When should I adopt Catalyst over my current workflow orchestration tool?

Catalyst may offer better alignment with long-lived, probabilistic agent workflows compared to most general workflow engines. Most general tools are built for fixed DAGs or scheduled data pipelines, with relatively constrained handling of partial failures and non-deterministic steps. Catalyst leverages Dapr to support durable execution, which differs from the typical expectations around exact-once delivery. Stick to your existing tool if your workflows are fixed-schedule, fixed-DAG data pipelines.