Tekton Reviews

Name: Tekton
Brand: Google
Rating: 4 (20 reviews)

Vendor: Google

3.8 out of 5

20 reviews
85% willing to recommend

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What is Tekton?

Tekton is a powerful yet flexible Kubernetes-native open-source framework for creating continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) systems. It lets you build, test, and deploy across multiple cloud providers or on-premises systems by abstracting away the underlying implementation details.

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Tekton is the #3 ranked solution in top Build Automation solutions. PeerSpot users give Tekton an average rating of 7.6 out of 10. Tekton is most commonly compared to GitLab: Tekton vs GitLab. Tekton is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 75% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 21% of all views.

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AjayKrishna

Senior Software Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Tekton's most important feature is its cloud-native nature. Unlike Jenkins, which may not scale as efficiently, Tekton's CI pipeline can automatically scale up to handle increased workload demands without needing manual adjustments. Another important aspect is the level of customization offered by Tekton. Each task in the CI pipeline can be customized independently, allowing developers to write code in various languages like shell scripting, Java, or Python and incorporate them into the pipeline as needed. This level of abstraction and customization greatly benefits developers in creating efficient CI pipelines. Also, it can be challenging to understand the logs and troubleshoot issues without clear guidance. It's not always easy to reach technical support and get immediate answers. In my opinion, improvement in this area would be beneficial.

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VikashKumar1

Tech lead at Ford Motor Company

We use the product to create and configure pipelines, manage continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes, and handle deployment activities for various environments such as development, staging, and production. It is instrumental in managing deployments in a microservice…

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Antonio Saponara

Independent Business Owner at asaconsult

One of the best things I appreciate is that Tekton runs on the Kubernetes platform. This is very useful when working on a project with other team members. For instance, suppose we have a very big project that requires building a large amount of source code or running many unit tests. During the build and unit test phases, Tekton on Kubernetes allows us to have a scalable machine to handle these tasks. This scalability is the most useful aspect for me. On the other hand, if you have a simple project but many programmers continuously commit code, having a scalable machine to manage the entire toolchain is also very beneficial. The tool is easy to understand and comes with documentation. One feature I appreciate in Tekton is the ability to segment your toolchain into different tasks. For example, before building my source code, I can personalize a task to check the syntax with tools like Linter. Additionally, before running unit tests, I can check for updates to an SQL database or generate documentation using Javadoc style. Personalizing each task and segmenting the toolchain is extremely useful for me.

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Tekton mindshare

As of September 2024, the mindshare of Tekton in the Build Automation category stands at 12.2%, up from 9.6% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

"The platform's most valuable feature is its cloud-native and Kubernetes-ready design."
"The installation process is seamless, requiring fewer resources compared to Jenkins."
"We just have some configuration files, and it will handle the deployments smoother and faster compared to CI/CD 2.0."

Room for Improvement

"While Tekton is highly effective for Kubernetes-based setups, it might not suit users who require more control over bare-metal environments."
"Tekton lacks integration capabilities compared to other CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Travis."
"The stability issues can be there."