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Architecture comparison

GitLab vs HashiCorp

No shared foundational model — different bets.

GitLab

DevTools

Proximity
Off the LLM map (in-house non-LLM ML)
Models
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Cloud · datastore
GCPPostgreSQLRedisElasticsearch
Compliance
SOC2ISO 27001FedRAMPHIPAAGDPR
Architecture

GitLab.com is primarily hosted on Google Cloud Platform in the us-east1 region, with most application services running on multiple Kubernetes clusters and core datastores (PostgreSQL, Gitaly, Redis, Elasticsearch) running outside Kubernetes. Secret management uses Google KMS for GCP services and Chef Encrypted Data Bags for other host secrets.

HashiCorp

DevTools

Proximity
Off the LLM map (in-house non-LLM ML)
Models
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Cloud · datastore
AWSPostgreSQL
Compliance
SOC 2ISO 27001FedRAMP
Architecture

Now part of IBM; HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) for Terraform/Vault/Consul runs on AWS. Core tools are widely-adopted open-source (BSL-licensed) infra-as-code and secrets management.

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