The deciding difference is operational: Docker Compose can run on infrastructure you control, Cloudflare Workers cannot. If that constraint is real for you, it settles the choice before anything else is considered.
One file, one box, everything local. The honest starting point.
The generated docker-compose.yml below is runnable as-is.
Edge runtime with Durable Objects for long-lived, stateful agent sessions.
| Docker Compose | Cloudflare Workers | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Open source | Proprietary |
| Pricing | open source | freemium |
| Self-hostable | Yes | No |
| Languages | Any language | TypeScript |
| Install | — | npm i -g wrangler |
| Keys required | None | None |
The deciding difference is operational: Docker Compose can run on infrastructure you control, Cloudflare Workers cannot. If that constraint is real for you, it settles the choice before anything else is considered. Docker Compose: One file, one box, everything local. The honest starting point. Cloudflare Workers: Edge runtime with Durable Objects for long-lived, stateful agent sessions.
Docker Compose can run on your own infrastructure. Cloudflare Workers is a hosted service only.
Docker Compose is open source (open source). Cloudflare Workers is proprietary (freemium).
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