Tekton

tekton.dev
DevOps
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Cloud Native CI/CD

How to Replace Tekton

Overview

Tekton is a powerful and flexible open-source framework for creating CI/CD systems, allowing developers to build, test, and deploy across cloud providers and on-premise systems. It standardizes CI/CD tooling and processes across vendors, languages, and deployment environments while providing scalable, serverless, cloud native execution.

Features

6 features across 3 categories

CI/CD(4)

Built-in best practices

Lets you create CI/CD systems quickly, giving you scalable, serverless, cloud native execution out of the box

Cloud provider agnostic

Works across cloud providers and on-premise systems

Maximum flexibility

Abstracts the underlying implementation so you can choose the build, test, and deploy workflow based on your team's requirements

Standardization

Standardizes CI/CD tooling and processes across vendors, languages, and deployment environments

Development(1)

Open-source framework

Collaborative open-source project with contributions from ecosystem members

Also in: Kissflow, Lattice, WordPress.com

Integration(1)

Multi-tool integration

Works well with Jenkins, Jenkins X, Skaffold, Knative, and many other popular CI/CD tools

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for Tekton. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Tekton alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 6 features.

Buy Tekton

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Tekton saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 6 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

4 known integrations

JenkinsJenkins XKnativeSkaffold