GoCD vs Tekton comparison

Thoughtworks and Google are both solutions in the Build Automation category. Thoughtworks is ranked #17 with an average rating of 6.5, while Google is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.9. Thoughtworks holds a 2.1% mindshare in BA, compared to Google’s 7.9% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Thoughtworks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Google users who would recommend it.

GoCD

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88% willing to recommend

Tekton

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

GoCD and Tekton are competing in the CI/CD space. GoCD has an advantage in ease of deployment and customer service, while Tekton's advanced features and Kubernetes-native architecture position it well for modern enterprises.

Features: GoCD offers pipeline modeling, visualization of workflows, and value stream mapping. Tekton provides a Kubernetes-native design, flexible architecture, and seamless integration for advanced cloud-native environments.

Room for Improvement: GoCD can enhance its plugin architecture and expand community support. It could also improve UI to compete with newer tools. Tekton needs better log visibility and real-time troubleshooting guidance. Its deployment complexity may deter traditional IT setups, and customer support options could be expanded.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: GoCD features straightforward deployment and reliable customer service, making it suitable for traditional infrastructures. Tekton requires detailed Kubernetes knowledge for deployment but boasts extensive community resources for support.

Pricing and ROI: GoCD features lower setup costs, ideal for budget-conscious businesses, while Tekton incurs higher initial expenses but promises high ROI for businesses focused on scalability and modern integrations.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

GoCD

Ranking in Build Automation

17th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (18th), Release Automation (13th)

Tekton

Ranking in Build Automation

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of GoCD is 2.1%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tekton is 7.9%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Build Automation Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Tekton	7.9%
GoCD	2.1%
Other	90.0%

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RajeshReddy

Dev Ops Engineer at Infosys

The UI is colorful, but the user experience must be improved

We can see all the pipelines with a simple search. The UI is colorful. The user experience is very rich. The product is very easy to learn if we know a bit of the basics. If we have someone to show us how to use it, it is very easy.

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reviewer2741265

Software engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Benefit from a smooth learning curve and efficient adaptability

After seeing Jenkins and Tekton, I think Tekton is quite built on top of Kubernetes, so the learning curve is minimal. If you are working with Kubernetes, then OpenShift created Tekton on top of that, making it easily adaptable. Tekton is highly customizable. With Kubernetes, we can customize on our own and create custom builders. If teams have time and want to make enhancements, they can do it themselves. Whatever OpenShift is providing regarding Tekton is sufficient. It is easy to use because we don't need to write every pod step every time. A proper DevOps engineer can help once or twice, and development teams can easily adapt to that, make small shell script changes in the steps, understand the process, and work with it.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The UI is colorful."

"The most notable aspect is its user interface, which we find to be user-friendly and straightforward for deploying and comprehending pipelines. We have the ability to create multiple pipelines, and in addition to that, the resource consumption is impressive."

"Permission separations mean that we can grant limited permissions for each team or team member."

"GoCD's open-source nature is valuable."

"Tekton is customizable because with Kubernetes, we can customize on our own."

"I find it beneficial to show data from Tekton to another GitHub or Bitbucket pipeline."

"We can make a lot of customizations, and data sharing between tasks using workspaces is very convenient."

"The 'promote' feature is beneficial as it simplifies deployment processes by allowing easy promotion of applications to different environments without needing to re-run CI/CD processes."

"It is an open-source tool, which makes it highly adaptable."

"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."

"Tekton allows you to categorize tasks according to your needs and minimizes the amount of code needed."

"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."

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Cons

"It is difficult to assign different access levels because it relies on separate keys for developer and admin access, which could be simplified."

"The documentation really should be improved by including real examples and more setup cases."

"The tool must be more user-friendly."

"The aspect that requires attention is the user management component. When integrating with BitLabs and authenticating through GitLab, there are specific features we desire. One important feature is the ability to import users directly from GitLab, along with their respective designations, and assign appropriate privileges based on that information. Allocating different privileges to users is a time-consuming process for us."

"For infrastructure deployment, integration is somewhat complex, especially when using Terraform with Tekton. It would be beneficial if this process were simplified."

"It would be better if Tekton could show the YAML file while it is running, similar to GitHub pipelines, to provide more visibility on what's happening."

"Initially, working with YAML configuration can be challenging using the solution."

"The question of pipeline scalability remains unclear."

"The product's documentation is an area of concern, making it an area where improvements are required."

"Compared to traditional tools like Jenkins, Tekton lacks a lot of features. It's not efficient in managing conflicts between multiple pipelines."

"When we started with Tekton around 2021 or early 2022, the community support was somewhat limited, which posed challenges when dealing with issues or debugging. We had to rely on Red Hat OpenShift support to overcome these challenges. However, I believe that these issues will naturally improve over timeas the developer community grows stronger. From a technical perspective, I haven't had the opportunity to deeply evaluate the product end-to-end, especially in the past year or so, when I've been less involved with it."

"One area where Tekton can improve is log management."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an open-source solution and it is inexpensive."

"It's an open-source and free tool."

"Tekton is an open-source tool."

"The product is free and open-source."

"The tool is open-source and free to use."

"It is entirely open source and free of charge."

"The solution is open-source."

"The product is free of cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

10%

University

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

22%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	22

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about GoCD?

The UI is colorful.

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What needs improvement with GoCD?

One area of product improvement is the access control system. It is difficult to assign different access levels because it relies on separate keys for developer and admin access, which could be sim...

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What is your primary use case for GoCD?

The solution helps us deploy microservices across multiple environments.

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How does Tekton compare with Jenkins?

When you are evaluating tools for automating your own GitOps-based CI/CD workflow, it is important to keep your requirements and use cases in mind. Tekton deployment is complex and it is not very e...

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What needs improvement with Tekton?

I didn't get the intention of scalability. Scalability means based on the load, it will automatically gain resources and run. The question of pipeline scalability remains unclear. It's quite easy t...

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What is your primary use case for Tekton?

We use Tekton for build and deployments. For LMP testing, we use the Tekton pipeline. We also use GitHub CI/CD. For infrastructure pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), we use Tekton. Previou...

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Also Known As

Adaptive ALM, Thoughtworks Go

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Overview

GoCD is an open source continuous delivery server created by ThoughtWorks. GoCD offers businesses a first-class build and deployment engine for complete control and visibility. It was designed for continuous delivery and the concepts essential to this practice are built in at the core.

Thoughtworks

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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Sample Customers

Ancestry.com, Barclay Card, AutoTrader, BT Financial Group, Gamesys, Nike, Vodafone, Haufe Lexware, Medidata, Hoovers

The Home Depot, PayPal, Target, HSBC, McKesson, Oncology Venture

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