When should I pick Restate over Catalyst for simpler state handling in agent workflows?

Choose Restate when your agent workflows require tightly integrated state management with minimal infrastructure decisions. Restate's virtual objects automatically persist state within the durable execution runtime, so you don't configure external stores. Catalyst, built on Dapr, requires you to set up a state store component (e.g., PostgreSQL, CosmosDB) and manage its lifecycle. If you want state to 'just work' without separate provisioning, Restate is the simpler fit. Catalyst offers more state store choices if you need that flexibility.