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IBM Rational Build Forge vs Tekton comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Rational Build Forge
Ranking in Build Automation
22nd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tekton
Ranking in Build Automation
7th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of IBM Rational Build Forge is 2.1%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tekton is 3.9%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tekton3.9%
IBM Rational Build Forge2.1%
Other94.0%
Build Automation
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1538124 - PeerSpot reviewer
Devops and SAFe Specialist at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Useful features, stable, easy to deploy, and works well
Its logging can be improved. When something goes wrong, it is not always very easy to find the problem. It is hard to identify whether the problem is because of low memory in the server or some configuration in Rational Build Forge. The error logs are not very detailed, and they should provide more information. It should also have more integration with third-party tools. It would be great to have more integration with third-party tools.
reviewer2741265 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Benefit from a smooth learning curve and efficient adaptability
After seeing Jenkins and Tekton, I think Tekton is quite built on top of Kubernetes, so the learning curve is minimal. If you are working with Kubernetes, then OpenShift created Tekton on top of that, making it easily adaptable. Tekton is highly customizable. With Kubernetes, we can customize on our own and create custom builders. If teams have time and want to make enhancements, they can do it themselves. Whatever OpenShift is providing regarding Tekton is sufficient. It is easy to use because we don't need to write every pod step every time. A proper DevOps engineer can help once or twice, and development teams can easily adapt to that, make small shell script changes in the steps, understand the process, and work with it.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Very good reporting features."
"All features are useful; our customer doesn't have any complaints about the tool, and it works pretty well for what they want and what they need to do."
"I utilized the reporting features and a number of documents, as well as statuses."
"Tekton allows you to categorize tasks according to your needs and minimizes the amount of code needed."
"The ability to scale is valuable."
"Tekton provides a feature where you can schedule the job."
"The platform's most valuable feature is its cloud-native and Kubernetes-ready design."
"I like the branching and visualization tools for the pipeline."
"I like the setup of the dashboard."
"The installation process is seamless, requiring fewer resources compared to Jenkins."
"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."
 

Cons

"Not user friendly for the layman."
"Its logging can be improved. When something goes wrong, it is not always very easy to find the problem."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"Its logging can be improved. When something goes wrong, it is not always very easy to find the problem. It is hard to identify whether the problem is because of low memory in the server or some configuration in Rational Build Forge. The error logs are not very detailed, and they should provide more information. It should also have more integration with third-party tools. It would be great to have more integration with third-party tools."
"Incorporating AI could be a potential enhancement in the future."
"Compared to traditional tools like Jenkins, Tekton lacks a lot of features. It's not efficient in managing conflicts between multiple pipelines."
"The question of pipeline scalability remains unclear."
"RBAC is really needed for Tekton."
"While Tekton is highly effective for Kubernetes-based setups, it might not suit users who require more control over bare-metal environments."
"I didn't get the intention of scalability. Scalability means based on the load, it will automatically gain resources and run. The question of pipeline scalability remains unclear."
"Tekton could use better documentation."
"Tekton should include many features to integrate event-driven pipelines."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is free of cost."
"It is entirely open source and free of charge."
"The solution is open-source."
"Tekton is an open-source tool."
"The tool is open-source and free to use."
"The product is free and open-source."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
11%
University
6%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise23
 

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How does Tekton compare with Jenkins?
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 e...
What needs improvement with Tekton?
I didn't get the intention of scalability. Scalability means based on the load, it will automatically gain resources and run. The question of pipeline scalability remains unclear. It's quite easy t...
What is your primary use case for Tekton?
We use Tekton for build and deployments. For LMP testing, we use the Tekton pipeline. We also use GitHub CI/CD. For infrastructure pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), we use Tekton. Previou...
 

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Sample Customers

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The Home Depot, PayPal, Target, HSBC, McKesson, Oncology Venture
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