Comparison

Nx vs Tekton

No clear leader: Tekton (65.9) and Nx (62.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Nx62
Tekton66
Score
Vioscale score
Nx62 / 100low · 29%
Tekton66 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Nx
Tekton
Model
Price level
Nxlow
Tektonfree
Transparent
Nx
Tekton
Integrations
Count
Nx4
Tekton4
Reliability
Status page
Nx
Tekton
Adoption
Dependent repos
Nx
Tekton1,105
Github stars
Nx
Tekton9,045
Activity
Commits last 30d
Nx
Tekton84
Release
Cadence days
Nx
Tekton6
History
Nx
Tekton20 items
License
Spdx
Nx
Language
Primary
Nx
TektonGo

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Nx

Nx Cloud is a remote caching and CI optimization platform for monorepos that accelerates build pipelines through distributed task execution and intelligent artifact caching.

Independently observed

Tekton

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.

Nx

from $2.25/moHybridFree tier

Free Hobby tier with 50k credits/month. Team plan from $19/contributor/month with metered usage. Enterprise with custom pricing.

  • HobbyFree
    • 50,000 credits monthly reset
    • 5 complimentary contributors
    • 10 concurrent CI connections
    • All Nx Agents resource types
    • Basic analytics
    • +1 more
  • Team$19/contributor/month + $5.50 per 10k credits + $2.25/CI connection/month
    • Everything in Hobby
    • Email support
    • Pay-as-you-go for additional contributors, credits, and CI connections
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Team plan
    • Conformance rules
    • Circular dependency detection
    • Cross-repo visibility
    • CI observability
    • +9 more
as of verify ↗

Tekton

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Nx
Tekton
CLI
Nx
Tekton
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Nx
Tekton
Self-hosted
Nx
Tekton
On-premise
Nx
Tekton
Hybrid
Nx
Tekton

Integrations

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

Nx

4 total
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • JetBrains
  • GitHub Actions
Independently observed

Tekton

4 total
  • Jenkins
  • Jenkins X
  • Skaffold
  • Knative
Independently observed

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