When comparing Docker Compose vs AZK, the Slant community recommends Docker Compose for most people. In the question“What are the best Docker orchestration tools?” Docker Compose is ranked 4th while AZK is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Docker Compose is:
All that's needed to setup a multi-container application with Compose is a single file configuration file. Finally the application can be spun up with only a single command.
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Pros
Pro Easy setup
All that's needed to setup a multi-container application with Compose is a single file configuration file. Finally the application can be spun up with only a single command.
Pro Great for local development
Docker-compose isn't really meant (yet) for distributed deployment, but using it to deploy a website locally for testing is awesome. You could use it, with care (like handling faults), on a single server as well.
Pro Soft learning curve
azk has straight forward documentation and an accessible, active community that are available by Twitter, their Slack chat and more.
Pro Good performance
Pro Reusable environments
Existent configuration files (azkfiles) are very easy to customize, making them (and by extension the environments themselves) very customizable.
Pro Easy to use
The API and CLI is powerful and simple enough for beginners to rapidly get started
Cons
Con More geared towards development
No really made for production.
Con Not ready for production yet
While Compose is very good for staging servers, CI and development environments, it's still not ready for production and it's not recommended to be used in production yet.