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What do you like best about the product?

We're a team of 6 and have been using Assembla since 2022 for our git repositories and ticket tracking. Before this we used IssueView for tickets, and the move to Assembla was a major improvement.

The tickets themselves are the strongest part for us. You can create custom tracking fields, link tickets to each other, and set up ticket hierarchies, which makes it easy to break bigger work into smaller pieces without losing the connection between them. Being able to link merge requests directly to tickets is a great feature, so the code change and the discussion around it live in the same place. We also use TestRail, and linking test cases and test runs to a ticket keeps QA tied to the work instead of floating off somewhere else.

The kanban view is a great way to keep track of workflows and see where every ticket is in its life cycle at a glance. Custom ticket filters let us track new tickets each week for review and see exactly what work remains for upcoming milestones. While Assembla's rich project management, workflow, and ticket retirement features can take first time managers some time to learn and set up, onboarding for developers is relatively easy and day to day use is simple. In the years we've used it I can't recall a single outage.

What do you dislike about the product?

I wish the ticket description field supported standard markdown. It would also be nice to export tickets as XML or JSON, and to be able to edit comments on tickets after posting them. None of these are dealbreakers, just things that would smooth out day to day use.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It replaced a ticket tracker that wasn't working for us and gave us git hosting in the same tool. Everything about a piece of work, including the ticket, the merge request, and the test runs, stays connected, so it's easy to see the full picture of what was done and whether it was tested.

What do you like best about the product?

Repo integrations, ease of use, and configurability are the highlights for me. Other tools often compromise simplicity in favor of configurability, but Assemble doesn’t, and it strikes a great balance between the two.

What do you dislike about the product?

In the Kanban view, columns sometimes get hidden when I don’t want them to.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps me define my workflows using Kanban views, while still giving me strong repo and code integration. A lot of tools tend to do only one of those well, but not both.

What do you like best about the product?

Ticketing and version control systems are available in one place, which makes it convenient to manage everything together. It performs very well and stays responsive even when handling large amounts of data. The new UI/UX is intuitive and easy to navigate. It has the required integrations which once setup works seemlessly.

What do you dislike about the product?

jQuery for search would be a powerful addition.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managing multiple products using the Spaces feature works flawlessly. It makes it easy to keep everything organized and separated without any hassle.

What do you like best about the product?

Nice, easy-to-use integration of the core you need for version control and project management

What do you dislike about the product?

Some (limited) UI quicks when dragging items across status

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managing repositories and associated tickets. Helping internal workflows. With much less overhead and other similar tools

What do you like best about the product?

I like how Assembla combines source code management, issue tracking, and collaboration tools into a single platform, which makes it reliable and easy to manage. It helps keep development projects organized and on track. I appreciate that having these tools on a single platform allows our team to work more efficiently without switching between multiple applications. The integration with tools like Git repositories, CI/CD solutions, and team communication platforms fits well into our existing workflow. The initial setup was simple and quick, requiring minimal configuration and effort. It really helped in maintaining visibility into project progress and organizing communication. Overall, Assembla helps streamline workflows and keeps projects organized from start to finish.

What do you dislike about the product?

While Assembla is highly reliable, the user interface could feel more modern and intuitive in some areas. Additional customization options for dashboards and reporting would make it even easier to track project performance and team activity.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Assembla to manage development projects efficiently, integrating source code management, project tracking, and team collaboration. It improves visibility, keeps projects organized, and streamlines workflows, all on a single platform, eliminating the need to switch between multiple applications.

What do you like best about the product?

Managing projects is easy, and I can get code insights in the same place. Assembla is highly responsive, and I haven’t experienced any downtime. It also supports multiple integrations, such as Kiuwan or TestRail, which makes it more convenient to use. UI is straightforward so the site is overall easy to navigate

What do you dislike about the product?

The older version of the UI felt outdated

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Task managment and hosting Git, SVN, and Perforce side-by-side

What do you like best about the product?

What I appreciate most is how Assembla smoothly bridges the gap between the reliability of legacy systems and modern development practices, without adding infrastructure overhead. Because it’s a fully managed cloud solution, it removes our server maintenance burden entirely. That lets our engineering team stay focused on building the product instead of handling administration, which helps reduce our Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while still ensuring enterprise-grade uptime.

On the technical side, Assembla stands out by treating SVN as a first-class citizen rather than a tool that’s being left behind. It brings key modern workflows—like Pull Requests, advanced locking, code reviews, and shelving—directly into the SVN ecosystem. As a result, we can adopt agile CI/CD practices and collaborate efficiently, without taking on the major risk, friction, and expense of migrating complex, large-scale repositories to Git.

What do you dislike about the product?

While the core infrastructure is highly reliable, the technical documentation for advanced configurations and API integrations doesn’t have the depth I’d expect from an enterprise tool. When our DevOps team tries to build more complex automations or integrate Assembla closely with modern CI/CD pipelines, the documentation often isn’t detailed enough to guide us end to end. As a result, we sometimes end up relying on trial and error, which adds unnecessary friction and slows down our ability to scale technically.

From a team management standpoint, the onboarding experience for new developers could also be much stronger. The platform would benefit from interactive tutorials and a more structured, clearly maintained knowledge base. Right now, getting new hires up to speed on Assembla’s specific SVN workflows takes more internal training time and effort than a modern SaaS platform should require.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

The primary problem Assembla solves is the significant operational risk and financial burden of maintaining on-premise SVN infrastructure, or being pushed into a premature migration to Git. For organizations with massive, binary-heavy repositories and complex access controls, moving to a distributed system is often technically unworkable. Assembla fills that gap as a fully managed cloud solution. The immediate business impact for us has been a major reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): our team no longer spends time and budget on server maintenance, backups, or uptime monitoring, which lets us focus resources on core product development.

On the technical side, it addresses the workflow stagnation that can come with legacy version control. Historically, sticking with SVN meant missing many modern collaboration capabilities, which created friction and bottlenecks around code review and deployment. Assembla mitigates this by bringing modern practices—such as Pull Requests, advanced locking mechanisms, and continuous integration workflows—directly into the Subversion ecosystem. The operational benefit has been genuinely transformative: our engineering team can run agile, modern CI/CD processes while keeping our foundational codebase centralized, secure, and stable.

What do you like best about the product?

Excellent workflow for team collaborations and for controlling guest/contractor access to projects.

What do you dislike about the product?

A little daunting at first because it's got a lot of functionality (pretty much does everything from source code control to WIKI and tickets along with a Kanban board). Once you get to grips with it it's pretty awesome.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Private repo and ticket control with project management and collab functions.

What do you like best about the product?

We moved to Assembla primarily for managed Perforce hosting, and that alone was worth it. Zero downtime, rock-solid reliability, and none of the operational overhead we had before. No more internal DevOps time burned on keeping the infrastructure alive.

But the real surprise was discovering that Assembla also has a full project management platform built in. Tickets connect directly to commits, so the entire workflow lives in one place. When a developer closes a commit, the corresponding ticket moves. That kind of integrated workflow sounds simple, but it eliminates an enormous amount of manual status updates and cross-tool confusion.

We now run sprints, manage tickets, and host our Perforce repositories all inside Assembla. The context we used to lose jumping between tools stays intact.

What do you dislike about the product?

Onboarding materials inside the platform could be deeper. New team members need time to discover how everything connects. More guided setup flows would accelerate that.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Reliable managed Perforce hosting and the disconnect between source control and project management.

Before Assembla, we had internal DevOps effort going into maintaining our Perforce infrastructure. Moving to Assembla removed that overhead and gave us a much more reliable setup, with no downtime or infrastructure distractions.

The bigger benefit has been having Perforce, tickets, commits, and sprint management in one place.

What do you like best about the product?

Assembla provides a flexible and powerful project management experience without feeling overwhelming. The user interface is clean, modern and practical (including a popular dark theme option), making it easy to navigate repositories, tickets, milestones, and collaboration features without a steep learning curve.
The integrations are also a major strength. Assembla fits well into existing development workflows and helps teams keep project management, source code, and communication connected in one place.
Performance has been very reliable in day-to-day use, with tools that feel responsive and capable even when managing more complex projects.
For us, Assembla offers strong value because it combines version control, task tracking, collaboration, and project visibility in a single platform. This reduces tool sprawl and helps teams stay organized.

Support and onboarding are straightforward as well, making it easier for new users and teams to get up to speed quickly.

What do you dislike about the product?

Assembla is intuitive, especially for users who are already familiar with project management tools, but the initial setup process could feel a bit more guided. An interactive product tour or setup recommendations based on team size and use case would make it easier for new teams to get started quickly.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Assembla helps us manage work across both engineering and cross-functional teams in one organized place. We use it for sprint planning with engineering, but also for marketing projects, web team deliverables, release items, design-related tickets for product UI/UX and web development, and product management tracking for PRDs.

The biggest benefit is visibility and consistency. Instead of having different teams track work in separate systems or informal channels, Assembla gives us a shared place to define tasks, assign ownership, track progress, and connect related work. It helps keep engineering, product, marketing, design, and web teams aligned, especially when multiple deliverables are tied to the same release or project.

It also makes it easier to manage priorities and follow-through. Everyone on the team can easily see what is in progress, what is blocked, what needs review, and what is ready to move forward. That helps reduce missed handoffs, keeps projects moving, and gives everyone a clearer view of how work is progressing across teams.