Comprehensive side-by-side technical comparison between n8n and Kestra.

version: "3.8"
services:
  n8n:
    image: docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n:latest
    container_name: n8n
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "${PORT:-5678}:5678"
    environment:
      - N8N_HOST=${DOMAIN:-localhost}
      - N8N_PORT=5678
      - N8N_PROTOCOL=http
      - WEBHOOK_URL=http://${DOMAIN:-localhost}:${PORT:-5678}/
      - DB_TYPE=postgresdb
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=n8n
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-n8n_secure_pass}
    volumes:
      - n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n
    depends_on:
      - postgres
  postgres:
    image: postgres:15-alpine
    container_name: n8n-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: n8n
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:-n8n_secure_pass}
      POSTGRES_DB: n8n
    volumes:
      - n8n_pg_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
volumes:
  n8n_data:
  n8n_pg_data:

version: "3.8"
services:
  kestra:
    image: kestra/kestra:latest
    container_name: kestra
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "${PORT:-8080}:8080"
    environment:
      APP_URL: "${APP_URL:-http://localhost:8080}"
      SECRET_KEY: "${SECRET_KEY:-ossmatrix_prod_secret_2026}"
    volumes:
      - kestra_data:/data

volumes:
  kestra_data: