Comparison

Buildkite vs Tekton

On the evidence we track, Tekton leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Buildkite59

★Tekton66

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Buildkite	TektonLeader
Vioscale score	59 / 100medium · 73%	66 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	35	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	6.5
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 8 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ftektoncd%2Fpipeline&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 7 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	1,105
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	9,045
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	84
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	6
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ AU	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Buildkite59 / 100medium · 73%

Tekton66 / 100low · 49%

Pricing

Free tier

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Model

Buildkitefreemium

Tektonopen_source

Price level

Buildkitemid

Tektonfree

Transparent

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Integrations

Count

Buildkite35

Tekton4

Security

Disclosure policy

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Gdpr

Buildkite✓

Tekton–

Scorecard

Buildkite–

Tekton6.5

Soc2

Buildkite✓

Tekton–

Vulnerabilities

Buildkite–

TektonCount: 8 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ftektoncd%2Fpipeline&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 7 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Status page

Buildkite✓

Tekton–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Buildkite–

Tekton1,105

Github stars

Buildkite–

Tekton9,045

Activity

Commits last 30d

Buildkite–

Tekton84

Release

Cadence days

Buildkite–

Tekton6

History

Buildkite–

Tekton20 items

License

Spdx

Buildkite–

TektonApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Buildkite–

TektonGo

Market

Availability

BuildkiteAvailable worldwide · HQ AU

TektonAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ci/cd tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for CI/CD Tools
Capability	Buildkite	Tekton
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Self-hosted only
Self-hosted runners	✓	✓
Core
Config-as-code pipelines	✓	✓
Matrix / parallel builds	✓	✓
Build
Container-native builds	✓	✓
Performance
Build caching	✓	-
Security
Secrets management	✓	✓
Delivery
Deployment environments & approvals	✓	✓
Ecosystem
Reusable actions / marketplace	✓	✓

Deployment

Hosting

BuildkiteCloud + self-hosted

TektonSelf-hosted only

Self-hosted runners

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Core

Config-as-code pipelines

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Matrix / parallel builds

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Build

Container-native builds

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Performance

Build caching

Buildkite✓

Tekton-

Security

Secrets management

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Delivery

Deployment environments & approvals

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Ecosystem

Reusable actions / marketplace

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Buildkite

A CI/CD platform providing flexible pipeline orchestration, automated test optimization, and supply chain security. Supports cloud-hosted and self-managed agents with built-in test analytics, package registries, and integrations across development tools.

Independently observed

Tekton

Leader

A vendor-agnostic, Kubernetes-centered approach to automating the build, test, and deployment stages of application delivery, available for any cloud or on-premise setup.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Buildkite

from $30/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free tier available. Pro from $30/user/month. Enterprise custom pricing.

PersonalFree
- 3 concurrent jobs
- 1 user
- 90-day build retention
- 250 managed tests
- 50k test executions/month
- +1 more
Pro$30/active user/month
- Unlimited concurrent jobs
- Unlimited users
- All Linux and Mac M4 agent sizes
- Cache volumes
- Git mirror volumes
- +2 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- SCIM/SAML/ADFS
- Audit logs
- Build exports
- Pipeline templates
- Premium support SLA

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Tekton

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Buildkite	Tekton
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Buildkite✓

Tekton✗

CLI

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

Self-hosted

Buildkite✓

Tekton✓

On-premise

Buildkite✗

Tekton✓

Hybrid

Buildkite✗

Tekton✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

Jenkins

Buildkite

35 total - 34 not shared

GitHub
GitHub Enterprise
Bitbucket Server
AWS ECR
AWS S3
AWS CloudFormation
AWS IAM
AWS CloudWatch
Docker
Kubernetes
CircleCI
NPM
PyPI
RubyGems
Maven
Apt
RPM
Helm
Alpine
Jest
Mocha
Cypress
Playwright
Jasmine
+10 more

Independently observed

Tekton

Leader

4 total - 3 not shared

Jenkins X
Skaffold
Knative

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.