How does Prefect compare to Catalyst for agentic AI work?

Prefect and Catalyst serve distinct workflow priorities with limited direct overlap for long-lived agentic AI work. Prefect typically focuses on scheduled, batch-oriented repeatable operational tasks, while Catalyst builds on Dapr to support long-lived agentic flows with complex probabilistic AI steps and durable state. Prefect remains well-suited for its core dedicated workflow automation use cases, rather than these specialized agentic workloads outside its primary intended scope.