Comparison

Concourse CI vs Tekton

On the evidence we track, Tekton leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Concourse CI53
★Tekton62
Score
vioscaleAI score
Concourse CI53 / 100medium · 50%
Tekton62 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Concourse CI✓
Tekton✓
Model
Concourse CIopen_source
Price level
Concourse CIfree
Tektonfree
Transparent
Concourse CI–
Tekton✓
Integrations
Count
Concourse CI4
Tekton4
Adoption
Dependent repos
Concourse CI22
Tekton1,105
Github stars
Concourse CI7,916
Tekton9,080
Activity
Commits last 30d
Concourse CI55
Tekton86
Release
Cadence days
Concourse CI20
Tekton4
History
Concourse CI20 items
Tekton20 items
License
Spdx
Concourse CIApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Concourse CIGo
TektonGo
Market
Availability
Concourse CI–
Content
Faq
Concourse CI4 items
Tekton6 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Hosting
Concourse CISelf-hosted only
TektonSelf-hosted only
Self-hosted runners
Concourse CI✓
Tekton✓
Core
Config-as-code pipelines
Concourse CI✓
Tekton✓
Matrix / parallel builds
Concourse CI-
Tekton✓
Build
Container-native builds
Concourse CI✓
Tekton✓
Performance
Build caching
Concourse CI-
Tekton-
Security
Secrets management
Concourse CI-
Tekton✓
Delivery
Deployment environments & approvals
Concourse CI-
Tekton✓
Ecosystem
Reusable actions / marketplace
Concourse CI-
Tekton✓

What each one is

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

Concourse CI

An open-source Go-based system that executes containerized automation tasks, commonly used for continuous integration and delivery pipelines at any scale.

Independently observed

Tekton

Leader

An open-source tool for building and running automated testing and deployment workflows. Leverages Kubernetes as the foundation and supports deployment across cloud providers and on-premises infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Concourse CI

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Tekton

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Concourse CI✓
Tekton✗
CLI
Concourse CI✓
Tekton✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Concourse CI✓
Tekton✓
Self-hosted
Concourse CI✓
Tekton✗
On-premise
Concourse CI✗
Tekton✓
Hybrid
Concourse CI✗
Tekton✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Concourse CI

4 total - 3 not shared
  • Open Policy Agent
  • Git
  • Docker
Independently observed

Tekton

Leader
5 total - 4 not shared
  • Jenkins
  • Jenkins X
  • Skaffold
  • Knative
Independently observed
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