Temporal Comparison
What architectural differences should I consider when choosing between Temporal and Catalyst for agentic workloads?
Temporal is architected for deterministic workflow replay, ideal for code-first durable execution. Catalyst extends this with framework-agnostic agent runners, allowing probabilistic AI agents (e.g., LangGraph, CrewAI) to run within durable execution. Temporal requires you to build agent orchestration yourself. Catalyst provides workload identity and MCP tool policy as architectural primitives. If your architecture centers on deterministic business logic, Temporal fits. If it includes AI agents needing production controls, Catalyst's architecture is more aligned.
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