Comparison

TeamCity 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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TeamCity50

★Tekton66

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	TeamCity	TektonLeader
Vioscale score	50 / 100low · 4%	66 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	-	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	6.5
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

Score

Vioscale score

TeamCity50 / 100low · 4%

Tekton66 / 100low · 49%

Pricing

Free tier

TeamCity–

Tekton✓

Model

TeamCity–

Tektonopen_source

Price level

TeamCity–

Tektonfree

Transparent

TeamCity–

Tekton✓

Integrations

Count

TeamCity–

Tekton4

Security

Disclosure policy

TeamCity✓

Tekton✓

Gdpr

TeamCity✓

Tekton–

Scorecard

TeamCity–

Tekton6.5

Vulnerabilities

TeamCity–

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

TeamCity✓

Tekton–

Adoption

Dependent repos

TeamCity–

Tekton1,105

Github stars

TeamCity–

Tekton9,045

Activity

Commits last 30d

TeamCity–

Tekton84

Release

Cadence days

TeamCity–

Tekton6

History

TeamCity–

Tekton20 items

License

Spdx

TeamCity–

TektonApache-2.0

Language

Primary

TeamCity–

TektonGo

Market

Availability

TeamCity–

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	TeamCity	Tekton
Deployment
Hosting	-	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

TeamCity-

TektonSelf-hosted only

Self-hosted runners

TeamCity-

Tekton✓

Core

Config-as-code pipelines

TeamCity-

Tekton✓

Matrix / parallel builds

TeamCity-

Tekton✓

Build

Container-native builds

TeamCity-

Tekton✓

Performance

Build caching

TeamCity-

Tekton-

Security

Secrets management

TeamCity-

Tekton✓

Delivery

Deployment environments & approvals

TeamCity-

Tekton✓

Ecosystem

Reusable actions / marketplace

TeamCity-

Tekton✓

What each one is

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

TeamCity

Not documented yet.

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.

TeamCity

Pricing not documented yet.

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	TeamCity	Tekton
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	-	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	-	✓
On-premiseDeployment	-	✓
HybridDeployment	-	✓

Platforms

macOS

TeamCity✓

Tekton✗

Windows

TeamCity✓

Tekton✗

Linux

TeamCity✓

Tekton✗

CLI

TeamCity✗

Tekton✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

TeamCity–

Tekton✓

Self-hosted

TeamCity–

Tekton✓

On-premise

TeamCity–

Tekton✓

Hybrid

TeamCity–

Tekton✓

Integrations

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

TeamCity

Not documented yet.

Tekton

Leader

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.