Artificial intelligence is reshaping software development, and GitLab Duo is at the forefront of this transformation. From cloud-first deployments to highly secure air-gapped environments, GitLab Duo meets the diverse needs of modern enterprises. Whether your team prioritizes scalability, compliance, productivity, or innovation, GitLab Duo offers the right deployment model to unlock value across the software delivery lifecycle.
GitLab Duo Self-Hosted
For organizations in regulated industries, like healthcare, financial services, and the public sector, data privacy and control are paramount. GitLab Duo Self-Hosted addresses these needs by bringing advanced AI into air-gapped and secure environments.
With support for models such as Mistral-7B-it, deployed via vLLM serving infrastructure, GitLab Duo Self-Hosted empowers teams to leverage AI features. These features include code completion, code suggestions, and vulnerability analysis, and are implemented while keeping all sensitive data inside their security perimeter.
Key benefits include:
- Data sovereignty: No data leaves your infrastructure.
- Predictable costs: Self-hosted inference avoids unpredictable subscription-based model pricing.
- Compliance-ready architecture: Purpose-built for strict security and audit requirements.
- Flexible deployment: Available on-prem, in private clouds, or in secure cloud environments via AWS Bedrock and Azure OpenAI.
This option enables enterprises to modernize their DevSecOps workflows with AI while maintaining complete control over infrastructure and compliance.
GitLab Duo with Amazon Q
When innovation speed is the priority, GitLab Duo with Amazon Q combines GitLab’s DevSecOps platform with Amazon’s agentic AI. This integration transforms software delivery across AWS environments by embedding intelligent AI agents directly into daily workflows.
Capabilities include:
- Automated feature delivery: Generate merge requests from user stories in minutes.
- Accelerated modernization: Analyze and upgrade legacy Java applications in record time.
- Intelligent testing: Automatically generate unit tests that account for AWS-specific dependencies.
- Streamlined security remediation: Explain vulnerabilities clearly and generate one-click fixes.
By leveraging AWS-native best practices, Amazon Q-powered GitLab Duo helps teams reduce context switching, optimize deployments for AWS infrastructure, and improve velocity without compromising security.
GitLab Duo Pro
GitLab Duo Pro is the productivity booster every development team needs. Designed to extend AI capabilities beyond the IDE, it integrates code generation, completion, and AI-native chat directly into the GitLab UI.
With Pro, your team can:
- Generate, refactor, and explain code across 20+ languages.
- Catch bugs earlier with automatic test generation.
- Gain context-aware AI suggestions that understand filenames, open tabs, and active files.
- Trust AI through GitLab’s Transparency Center, which discloses the models used and protects proprietary code from training.
For growing teams, Pro delivers a balance of usability, governance, and productivity without the overhead of managing infrastructure.
GitLab Duo Enterprise
For organizations seeking end-to-end AI-powered DevSecOps, GitLab Duo Enterprise offers the most comprehensive suite. It brings together all of GitLab Duo’s capabilities, with advanced governance, analytics, and compliance features.
Highlights include:
- Security-first development: AI-powered vulnerability explanation and remediation built on GitLab Ultimate.
- Collaboration enhancements: Summarization and templating for discussions, merge requests, and reviews.
- Resilient pipelines: Root cause analysis for failed CI/CD pipelines, helping teams recover quickly.
- Compliance-ready workflows: Options to host models offline ensure data sovereignty.
- Measurable ROI: The AI Impact Dashboard tracks adoption, productivity, and cost savings across DevSecOps workflows.
Enterprise is the right choice for large organizations that need granular governance and complete visibility into how AI impacts their development processes.
How to Get Started with SPK and Associates
Adopting GitLab Duo requires more than just licensing. It demands the right strategy for deployment, governance, and adoption. At SPK and Associates, we help organizations evaluate which GitLab Duo tier best fits their business and compliance needs. We can then deploy GitLab Duo with confidence, ensuring AI capabilities remain fully functional even without internet connectivity. If necessary for your use case, we can also integrate GitLab Duo with AWS and other infrastructure providers. In all cases, however, we will provide ongoing support to ensure your teams see productivity gains from day one.
Our expertise in DevSecOps and regulated industries makes SPK the trusted partner for ensuring your GitLab Duo investment delivers measurable value. Even if your infrastructure is disconnected from the internet, SPK can help you take advantage of GitLab Duo’s AI capabilities safely, securely, and in full compliance with necessary regulations.
Choose Your GitLab Duo Deployment
GitLab Duo isn’t just another AI tool, it’s an adaptable platform built for real-world enterprise challenges. From Pro productivity gains and Enterprise-level governance, to Amazon Q’s cloud-native agility and Self-Hosted deployments, GitLab Duo meets organizations where they are. With SPK and Associates, you can implement GitLab Duo in a way that helps your teams build better software, faster. If you are ready to explore GitLab Duo’s full suite, contact SPK today to find the right path for your organization.
