Tekton vs Travis CI comparison

Google and Travis CI are both solutions in the Build Automation category. Google is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.8, while Travis CI is ranked #21 with an average rating of 6.0. Google holds a 11.5% mindshare in BA, compared to Travis CI’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Travis CI and Tekton compete in the continuous integration and delivery category. Tekton appears to have an edge due to its cloud-native architecture, making it highly suitable for Kubernetes environments.

Features: Travis CI provides simplicity and robust language support, benefiting from seamless GitHub integration and easy YAML-based configuration. Tekton offers flexibility in custom pipeline creation and Kubernetes-native operations, making it ideal for cloud-native development.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Travis CI is straightforward to deploy, providing a traditional experience with extensive online support resources. Tekton requires Kubernetes knowledge for deployment but aligns well with cloud-native practices, supported by comprehensive documentation.

Pricing and ROI: Travis CI has straightforward pricing plans catering to different needs, appealing for simple CI/CD requirements. Tekton is open-source, eliminating license costs and offering scalability, leading to long-term ROI for cloud-native efficiencies.

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Categories and Ranking

Tekton

Ranking in Build Automation

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Travis CI

Ranking in Build Automation

21st

Average Rating

6.0

Reviews Sentiment

3.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Tekton is 11.5%, up from 11.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Travis CI is 1.0%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Prasad Gupta

Software Engineer at IBM Software Labs

Efficient CI/CD management with significant cost reduction and a user-friendly setup

One area for improvement is the number of CRDs created during installation. Tekton currently creates 10 to 11CRDs, which can be overwhelming. Instead, it would be better to have just one CRD that can handle all the information and create other necessary components automatically. Additionally, more integration capabilities for security, such as DAST, SAST, and IAST, should be directly built into Tekton to facilitate easier implementation of security features.

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Pravar Agrawal

Senior SRE at IBM

YAML-based configuration and simple deployment but user interface needs modernizing

Travis CI is an okay tool, and I am forced to use it as part of my job. I don't maintain it; it is running somewhere else, and I don't have control over it. The interface is very basic and not user-friendly; it feels like it was stuck in 2010. It is very basic and designed for lightweight CI work, and it cannot handle heavy CI. You cannot do branched flows, and you will have to write shell scripts to send calls here and there. The pipelines are not as detailed as some other CI/CD tools. If Travis is down, you don't have any control over it and need to reach out to their customer support.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The 'promote' feature is beneficial as it simplifies deployment processes by allowing easy promotion of applications to different environments without needing to re-run CI/CD processes."

"The ability to scale is valuable."

"We can make a lot of customizations, and data sharing between tasks using workspaces is very convenient."

"The platform's most valuable feature is its cloud-native and Kubernetes-ready design."

"The product's best feature is its ease of implementation."

"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 allows you to categorize tasks according to your needs and minimizes the amount of code needed."

"It enables enterprises to build a flexible framework atop Tekton, making it easier to define workflows with standard inputs and outputs."

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"The only thing I like about Travis CI is that you have a YAML file to define a Travis flow."

Cons

"It tends to occupy a significant amount of disk space on the node, which could potentially pose challenges."

"I'm a bit worried about scaling Tekton from the point of view of big CI/CD processes."

"It would be better if Tekton could show the YAML file while it is running, similar to GitHub pipelines, to provide more visibility on what's happening."

"If you are a beginner, then accessing the flexibility part can be overwhelming. We think the learning curve of the tool is steep, especially for those who are not already familiar with Kubernetes."

"RBAC is really needed for Tekton."

"One area for improvement is the number of CRDs created during installation. Tekton currently creates 10 to 11 CRDs, which can be overwhelming."

"It would be beneficial to find case studies or more information on complex implementations."

"The tool should improve in terms of output flexibility. It runs on a specific Kubernetes machine, and the persistent memory storage is on a single partition. Improving this aspect could make analyzing logs and toolchain outputs from external tools easier."

More Tekton cons

"The interface is very basic and not user-friendly; it feels like it was stuck in 2010."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is free and open-source."

"The tool is open-source and free to use."

"Tekton is an open-source tool."

"It is entirely open source and free of charge."

"The product is free of cost."

"The solution is open-source."

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Financial Services Firm

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Questions from the Community

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...

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What do you like most about Tekton?

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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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...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Travis CI?

I'm not too sure about the pricing of Travis or how the agreement works.

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What needs improvement with Travis CI?

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What is your primary use case for Travis CI?

Travis CI is mainly used to run integration tests as part of the deployment, which I do on Kubernetes. The Travis workflows are integrated with any changes in my code. It will have different jobs, ...

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Overview

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.

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