docker create service vs. docker deploy stack

Question

The new Docker 1.13.0 release introduced docker stack deploy.

docker stack deploy adds support of deploying services from a docker-compose.yml file directly.

Are the command docker service create and docker deploy stack creating the same service, just i two different ways?

Are there any special features added the service by creating it with docker deploy stack?

Im a bit confused, and can't find any information about this subject.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

A stack is a collection of services. This is similar to how a compose file defines a group of containers to run. So if you only need to run a single service, you can do so with a docker service create. If you need to deploy a collection of services, or use a definition from a compose file as your definition for the service(s), then you would deploy them with docker stack deploy.