What’s the difference between docker compose and kubernetes?

Stack Overflow has a concise post on this at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47536536/whats-the-difference-between-docker-compose-and-kubernetes

It says:

Docker:

• Docker is the container technology that allows you to containerize your applications.
• Docker is the core for using other technologies.

Docker Compose

• Docker Compose allows configuring and starting multiple Docker containers.
• Docker Compose is mostly used as a helper when you want to start multiple Docker containers and doesn’t want to start each one separately using docker run ...
• Docker Compose is used for starting containers on the same host.
• Docker Compose is used instead of all optional parameters when building and running a single docker container.

Docker Swarm

• Docker swarm is for running and connecting containers on multiple hosts.
• Docker swarm is a container cluster management and orchestration tool.
• It manages containers running on multiple hosts and does things like scaling, starting a new container when one crashes, networking containers …
• Docker swarm is docker in production.
  It is the native docker orchestration tool that is embedded in the Docker Engine.
• The docker swarm file named stack file is very similar to a Docker compose file.

Kubernetes

• Kubernetes is a container orchestration tool developed by Google.
• Kubernete’s goal is very similar to that for Docker swarm.

Docker Cloud

• A paid enterprise docker service that allows you to build and run containers on cloud servers or local servers.
• It provides a Web UI and a central control panel to run and manage containers while providing all the docker features in a user-friendly Web interface.