When comparing ContainerShip vs Docker Compose, 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 ContainerShip is ranked 11th. 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 ContainerShip Core is open source
Orchestration platform can be used as open source, but there is also the option for a clean UI to manage your stack.
Pro Built-in load balancing
Pro Github and Bitbucket integrations
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.
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.