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Comparison

Tekton vs Travis CI

No leader: the top candidate Travis CI has only 0.19 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. 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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Tekton66
Travis CI73
Score
Vioscale score
Tekton66 / 100low · 49%
Travis CI73 / 100low · 19%
Pricing
Free tier
Tekton✓
Travis CI✓
Model
Tektonopen_source
Travis CIfreemium
Price level
Tektonfree
Travis CIlow
Transparent
Tekton✓
Travis CI✓
Integrations
Count
Tekton4
Travis CI11
Security
Disclosure policy
Tekton✓
Travis CI–
Scorecard
Tekton6.5
Travis CI–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Tekton1,105
Travis CI–
Github stars
Tekton9,045
Travis CI–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Tekton84
Travis CI–
Release
Cadence days
Tekton6
Travis CI–
History
Tekton20 items
Travis CI–
License
Spdx
TektonApache-2.0
Travis CI–
Language
Primary
TektonGo
Travis CI–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Travis CI

A continuous integration and deployment service that enables developers to automatically run tests, perform quality checks, and deploy code. It emphasizes simple configuration syntax and fast feedback cycles through parallel builds across multiple programming languages and environments.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Tekton

Open source
as of verify ↗

Travis CI

from $13.75/moSubscriptionFree tier100-day trial

From $13.75/month. Free tier for open-source projects; 100 trial builds for private repositories.

  • Usage Based$13.75/month or $153/year
    • 420,000 Linux build credits per year
    • 80 concurrent jobs
    • Premium VMs available
    • 35,000 credits per month included
    • Unlimited users (billed per user)
  • Unlimited Plan$66+/month or $733/year
    • Unlimited credits for non-premium VMs
    • 1–300 concurrent jobs
    • Unlimited collaborators and repositories
    • Unlimited storage
    • Premium VMs available
  • On-Premise/Private CloudContact sales
    • On-premise or private cloud deployment
    • Perforce and Subversion CI/CD support
    • Premium support options
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

Tekton

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

Travis CI

11 total
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Docker
  • DeepSource
  • Coveralls
  • Coverity Scan
  • SourceClear
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • Slack
  • NPM
Independently observed

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