GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Perplexity AI
Mid (~500)
Best For
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Perplexity AI
Best for: Builders who thrive on speed and want massive user-facing impact at a rocketship
Ratings
GitLabPerplexity AI
3.9
4.7
Overall
3.9
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.8
Culture & Values
3.8
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.5
Senior Mgmt
3.7
4.2
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
👍 92% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Aravind Srinivas)
Culture Values
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Perplexity AI only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
None
Pros & Cons
GitLab
- Best-in-class all-remote culture — truly async-first with genuine flexibility
- Radically transparent company with a public handbook and open processes
- Revenue organization has seen quota chaos and low morale
- Some leadership instability at the C-suite level
Perplexity AI
- Fastest-growing AI product — real users, real revenue, genuine product-market fit
- Small team, massive impact per engineer — your work ships to millions quickly
- Startup intensity — expect long hours and high expectations
- Growing pains as the team scales — roles and responsibilities shift frequently
Bottom Line
GitLab
Choose GitLab if you want the gold standard of all-remote work with public handbook and async processes — but expect bureaucracy at scale and comp below top-tier.
Perplexity AI
Choose Perplexity if you want the fastest-growing AI product and huge per-engineer impact — but expect startup intensity.
Open Roles
GitLab — 195 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📋 Product
10
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
4
📣 Marketing
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚙️ Operations
2
Perplexity AI — 74 jobs
💻 Engineering
37
🧠 ML / AI
8
📊 Data
5
⚖️ Legal
4
📣 Marketing
3
⚙️ Operations
3
💼 Sales / GTM
2
🎧 Support
2
👤 HR / People
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Perplexity AI scores 4.7/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 0.8-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, GitLab has 195 open roles and Perplexity AI has 74 open roles.