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We performed a comparison between GitHub Actions and Tekton based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Build Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed GitHub Actions vs. Tekton Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The main benefit is collaboration. It allows us to easily collaborate with other developers, regardless of location. For example, we can collaborate with both our African and German colleagues seamlessly. It's platform-agnostic, so it is flexible and not tied to any OS, so we can work on Linux, Windows, web, and even Oracle applications. It's flexible, reliable, and overall an excellent tool for our needs.""Creating workflows in YAML format is straightforward and easy to comprehend. This includes both understanding and writing workflows. Additionally, the downloading aspect for third-party instances can also be easily done. It's worth noting that vulnerability analysis and similar tasks should be part of our automation through data workflows. Furthermore, we can break down our processes step by step, starting from building, then moving on to analysis, testing, and finally deploying in production and the clear environment. All of these tasks can be efficiently managed within this platform.""It offers numerous built-in features for pipeline management, release management, and even work item tracking on boards, which makes it a versatile tool that seamlessly integrates with hardware and facilitates optimization.""The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a good product that offers stability and performance.""The level of automation achievable is really good. So, the custom workflow creation and Marketplace Actions improved our project's efficiency.""I have optimized job execution time by running test scripts in parallel and creating multiple pipelines; we've significantly reduced execution times. What could take 50 minutes can be cut down to just 8 to 10 minutes through these optimizations."

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"Tekton is serverless and runs on OpenShift, and we leverage Tekton to take full advantage of the Kubernetes features such as running and scaling the solution in PaaS.""Tekton is an orchestrator. It provides seamless integration for our pipelines. It offers robust support for executing tasks within the pipeline, allowing us to set up and run pipelines quickly.""Its seamless integration with Kubernetes, being built on top of it and utilizing Custom Resource Definitions, ensures a smooth experience within Kubernetes environments exclusively."

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Cons
"The primary area for improvement I see is in artifact management, especially for saving screenshots or videos from failed tests or data-driven actions. Currently, the configuration for saving these artifacts is complex.""The reporting capabilities are somewhat limited.""The solution's integration capabilities and UI are areas of concern where improvement is required to make the product more user-friendly.""The UI could be better.""There is a part that detects outdated libraries. If that feature could be more intuitive and informative, that would be nice.""We can leverage this database tool to manage everything within our environment and data burners, allowing for customization and execution. An additional advantage is the capability to modify aspects like file size, making processes more efficient and faster across the pipelines. Regarding improvements or implementations, I believe there should be enhancements made to the deployment tool. It should be integrated as part of the solution. Infrastructure-wise, we already have tools like GitHub and RobSpot, and data enables us to automate various processes, which is quite beneficial. As for further enhancements, I'm uncertain. I've shared everything I know. However, if there's something specific you'd like to see in future releases, a feature that may not exist yet but would be desirable, I can't provide any input on that matter."

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"There might be occasional issues with storage or cluster-level logging, which can affect production.""Configuring Tekton requires a deep understanding of Kubernetes, which can be difficult for developers.""It tends to occupy a significant amount of disk space on the node, which could potentially pose challenges."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is free and open platform, so I would rate it 1 out of 10."
  • "Price-wise, GitHub Actions is okay. If I want to use the product's advanced features, then I need to pay the licensing charges for the solution."
  • "For our basic usage, we didn't have to pay."
  • "It's low-priced. Not high, but definitely low."
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  • "It is entirely open source and free of charge."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I have optimized job execution time by running test scripts in parallel and creating multiple pipelines; we've significantly reduced execution times. What could take 50 minutes can be cut down to just… more »
    Top Answer:The primary area for improvement I see is in artifact management, especially for saving screenshots or videos from failed tests or data-driven actions. Currently, the configuration for saving these… more »
    Top Answer:When you are evaluating tools for automating your own GitOps-based CI/CD workflow, it is important to keep your requirements and use cases in mind. Tekton deployment is complex and it is not very easy… more »
    Top Answer:Its seamless integration with Kubernetes, being built on top of it and utilizing Custom Resource Definitions, ensures a smooth experience within Kubernetes environments exclusively.
    Top Answer:It tends to occupy a significant amount of disk space on the node, which could potentially pose challenges. This aspect could be enhanced for better efficiency. Additionally, the build time… more »
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    3rd
    out of 41 in Build Automation
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    4,416
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    3
    Average Words per Review
    769
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    6.3
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    Overview

    GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows, now with world-class CI/CD. Build, test, and deploy your code right from GitHub. Make code reviews, branch management, and issue triaging work the way you want.

    Tekton is a powerful yet flexible Kubernetes-native open-source framework for creating continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) systems. It lets you build, test, and deploy across multiple cloud providers or on-premises systems by abstracting away the underlying implementation details.

    Sample Customers
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    The Home Depot, PayPal, Target, HSBC, McKesson, Oncology Venture
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Healthcare Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Manufacturing Company17%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government9%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
    Buyer's Guide
    GitHub Actions vs. Tekton
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about GitHub Actions vs. Tekton and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,886 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    GitHub Actions is ranked 7th in Build Automation with 6 reviews while Tekton is ranked 3rd in Build Automation with 3 reviews. GitHub Actions is rated 8.4, while Tekton is rated 6.4. The top reviewer of GitHub Actions writes "Facilitates connectivity for developers and allows us to easily collaborate with other developers, regardless of location". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tekton writes "Provides seamless integration for pipelines, allowing easy setup and execution of tasks but working with YAML files in Tekton can be challenging to modify ". GitHub Actions is most compared with Bamboo, AWS CodePipeline, GitLab, Harness and TeamCity, whereas Tekton is most compared with GitLab, Harness, Travis CI, Jenkins and CircleCI. See our GitHub Actions vs. Tekton report.

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