Tekton Reviews

Name: Tekton
Brand: Google
Rating: 3.8 (36 reviews)

Vendor: Google

3.8 out of 5

36 reviews
88% willing to recommend

289 followers

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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 #2 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 74% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 22% 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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Prasad Gupta

Software Engineer at IBM Software Labs

One area for improvement is the number of CRDs created during installation. Tekton currently creates 10 to 11CRDs, which can be overwhelming. Instead, it would be better to have just one CRD that can handle all the information and create other necessary components automatically. Additionally, more integration capabilities for security, such as DAST, SAST, and IAST, should be directly built into Tekton to facilitate easier implementation of security features.

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Pravar Agrawal

Senior SRE at IBM

I appreciate its declarative style, which is easier to operate compared to something like Jenkins. Tekton offers better control in writing different pipelines or workflows, and its style is easier to understand. Additionally, Tekton's inclusion in Kubernetes deployment offers better visibility on how Tekton is performing within a cluster. It is lightweight and not as heavy as Jenkins to maintain.

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Tekton mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of Tekton in the Build Automation category stands at 12.1%, up from 10.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	Build Automation	Jan 17, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Jan 17, 2025	Download
Comparison	Tekton vs GitLab	Jan 17, 2025	Download
Comparison	Tekton vs Jenkins	Jan 17, 2025	Download
Comparison	Tekton vs AWS CodePipeline	Jan 17, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
GitLab	4.3	17.4%	97%	81 interviews Add to research
VMware Tanzu Platform	4.0	N/A	100%	20 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"The ability to scale is valuable."
"It scales automatically based on the number of tasks or pipelines running, which is efficient and effective for our development needs."
"It is an open-source tool, which makes it highly adaptable."

Room for Improvement

"Improvement is needed in the build step."
"Incorporating AI could be a potential enhancement in the future."
"Improvements could include introducing a UI-based pipeline development feature, such as drag and drop, which would help individuals with limited technical knowledge start building pipelines."