When comparing Bazaar vs SourceAnywhere, the Slant community recommends Bazaar for most people. In the question“What are the best version control systems?” Bazaar is ranked 7th while SourceAnywhere is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Bazaar is:
It is quick to learn, you don't need to memorize lot of commands to do your job.
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Pros
Pro Simplicity
It is quick to learn, you don't need to memorize lot of commands to do your job.
Pro Tracking empty folders
With Bazaar you can track empty folders without the need to put .keep files in them.
Pro Full support for renaming
Renaming of a file is fully supported, not a hack like removing a file and adding back under another name...
Pro Mature product
Fast, easy, and relatively bug free. Caching add-on ensures rapid check-ins & check-outs anywhere in the world.
Pro Great for document version control
Easy tree interface. Can train novices in 5-10 minutes.
Cons
Con Slow developement
Bazaar tends to have a slow update cycle with Canonical. Version 2.6 was released in August 2013 and branch 2.7 was not finished until Feb. 2016.