Compression molding is a comparatively easier to VARTM. During VARTM, you to make sure that there are no air leakages which affect the flow/impregnation of preforms. In compression molding, if it is not the case of prepregs, you just need to impregnated well during your hand lay-up process and compress. The latter one helps you to control the volume fraction well but in case of vartm, you will be resorting to the compaction aided by bagging.