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Tekton vs TeamCity: catalog facts
Tekton	TeamCity
Free Free and open source.	Paid Proprietary commercial software with a free trial.
Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, Self-hosted
Pipelines defined as Kubernetes resources Works across cloud providers and on-premise clusters	Self-hostable CI/CD server you run yourself Backed by JetBrains alongside its IDEs
Requires a Kubernetes cluster A framework to build CI/CD on, not a ready-made hosted service	Proprietary and commercially licensed Aimed at teams rather than individual hobby projects
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Proprietary
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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