,000 
      yoy
    21.97% 28.68% 25.97% 27.59% 29.23% 29.09% 33.18% 36.00% 36.75% 41.90% 45.62% 58.36% 65.12%     
      qoq
    2.25% 9.49% 0.48% 8.42% 7.88% 7.18% 1.77% 9.81% 7.77% 10.58% 3.93% 10.42% 11.82% 13.48% 13.02% 15.13%  
      gross margin %
    86.81% 87.92% 88.33% 89.18% 88.71% 88.30% 88.90% 90.24% 89.92% 89.47% 89.01% 88.42% 87.11% 87.10% 88.73% 88.21% 89.23% 
      operating expenses:
                     
      sales and marketing
    104,974,000 109,583,000 107,587,000 98,753,000 95,340,000 97,778,000 92,424,000 90,762,000 86,978,000 92,116,000 86,537,000 81,513,000 81,080,000 80,689,000 66,710,000 57,192,000 50,543,000 
      research and development
    68,715,000 71,488,000 65,410,000 62,885,000 61,354,000 61,273,000 54,140,000 52,388,000 49,058,000 49,007,000 50,387,000 43,680,000 41,113,000 39,520,000 31,830,000 28,610,000 24,664,000 
      general and administrative
    50,799,000 44,735,000 51,087,000 46,262,000 45,960,000 43,168,000 57,487,000 39,523,000 38,815,000 37,819,000 34,248,000 29,750,000 33,186,000 33,104,000 21,892,000 23,378,000 16,939,000 
      total operating expenses
    224,488,000 225,806,000 224,084,000 207,900,000 202,654,000 202,219,000 204,051,000 182,673,000 174,851,000 178,942,000 171,172,000 154,943,000 155,379,000 153,313,000 120,432,000 109,180,000 92,146,000 
      income from operations
    -12,356,000 -18,351,000 -34,610,000 -19,338,000 -28,732,000 -41,005,000 -53,640,000 -34,883,000 -40,267,000 -54,057,000 -58,233,000 -46,274,000 -56,962,000 -65,302,000 -42,873,000 -40,557,000 -32,541,000 
      yoy
    -57.00% -55.25% -35.48% -44.56% -28.65% -24.14% -7.89% -24.62% -29.31% -17.22% 35.83% 14.10% 75.05%     
      qoq
    -32.67% -46.98% 78.97% -32.70% -29.93% -23.56% 53.77% -13.37% -25.51% -7.17% 25.84% -18.76% -12.77% 52.31% 5.71% 24.63%  
      operating margin %
    -5.06% -7.78% -16.13% -9.15% -14.66% -22.46% -31.70% -21.30% -26.90% -38.73% -45.90% -37.65% -50.42% -64.63% -49.05% -52.13% -48.71% 
      interest income
    11,704,000 11,511,000 10,862,000 10,292,000 12,586,000 12,827,000 12,030,000 11,813,000 10,874,000 9,112,000 7,315,000 6,249,000 4,657,000 3,064,000 526,000 510,000 127,000 
      other income
    -6,334,000 -911,000  3,730,000 4,992,000 1,032,000 -567,000 -11,318,000 569,000 -1,330,000 253,000 -1,024,000 2,661,000 1,500,000 18,448,000 -9,598,000 -10,209,000 
      income before income taxes
    -6,986,000 -7,751,000 -33,719,000 -5,316,000 -11,154,000 -27,146,000 -42,177,000 -34,388,000 -28,824,000 -46,275,000 -50,665,000 -41,049,000 -49,644,000 -60,738,000 -23,899,000 -49,645,000 -42,623,000 
      provision for income taxes
    1,811,000 2,245,000 2,539,000 -10,543,000 -39,421,000 -39,420,000 12,710,000 1,767,000 256,788,000 4,016,000 1,486,000 379,000 65,000 -57,000 2,511,000 -2,881,000 -875,000 
      net income
    -8,797,000 -9,996,000 -36,258,000 5,227,000 28,267,000 12,274,000 -54,887,000 -37,571,000 -286,355,000 -51,208,000 -52,899,000 -42,121,000 -50,465,000 -61,497,000 -26,613,000 -46,764,000 -41,748,000 
      yoy
    -131.12% -181.44% -33.94% -113.91% -109.87% -123.97% 3.76% -10.80% 467.43% -16.73% 98.77% -9.93% 20.88%     
      qoq
    -11.99% -72.43% -793.67% -81.51% 130.30% -122.36% 46.09% -86.88% 459.20% -3.20% 25.59% -16.53% -17.94% 131.08% -43.09% 12.01%  
      net income margin %
    -3.60% -4.24% -16.90% 2.47% 14.42% 6.72% -32.44% -22.94% -191.33% -36.69% -41.69% -34.27% -44.67% -60.86% -30.45% -60.11% -62.50% 
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
    -521,000 -788,000 -383,000 -577,000 -1,298,000 -675,000 -243,000 -1,104,000 -1,197,000 -1,128,000 -430,000 -3,388,000 -2,010,000 -2,473,000 -514,000 -979,000 -521,000 
      net income attributable to gitlab
    -8,276,000 -9,208,000 -35,875,000 5,804,000 29,565,000 12,949,000 -54,644,000 -36,467,000 -285,158,000 -50,080,000 -52,469,000 -38,733,000 -48,455,000 -59,024,000 -26,099,000 -45,785,000 -41,227,000 
      net income per share
      -0.22    -0.35 -0.22 -1.84 -0.33 -0.35 -0.26 -0.33 -0.4 -0.18 -0.06 -0.62 
      basic
    -0.05 -0.06  -0.02 0.18 0.08            
      diluted
    -0.05 -0.06  -0.02 0.18 0.08            
      weighted-average shares used for eps calculation
      164,491 160,580   158,157 154,283 155,123 153,644 151,692 148,407 148,883 147,797 146,643 79,755 67,018 
      basic
    167,407 165,953   161,317 159,677            
      diluted
    167,407 165,953   167,436 166,346            
      other expense
      -9,971,000               
      net income per share
      -0.22    -0.35 -0.22 -1.84 -0.33 -0.35 -0.26 -0.33 -0.4 -0.18 -0.06 -0.62 
      weighted-average shares used for eps calculation
      164,491 160,580   158,157 154,283 155,123 153,644 151,692 148,407 148,883 147,797 146,643 79,755 67,018 
      loss from equity method investment, net of tax
           -1,416,000 -743,000 -917,000 -748,000 -693,000 -756,000 -816,000 203,000   
    Balance Sheets:
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        assets
                        
        current assets:
                        
        cash and cash equivalents
      224,231,000 261,371,000 255,719,000 227,649,000 176,632,000 438,616,000 420,322,000 287,996,000 285,309,000 273,225,000 315,933,000 295,402,000 372,169,000 410,757,000 887,489,000 884,672,000 824,714,000 282,850,000 
        short-term investments
      980,077,000 903,806,000 849,113,000 764,728,000 740,340,000 644,488,000 641,173,000 748,289,000 704,325,000 713,058,000 621,706,000 641,249,000 555,583,000 519,433,000 47,292,000 50,031,000 100,031,000  
        accounts receivable
      221,140,000 197,775,000 201,408,000 264,565,000 197,555,000 165,001,000 135,195,000 166,731,000 135,614,000 105,815,000 126,079,000 130,479,000 97,580,000 89,344,000 68,009,000 77,233,000 56,976,000 39,651,000 
        deferred contract acquisition costs, current
      36,522,000 35,306,000 35,455,000 38,964,000 34,518,000 33,841,000 31,034,000 32,300,000 27,196,000 25,069,000 25,093,000 26,505,000 23,599,000 23,648,000 23,904,000 24,363,000 19,880,000 18,700,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      44,979,000 37,912,000 39,066,000 40,411,000 43,120,000 32,410,000 35,319,000 45,601,000 29,892,000 26,053,000 26,409,000 24,327,000 20,454,000 20,807,000 17,537,000 15,544,000 10,749,000 7,292,000 
        total current assets
      1,506,949,000 1,436,170,000 1,380,761,000 1,336,317,000 1,192,165,000 1,314,356,000 1,263,043,000 1,280,917,000 1,182,336,000 1,143,220,000 1,115,220,000 1,117,962,000 1,069,385,000 1,063,989,000 1,044,231,000 1,051,843,000 1,012,350,000 348,493,000 
        property and equipment
      10,193,000 7,642,000 4,856,000 4,013,000 3,563,000 2,899,000 2,820,000 2,954,000 3,690,000 4,080,000 4,936,000 5,797,000 5,560,000 5,459,000 4,347,000 3,271,000   
        goodwill
      16,919,000 16,634,000 16,029,000 16,139,000 16,131,000 16,017,000 16,070,000 8,145,000 8,145,000 8,145,000 8,145,000 8,145,000 8,145,000 8,145,000 8,145,000 8,145,000   
        intangible assets
      11,789,000 13,804,000 15,819,000 17,834,000 19,536,000 21,867,000 16,637,000 1,733,000 2,254,000 2,774,000 3,321,000 3,901,000 4,484,000 5,081,000 5,684,000 6,285,000 515,000 797,000 
        deferred contract acquisition costs, non-current
      20,288,000 18,961,000 19,830,000 20,142,000 17,248,000 15,753,000 17,738,000 19,317,000 15,104,000 14,743,000 15,014,000 15,628,000 14,240,000 13,945,000 13,872,000 14,743,000  11,776,000 
        other non-current assets
      4,701,000 4,583,000 4,366,000 4,437,000 3,552,000 4,888,000 4,776,000 4,390,000 5,200,000          
        total assets
      1,570,839,000 1,498,187,000 1,441,990,000 1,399,263,000 1,252,639,000 1,376,262,000 1,321,627,000 1,317,861,000 1,226,896,000 1,189,069,000 1,164,108,000 1,169,200,000 1,120,241,000 1,115,419,000 1,098,953,000 1,091,438,000 1,028,808,000 362,566,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                        
        current liabilities:
                        
        accounts payable
      9,187,000 11,395,000 11,288,000 7,519,000 2,224,000 3,219,000 3,230,000 1,738,000 5,023,000 4,165,000 3,029,000 5,184,000 6,233,000 5,379,000 5,691,000 4,984,000 4,943,000 3,111,000 
        accrued expenses and other current liabilities
      58,406,000 52,339,000 66,308,000 54,680,000 51,821,000 272,164,000 306,734,000 286,178,000 269,980,000 24,643,000 28,885,000 25,954,000 23,753,000 24,474,000 29,165,000 24,571,000 9,572,000 7,348,000 
        accrued compensation and benefits
      33,402,000 30,164,000 28,119,000 40,233,000 27,274,000 29,117,000 22,743,000 35,809,000 23,272,000 23,504,000 15,716,000 20,776,000 16,716,000 15,503,000 11,682,000 32,820,000 16,980,000 13,179,000 
        deferred revenue, current
      464,813,000 459,459,000 450,668,000 442,599,000 383,183,000 362,348,000 341,830,000 338,348,000 287,647,000 268,883,000 263,423,000 254,382,000 217,777,000 201,348,000 188,062,000 179,224,000 147,395,000 103,543,000 
        total current liabilities
      565,808,000 553,357,000 556,383,000 545,031,000 464,502,000 666,848,000 674,537,000 662,073,000 585,922,000 321,195,000 311,053,000 306,296,000 264,479,000 246,704,000 234,600,000 241,599,000 178,890,000 127,181,000 
        deferred revenue, non-current
      28,977,000 25,749,000 25,981,000 26,369,000 14,138,000 14,732,000 15,267,000 23,794,000 23,016,000 25,860,000 28,043,000 28,355,000 28,946,000 24,401,000 27,938,000 32,568,000  30,625,000 
        other non-current liabilities
      8,057,000 7,499,000 7,029,000 6,557,000 3,776,000 6,678,000 17,465,000 14,060,000 24,776,000 10,774,000 9,411,000 9,824,000 12,125,000 13,994,000 18,213,000 18,002,000  11,078,000 
        total liabilities
      602,842,000 586,605,000 589,393,000 577,957,000 482,416,000 688,258,000 707,269,000 699,927,000 633,714,000 357,829,000 348,507,000 344,475,000 305,550,000 285,099,000 280,751,000 292,169,000 219,401,000 168,884,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                        
        stockholders’ equity:
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of october 31, 2025 and january 31, 2025
                        
        class a common stock
                        
        class b common stock
                        
        additional paid-in capital
      2,141,732,000 2,080,759,000 2,013,228,000 1,952,031,000 1,891,653,000 1,833,786,000 1,768,947,000 1,718,661,000 1,658,375,000 1,610,072,000 1,542,603,000 1,497,373,000 1,453,349,000 1,413,491,000 1,355,224,000 1,320,479,000 1,292,710,000 186,892,000 
        accumulated deficit
      -1,220,973,000 -1,212,697,000 -1,203,489,000 -1,167,614,000 -1,161,952,000 -1,191,517,000 -1,204,466,000 -1,149,822,000 -1,113,355,000 -828,197,000 -778,117,000 -725,648,000 -686,915,000 -638,460,000 -579,436,000 -553,337,000 -507,552,000 -398,199,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      1,956,000   -8,508,000 -4,996,000 570,000 3,360,000 2,335,000 1,547,000 1,782,000 1,003,000 -705,000 -2,874,000 3,456,000 6,306,000 7,724,000  -19,915,000 
        total gitlab stockholders’ equity
      922,715,000 866,551,000 808,280,000 775,909,000 724,705,000 642,839,000 567,841,000 571,174,000 546,567,000 783,657,000 765,489,000 771,020,000 763,560,000 778,487,000 782,094,000    
        noncontrolling interests
      45,282,000 45,031,000 44,317,000 45,397,000 45,518,000 45,165,000 46,517,000 46,760,000 46,615,000 47,583,000 50,112,000 53,705,000 51,131,000 51,833,000 36,108,000 24,403,000 25,007,000  
        total stockholders’ equity
      967,997,000 911,582,000 852,597,000 821,306,000 770,223,000 688,004,000 614,358,000 617,934,000 593,182,000 831,240,000 815,601,000 824,725,000 814,691,000 830,320,000 818,202,000 799,269,000 809,407,000 -231,222,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      1,570,839,000 1,498,187,000 1,441,990,000 1,399,263,000 1,252,639,000 1,376,262,000 1,321,627,000 1,317,861,000 1,226,896,000 1,189,069,000 1,164,108,000 1,169,200,000 1,120,241,000 1,115,419,000 1,098,953,000    
        operating lease right-of-use assets
       393,000 329,000 381,000 444,000 482,000 543,000 405,000 533,000 673,000 1,300,000 998,000       
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of july 31, 2025 and january 31, 2025; no shares issued and outstanding as of july 31, 2025 and january 31, 2025
                        
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
       -1,511,000 -1,459,000              -758,000  
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of april 30, 2025 and january 31, 2025; no shares issued and outstanding as of april 30, 2025 and january 31, 2025
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of january 31, 2025 and january 31, 2024; no shares issued and outstanding as of january 31, 2025 and january 31, 2024
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of october 31, 2024 and january 31, 2024; no shares issued and outstanding as of october 31, 2024 and january 31, 2024
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of july 31, 2024 and january 31, 2024; no shares issued and outstanding as of july 31, 2024 and january 31, 2024
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of april 30, 2024 and january 31, 2024; no shares issued and outstanding as of april 30, 2024 and january 31, 2024
                        
        equity method investment, net of impairment of 8,858 and 0 as of january 31, 2024 and january 31, 2023, respectively
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of january 31, 2024 and january 31, 2023; no shares issued and outstanding as of january 31, 2024 and january 31, 2023
                        
        equity method investment
              9,634,000 10,574,000 11,735,000 12,682,000 13,624,000 14,581,000 15,615,000    
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of october 31, 2023 and january 31, 2023; no shares issued and outstanding as of october 31, 2023 and january 31, 2023
                        
        other long-term assets
               4,860,000 4,437,000 4,087,000 4,803,000 4,219,000 7,059,000 7,151,000 4,510,000 1,500,000 
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of july 31, 2023 and january 31, 2023; no shares issued and outstanding as of july 31, 2023 and january 31, 2023
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of april 30, 2023 and january 31, 2023; no shares issued and outstanding as of april 30, 2023 and january 31, 2023
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of january 31, 2023 and january 31, 2022; no shares issued and outstanding as of january 31, 2023 and january 31, 2022
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of october 31, 2022 and january 31, 2022; no shares issued and outstanding as of october 31, 2022 and january 31, 2022
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of july 31, 2022 and january 31, 2022; no shares issued and outstanding as of july 31, 2022 and january 31, 2022
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of april 30, 2022 and january 31, 2022, respectively; no shares issued and outstanding as of april 30, 2022 and january 31, 2022, respectively
                        
        liabilities, convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ equity
                        
        convertible preferred stock
                        
        convertible preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; no shares and 79,959 shares authorized as of january 31, 2022 and january 31, 2021, respectively; no shares and 79,551 shares issued and outstanding as of january 31, 2022 and january 31, 2021, respectively
                       424,904,000 
        stockholders’ equity
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares and no shares authorized as of january 31, 2022 and january 31, 2021, respectively; no shares issued and outstanding as of january 31, 2022 and january 31, 2021, respectively
                        
        total gitlab stockholders' equity
                     774,866,000 784,400,000 -231,222,000 
        total liabilities, convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ equity
                     1,091,438,000 1,028,808,000 362,566,000 
        deferred contract acquisition costs, long-term
                      11,433,000  
        deferred revenue, long-term
                      27,589,000  
        other long-term liabilities
                      12,922,000  
        convertible preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; no shares and 79,959 shares authorized as of october 31, 2021 and january 31, 2021, respectively; no shares and 79,551 shares issued and outstanding as of october 31, 2021 and january 31, 2021, respectively
                        
        preferred stock, 0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares and no shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of october 31, 2021 and january 31, 2021
                        
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-10-31 2025-07-31 2025-04-30 2025-01-31 2024-10-31 2024-07-31 2024-04-30 2024-01-31 2023-10-31 2023-07-31 2023-04-30 2023-01-31 2022-10-31 2022-07-31 2022-04-30 2022-01-31 
                        
          cash flows from operating activities:
                        
          net loss, including amounts attributable to noncontrolling interest
        -8,797,000 -9,996,000 -36,258,000 5,227,000 28,267,000 12,274,000 -54,887,000 -37,571,000 -286,355,000 -51,208,000 -52,899,000 -42,121,000 -50,465,000 -61,497,000 -26,613,000 -46,764,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                        
          stock-based compensation expense, net of amounts capitalized
                        
          change in fair value of acquisition related contingent consideration
                      
          charitable donation of common stock
        1,970,000 1,787,000 1,739,000 2,956,000 2,957,000 2,957,000 2,957,000 2,675,000 2,675,000 2,675,000 2,675,000      
          amortization of intangible assets
        2,015,000 2,015,000 2,020,000 2,195,000 2,511,000 2,333,000 1,087,000 521,000 521,000 546,000 579,000 595,000 591,000 595,000 581,000 414,000 
          depreciation expense
        869,000 759,000 556,000 499,000 680,000 744,000 937,000 1,039,000 1,123,000 1,114,000 1,092,000 1,033,000 912,000 728,000 558,000  
          amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs
        13,478,000 13,370,000 13,899,000 14,064,000 12,704,000 11,837,000 11,109,000 12,397,000 10,447,000 10,070,000 10,549,000 12,265,000 11,075,000 10,805,000 10,813,000 9,813,000 
          net amortization of premiums or discounts on short-term investments
        -1,741,000 -2,609,000 -2,996,000 -3,813,000 -3,792,000 -4,241,000 -4,900,000 -5,988,000 -5,867,000 -4,898,000 -3,596,000 -2,731,000 -2,053,000    
          unrealized foreign exchange loss
        2,416,000 1,069,000 9,901,000 -4,084,000 -5,184,000 -803,000 545,000 4,396,000 -573,000   354,000 -2,509,000 -1,341,000 -231,000 637,000 
          other non-cash expense
        231,000 192,000 208,000 162,000 467,000 -111,000 412,000 1,013,000 420,000   155,000 -30,000 737,000 -268,000 325,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                        
          accounts receivable
        -23,472,000 3,859,000 65,928,000 -67,991,000 -32,883,000 -29,847,000 31,072,000 -31,050,000 -30,572,000 20,441,000 4,840,000 -32,006,000 -8,595,000 -22,242,000 8,674,000 -20,873,000 
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
        -7,036,000 1,219,000 1,527,000 5,926,000 -10,773,000 2,917,000 10,354,000 -15,671,000 -3,935,000 -2,161,000 -2,087,000 -3,589,000 168,000 -3,330,000 -2,158,000 -4,846,000 
          deferred contract acquisition costs
        -15,898,000 -12,304,000 -8,126,000 -22,421,000 -14,751,000 -12,415,000 -8,540,000 -21,340,000 -13,623,000 -9,640,000 -8,497,000 -15,410,000 -11,935,000    
          other non-current assets
        233,000 -198,000 379,000 -1,034,000 1,348,000 -78,000 -419,000 865,000         
          accounts payable
        -2,302,000 -472,000 3,586,000 5,472,000 -1,317,000 14,000 1,336,000 -3,219,000 799,000 1,135,000 -2,158,000 -1,106,000 865,000 -272,000 800,000 91,000 
          accrued expenses and other current liabilities
        6,140,000 -14,257,000 9,979,000 -11,665,000 -220,071,000 -41,250,000 19,617,000 12,436,000 244,674,000 -1,606,000 2,789,000 1,370,000 3,159,000 -1,479,000 1,569,000 12,934,000 
          accrued compensation and benefits
        3,168,000 2,021,000 -13,084,000 13,558,000 -1,913,000 6,250,000 -13,152,000 12,331,000 231,000 7,732,000 -5,121,000 3,457,000 1,530,000 3,926,000 -20,606,000 15,943,000 
          deferred revenue
        8,011,000 8,284,000 1,205,000 74,240,000 19,665,000 19,286,000 -4,448,000 50,189,000 17,983,000 2,792,000 8,383,000 32,803,000 22,651,000 10,862,000 6,687,000 37,605,000 
          other non-current liabilities
        461,000 346,000 12,000 3,295,000 -2,985,000 -10,889,000 2,806,000 -10,821,000 14,270,000        
          net cash from operating activities
        31,428,000 49,369,000 106,302,000 63,222,000 -177,028,000 11,697,000 38,138,000 24,853,000 -5,961,000 27,109,000 -10,961,000 -11,720,000 -1,197,000 -36,335,000 -28,156,000 -1,094,000 
          capital expenditures
        -2,904,000 -912,000 -1,157,000 -1,057,000 -851,000 -700,000 -329,000 -736,000 -277,000 -256,000 -1,052,000 -1,784,000 -1,360,000 -1,874,000 
          free cash flows
        31,428,000 46,465,000 105,390,000 62,065,000 -178,085,000 10,846,000 37,438,000 24,524,000 -6,697,000 26,832,000 -11,217,000 -12,772,000 -2,981,000 -37,695,000 -30,030,000 -1,094,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                        
          purchases of short-term investments
        -314,385,000 -237,946,000 -245,952,000 -204,304,000 -240,136,000 -118,866,000 -144,392,000 -242,021,000 -238,680,000 -276,132,000 -58,864,000 -189,671,000 -111,287,000 -473,303,000 -47,361,000 
          proceeds from maturities of short-term investments
        241,641,000 184,280,000 163,606,000 183,520,000 148,763,000 121,412,000 254,687,000 207,028,000 253,995,000 189,484,000 83,500,000 108,925,000 72,670,000 50,031,000  
          proceeds from sales of short-term investments
        1,367,000              
          additions to property and equipment
                        
          payments for business combination, net of cash acquired
           -20,210,000          
          payments for asset acquisition
           -346,000            
          other investing activities
                      
          net cash from investing activities
        -75,782,000 -56,570,000 -81,891,000 -21,941,000 -92,776,000 -5,162,000 89,385,000 -35,772,000 14,579,000 -89,425,000 24,380,000 -81,798,000 -40,401,000 -474,663,000 -8,824,000 46,136,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                        
          proceeds from the issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options, including early exercises, net of repurchases
        8,182,000 3,947,000 3,328,000 6,069,000 7,822,000 4,980,000 5,093,000 9,810,000 4,715,000 10,264,000 7,513,000 7,061,000 6,143,000 5,994,000 5,317,000 10,780,000 
          issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan
          5,624,000   5,182,000   4,824,000    
          payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards
                        
          settlement of acquisition related contingent cash consideration
                       
          net cash from financing activities
        7,653,000 12,351,000 3,328,000 11,693,000 2,922,000 12,912,000 5,093,000 14,992,000 4,715,000 18,015,000 7,513,000 11,885,000 7,059,000 34,815,000 43,723,000 9,597,000 
          impact of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents
        -439,000 502,000 331,000 -1,957,000 4,898,000 -1,153,000 -290,000 -1,386,000 -1,249,000 -907,000 -401,000 4,866,000 -4,049,000 -549,000 -3,926,000  
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
           51,017,000     12,084,000        
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        227,649,000            
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        -37,140,000 5,652,000 255,719,000 51,017,000 -261,984,000            
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                        
          cash paid (refunds) for income taxes related to the bilateral advance pricing agreement
                        
          other cash paid for income taxes
                        
          supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
                        
          unpaid property and equipment in accounts payable and accrued expenses
        13,000                
          stock-based compensation capitalized as internal-use software cost
                        
          stock-based compensation expense
         54,284,000 55,827,000 46,636,000 48,042,000 48,969,000 42,252,000 43,017,000 41,334,000 46,368,000 32,330,000 33,641,000 33,708,000 37,747,000 17,471,000 12,767,000 
          purchases of property and equipment
         -2,904,000 -912,000 -1,157,000 -1,057,000 -851,000 -700,000 -329,000 -736,000 -277,000 -256,000 -1,052,000 -1,784,000 -1,360,000 -1,874,000  
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
         5,652,000 28,070,000   18,294,000 132,326,000    20,531,000 -76,767,000   2,817,000  
          cash paid (refunds) for income taxes
         -381,000 -1,295,000              
          unpaid direct transaction costs related to the asset acquisition in accrued expenses
                        
          vesting of early exercised stock options
          38,000    98,000    517,000    2,146,000  
          unpaid property and equipment in accounts payable
          135,000              
          gain from deconsolidation of arch, formerly meltano
                        
          loss from equity method investment
               776,000 940,000 1,161,000 947,000 942,000 957,000 1,034,000 256,000  
          impairment of equity method investment
                        
          deconsolidation of arch, formerly meltano
                        
          escrow payment related to business combination, after acquisition date
                      
          contributions received from noncontrolling interests, net of issuance costs
                   4,053,000 22,145,000 35,528,000  
          cash paid for income taxes related to the bilateral advance pricing agreement
                       
          acquisition measurement period adjustment
                        
          reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash within the consolidated balance sheets to the amounts shown in the statements of cash flows above:
                        
          cash and cash equivalents
                        
          restricted cash, included in prepaid expenses and other current assets
                        
          total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                        
          cash paid for income taxes
             792,000 1,011,000 888,000 1,828,000 3,121,000 1,066,000 311,000 218,000 136,000 173,000  
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period
              287,996,000 297,902,000 887,172,000  
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period
              420,322,000 2,687,000 12,084,000 -45,208,000 318,433,000 -76,767,000 -38,588,000 -476,732,000 889,989,000  
          right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
              284,000          
          gain from the fair value change of acquisition related contingent consideration
                        
          payments for business combination, net of cash acquired and consideration withheld in an escrow
                        
          proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts
                       
          proceeds from warrants exercised
                        
          repurchase of common stock in a tender offer
                        
          partial settlement of acquisition related contingent cash consideration
                       
          payments of deferred offering costs
                       -1,269,000 
          cash donations
                        
          issuance of common stock upon conversion of preferred stock
                        
          unpaid property and equipment in accrued expenses
                      33,000  
          unpaid deferred offering costs
                        
          restricted cash, included in other non-current assets
                        
          gain from deconsolidation of meltano inc.
                   -17,798,000  
          deconsolidation of meltano inc.
                   -9,620,000  
          other long-term assets
                 -419,000 -302,000 962,000 -650,000 2,761,000 -61,000 -254,000 
          unrealized foreign exchange gain
                  -262,000      
          other non-cash income
                  -59,000      
          other long-term liabilities
                  -164,000 -1,174,000 -576,000 -3,115,000 2,419,000 -1,496,000 
          proceeds from short-term borrowings from an investor in jihu
                        
          operating lease non-cash expense
                        
          payments for asset acquisitions
                        
          reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash within the consolidated balance sheets to the amounts shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows above:
                        
          restricted cash, included in other long-term assets
                        
          costs deferred related to contract acquisition
                      -10,249,000 -17,933,000 
          proceeds from short-term borrowings from a potential investor in jihu
                      2,878,000  
          unpaid issuance costs related to capital contributions from noncontrolling interest holders
                      744,000  
          net proceeds from series e preferred stock financing
                        
          contributions received from noncontrolling interests
                       
          impact of foreign exchange on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                        
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                        
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
                        
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
                        
          intangible assets acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                        
          repurchase of common stock
                        
          net increase in cash
                        
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                        
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                        
          conversion of convertible preferred stock to common stock upon initial public offering