GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Together AI
Small (~150)
Best For
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Together AI
Best for: Open-source AI infrastructure builders who want research-level impact at a startup
Ratings
GitLabTogether AI
3.9
4.1
Overall
3.9
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.3
Culture & Values
3.8
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.8
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
👍 82% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Vipul Ved Prakash)
Culture Values
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Together AI only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🔓 Open Source
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
Together AI
- Open-source AI infrastructure — real mission alignment, not just marketing
- Small team with outsized research output; your work has direct impact
- Early-stage means wearing many hats constantly — not for specialists
- Limited career ladder; growth paths are still being defined
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.
Together AI
Choose Together AI if you want real open-source mission with outsized research output — but expect to wear many hats.
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
Together AI — 49 jobs
💻 Engineering
19
🧠 ML / AI
9
📊 Data
4
📋 Product
3
🎧 Support
3
📣 Marketing
2
💼 Sales / GTM
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Together AI scores 4.1/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Open Source. GitLab also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Async-First, Transparent, Work-Life Balance. Together AI also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, GitLab has 195 open roles and Together AI has 49 open roles.