What is Tekton?
Tekton is an open-source cloud-native framework for building CI/CD systems. It allows developers to build, test, and deploy across cloud providers and on-premise systems.
Tekton pricing
We don't have Tekton's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Tekton does
The capabilities that matter for ci/cd tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
- Self-hosted runners
- ✓
- Config-as-code pipelines
- ✓
- Matrix / parallel builds
- ✓
- Container-native builds
- ✓
- Build caching
- -
- Secrets management
- ✓
- Deployment environments & approvals
- ✓
- Reusable actions / marketplace
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Linux
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (8)
Independently observed- Jenkins
- Jenkins X
- Skaffold
- Knative
- Sigstore
- OpenShift
- MongoDB
- Google Cloud Storage
Tekton alternatives
Other ci/cd tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Argo CDlow · 20%
- Concourse CIlow · 12%
- Bazel{ Fast, Correct } — Choose twolow · 19%
- GitHub ActionsAutomate any workflowlow · 26%
- Semaphore CIThe CI built for coding agents — fast, affordable, and enterprise-readymedium · 62%
- SemaphoreThe CI built for coding agents — fast, affordable, and enterprise-ready.medium · 62%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Tekton, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.11 | 9.6 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 61 | 0.13 | 7.7 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 97 | 0.08 | 7.6 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 75 | 0.03 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 27 | 0.06 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Security Posture | 0 | 0.21 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 83 | mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 9,021 | highsource · 2026-07-31 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"hosting":"self","marketplace":true,"matrix_builds":true,"yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"secrets_management":true,"deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 8 | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-07-31 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-07-31 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 6 | mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 70% |