Four side-by-side comparisons with the other projects that live near the same problem shape. Each page lays out what each one is, where they overlap, a 22-row capability matrix with divergence marks, and a short note on where each one fits better. One ~80 MB Go binary on one side; a framework / durability engine / Docker-Compose stack / control plane on the other.
A TypeScript framework with a Helm chart and an Enterprise licence for production RBAC/SSO, next to one ~80 MB Go binary that ships Decision, Teams-as-one-file and whole-deployment Snapshots under Apache-2.0.
Apache-2.0 Go binary vs Apache-2.0 core + Enterprise Edition.
read the comparison →The AWS-blessed stack is an agent SDK plus a durability engine, roughly six self-hosted processes or two plus Temporal Cloud. loomcycle is one process that owns the loop and the durability itself.
~$2,400/mo hosting on the AWS side vs $20–$2,270/mo on loomcycle.
read the comparison →A 16-container Docker Compose stack with an 8 GiB RAM floor under a modified Apache licence that forbids multi-tenant SaaS resale, next to one Go binary under straight Apache-2.0.
16 containers vs 1 process.
read the comparison →AWS Labs' opinionated control plane for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, cloud-only and Bedrock-only, next to a portable self-hosted runtime with a published memory benchmark and seven LLM providers including local Ollama.
An AWS account vs a laptop.
read the comparison →These four were chosen from a longer list because they are the comparisons prospective adopters already ran before this page existed: Mastra for teams who were going to pick a TypeScript framework, Strands + Temporal for teams on AWS, Dify for teams who wanted a hosted-feeling console, and AWS Loom because it shares a base word with loomcycle in search results. Vercel's Workflow DevKit, Letta, Agno, Inngest, Restate, Cloudflare Agents, and Microsoft Agent Framework are the next tier; comparisons may follow if there is clear demand.
