We compared GitLab and Tekton based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Users find GitLab to offer competitive pricing, flexible licensing options, and positive ROI, with room for improvement in user interface, speed, and performance. They appreciate robust version control features and strong customer support. On the other hand, Tekton is praised for its ease of use, reliable customer service, and seamless integration, with users highlighting the customizable features and positive impact on productivity and efficiency. Both tools have varying feedback on the time required for deployment and setup, showing differences in user experiences.
Features: GitLab stands out with its robust version control capabilities, comprehensive issue tracking system, and seamless collaboration tools. On the other hand, Tekton excels in its ease of use, extensive customization options, and great reliability.
Pricing and ROI: In terms of setup cost, users find both GitLab and Tekton to be easy and straightforward. GitLab offers flexible licensing options for individuals and businesses, while Tekton users have not expressed any difficulties or dissatisfaction with licensing., The ROI for GitLab has been positively rewarding, providing users with valuable investment for their projects. Tekton has also shown positive ROI, improving productivity, efficiency, accuracy, cost savings, and customer satisfaction. Users appreciate its versatility and ease of use.
Room for Improvement: Some areas for improvement in the GitLab product include its user interface and navigation, performance and speed for larger projects, project management features, and the code review process. Meanwhile, users of Tekton expressed the need for improvements in certain aspects of the product.
Deployment and customer support: The user reviews for GitLab and Tekton differ in terms of how they define and separate the deployment and setup phases. Some users see them as separate phases, while others consider them as the same period., In terms of customer service and support, GitLab's product is highly praised for its prompt assistance, effective troubleshooting, and helpful guidance. They are known for going above and beyond to resolve issues and have a strong community. On the other hand, Tekton's customer service is also highly praised for its promptness, helpfulness, reliability, and efficiency. Both products ensure a positive experience for customers.
The summary above is based on 53 interviews we conducted recently with GitLab and Tekton users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"I like GitLab's security and SAS tools."
"Of all available products, it was the easiest to use and easy to install."
"It is a speedy platform compared to the others I have used. I have also enjoyed using the platform as this solution offers a good user experience."
"GitLab is very useful for pipelines, continuous integration, and continuous deployment. It is also stable."
"I like that you can use GitLab as a double-sided solution for both DevOps and version management. It's a good product for working in these two areas, and the user interface makes it easy to understand."
"The most valuable feature of GitLab is the automatic merging of code."
"I find the features and version control history to be most valuable for our development workflow. These aspects provide us with a clear view of changes and help us manage requests efficiently."
"Key features allow creation of well-presented Wiki that includes ideas, development, and domains."
"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."
"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."
"Its seamless integration with Kubernetes, being built on top of it and utilizing Custom Resource Definitions, ensures a smooth experience within Kubernetes environments exclusively."
"It should be used by a larger number of people. They should raise awareness."
"The solution should be more cloud-native and have more cloud-native capabilities and features."
"I would like to see security increased in the future. A secure environment is very important."
"There was a problem with the build environment when we were looking at developing iOS applications. iOS build require Mac machines and there are no Mac machines provided by GitLab in their cloud. So to build for mobile iOS application, we needed to use our own Mac machine within our own infrastructure. If GitLab were to provide a feature such that an iOS application could also be built through GitLab directly, that would be great."
"Atlassian offers more products than GitLab. GitLab offers source control management, version control and collaboration between developers. Atlassian offers features on top of this as well as more integration points for developers."
"The documentation is confusing."
"The documentation could be improved to help newcomers better understand things like creating new branches."
"GitLab could consider introducing a code-scanning tool. Purchasing such tools from external markets can incur charges, which might not be favorable. Integrating these features into GitLab would streamline the pipeline and make it more convenient for users."
"There might be occasional issues with storage or cluster-level logging, which can affect production."
"It tends to occupy a significant amount of disk space on the node, which could potentially pose challenges."
"Configuring Tekton requires a deep understanding of Kubernetes, which can be difficult for developers."
GitLab is ranked 1st in Build Automation with 70 reviews while Tekton is ranked 3rd in Build Automation with 3 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while Tekton is rated 6.4. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". 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 ". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, AWS CodePipeline, SonarQube and TeamCity, whereas Tekton is most compared with GitHub Actions, Harness, Travis CI, Jenkins and CircleCI. See our GitLab vs. Tekton report.
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