To see the DevOps score, you must activate your GitLab instance's [Service Ping](../settings/usage_statistics.md#service-ping).
To see the DevOps score, you must activate your GitLab instance's [Service Ping](../settings/usage_statistics.md#service-ping). This is because DevOps Score is a comparative tool, so your score data must be centrally processed by GitLab Inc. first.
You can use the DevOps score to compare your DevOps status to other organizations.
You can use the DevOps score to compare your DevOps status to other organizations.