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Tower

Closed-source Git client for Windows and macOS; Basic costs $69 a user per year.

71/100

#3 of 11 Git clients
Facts checked 8 Oct 2026

In short

Tower suits developers who want undo, worktrees, Git-flow, signing and in-app pull requests on Windows or macOS2,4,10,11,12. Basic at $69 a year, billed annually, is the entry price1. The catch: there is no free plan for work, and its Conflict Wizard hands combined edits to an external merge tool1,8.

Best for: Developers who want one undo command and pull requests inside a paid client.

Where the points come from

Git features26 of 29
Hosts and review26 of 26
Systems and upkeep12 of 16
Licence0 of 15
Price7 of 14

Git features 26 of 29 points

RuleWhat is publishedPoints
Core Git featuresInteractive rebase, Git LFS, Submodules, Stage single lines or hunksRebase, submodules2,15; LFS7; line staging9. Conflict Wizard opens an external merge tool to combine edits, so not counted8.12 / 15
Undo for Git actionsYesOne Undo command reverses commits, branch creation, switching and removal, merges, rebases, and stash actions4.6 / 6
WorktreesYesGuide covers adding, switching and removing worktrees; no plan limit is stated and it is not listed as a Pro feature10,6.4 / 4
Git-flow built inYesWindows features list Git-Flow, and the guides index has a Git-Flow guide2,15.4 / 4

Hosts and review 26 of 26 points

RuleWhat is publishedPoints
Hosts with built-in sign-inGitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOpsAccount guide lists GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab and Azure DevOps with OAuth or token sign-in16; repositories are listed and cloned from the account17; Basic includes Services Manager1.12 / 12
Pull requests in the appYesGuide says creating, managing and working with pull requests can be done from within Tower12.8 / 8
Signed commitsYesGuide covers automatic GPG signing of new commits11; release 5.2 added signing commits and tags with an SSH key3.6 / 6

Systems and upkeep 12 of 16 points

RuleWhat is publishedPoints
Other systemsmacOSMac page offers a macOS download; the site describes Tower for Mac and Windows only13.4 / 8
Release in the last 12 monthsYesWindows release notes show version 14.1 released 6 October 2026; it is not marked beta3.8 / 8

Licence 0 of 15 points

RuleWhat is publishedPoints
Open sourceNoThe licence agreement bars decompiling, disassembling and reverse engineering the software14.0 / 7
Free for commercial work on private reposNoOnly a 30-day trial14; free use is for students, educators and non-profits1.0 / 8

Price 7 of 14 points

RuleWhat is publishedPoints
Cheapest way to use it for work$5.75/moBasic, $69 per user billed annually, shown as $5.75 a month; no monthly billing shown1.7 / 14

The rule behind each line: how we score Git clients.

Plans and prices

As the vendor lists them, before tax. Prices are in US dollars unless the plan shows euros; the points use US dollars, with euros converted at the ECB rate.

PlanPrice as listedPer monthNotes
Basic1 user$69/year1$5.75Windows and macOS; pull requests and Services Manager
ProProfessionals and small teams$129/year1,6$10.75Adds Pro features and basic team management
EnterpriseLarge teams$149/year1$12.42Adds SAML single sign-on and invoicing

The pricing page shows no introductory price for Basic and states no renewal price. A 50% first-year discount applies to owners of earlier licences1.

Strengths

  • One Undo command covers commits, branches, merges, rebases and stashes4.
  • Worktrees can be added, switched and removed from the sidebar10.
  • Commit signing with GPG, and SSH signing since version 5.23,11.
  • Basic includes pull requests and the Services Manager for cloud hosts1.
  • Stages single lines or whole chunks in the diff view9.

Limits

  • No free plan for work: a 30-day trial14, then a paid subscription1.
  • Billing is annual only; the pricing page shows no monthly option1.
  • Combining both sides of a conflict opens an external merge tool8.
  • Closed source: the licence bars decompiling and reverse engineering14.
  • Stacked Branches and self-hosted services need Pro6.

Other Git clients

  1. 1
    GitKraken DesktopDevelopers who work across several Git hosts and will pay for private repositories
    74/100
    $10/mocheapest way to use it for work
  2. 2
    SmartGitDevelopers who use several Git hosts and want a free licence for personal projects
    72/100
    $5/mocheapest way to use it for work
  3. 4
    SourcetreeDevelopers on Windows or Mac who want a free client with Git-flow and Bitbucket support
    70/100
    $0cheapest way to use it for work
  4. 5
    GitHub DesktopDevelopers who host their code on GitHub and want a free client
    68/100
    $0cheapest way to use it for work

Tower vs GitKraken Desktop · Tower vs SmartGit · All 11 Git clients

Sources

  1. Tower pricing, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  2. Tower Git client for Windows, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  3. Tower release notes for Windows, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  4. Undo anything, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  5. Integrations, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  6. Tower Pro, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  7. Git LFS in Tower, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  8. Solving merge conflicts, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  9. Staging changes, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  10. Worktrees in Tower, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  11. Signing commits, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  12. Pull requests overview, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  13. Tower for Mac, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  14. Tower end-user licence agreement, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  15. Tower guides, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  16. Connecting your accounts, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
  17. Cloning repositories from hosting services, Tower. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.

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