# Composal vs Bitbucket code review

Bitbucket manages human review and merge readiness for source changes. Composal independently verifies web behavior in a browser and records Scenarios, exploratory Findings, and reproduction evidence.

## Composal

Composal sends AI browser agents to use your running web app and check the outcomes you care about. Define journeys as plain-English Scenarios, map existing flows with Discovery, or explore for bugs with Deep Scan. Runs keep recordings and reproduction steps so your team or coding agent can investigate a Finding.

[Verify documentation](https://composal.com/docs/verify)

## Bitbucket code review

Pull request collaboration in Bitbucket Cloud

Bitbucket Cloud provides pull request review, inline discussion, approvals, and merge checks. Teams can organize review around repository permissions and their existing Atlassian workflow.

## What each tool does

| Workflow | Composal | Bitbucket code review |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Run browser journeys](https://composal.com/product/scenarios) | ✓ Yes: Run saved browser Scenarios and return recordings and reproducible Findings. | × No: The documented product reviews or analyzes source changes; it does not execute browser journeys. |
| [Map application workflows](https://composal.com/product/discovery) | ✓ Yes: Discovery maps key application areas and user journeys. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Explore for unexpected issues](https://composal.com/product/deep-scan) | ✓ Yes: Deep Scan explores the running application and reports reproducible issues. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Describe checks in plain English](https://composal.com/product/scenarios) | ✓ Yes: Author Scenarios around the intended user outcome, then review the steps and expected results. | – Not confirmed: Check whether this product includes this workflow in your intended plan and setup. |
| [Run or inspect from a terminal](https://composal.com/product/cli) | ✓ Yes: Use the CLI to start and inspect verification runs and their Findings. | – With setup: Connect its specialist checks to your development workflow using supported integrations. |
| Source code review and analysis | × No: Use a dedicated tool for this specialist workflow alongside Composal’s browser verification. | ✓ Yes: Bitbucket Cloud provides pull request review, inline discussion, approvals, and merge checks. Teams can organize review around repository permissions and their existing Atlassian workflow. |

With setup means you supply code or configuration. Not confirmed means support for this workflow needs checking with the vendor.

## Where each fits

Choose Bitbucket review when your repositories and team workflow already center on Atlassian. Choose Composal to test the deployed result. Running both lets review approval and browser acceptance remain separate checks.

## Try this evaluation

Select a user journey changed in a Bitbucket pull request. Complete review and run the matching Composal Scenario on its preview; compare review comments, runtime regressions, and missing acceptance expectations.

### Coverage

Which user outcomes must this release prove, and which specialist checks must stay in your existing stack?

### Setup

Who prepares accounts, test data, permissions and access to the deployment being tested?

### Evidence

Can the engineer reproduce a reported failure from the recording and steps, without asking the tester to investigate again?

### Ownership

Who updates the checks when the product changes, and can the team review what a passing result actually proves?

## Related comparisons

- [Composal vs Azure Repos pull request review](https://composal.com/compare/composal-vs-azure-repos-pull-requests.md)
- [Composal vs RhodeCode](https://composal.com/compare/composal-vs-rhodecode.md)
- [Composal vs Gitea pull requests](https://composal.com/compare/composal-vs-gitea-pull-requests.md)

[All comparisons](https://composal.com/compare.md)