Comparisons
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Compare Encore to other backend development platforms and infrastructure tools.
Encore vs
Terraform
Infrastructure as Code using HCL config files to provision cloud resources.
Encore vs
OpenTofu
The open-source fork of Terraform, using HCL config under the MPL 2.0 license.
Encore vs
Pulumi
Infrastructure as code using TypeScript, Python, or Go instead of YAML.
Encore vs
AWS CDK
Define AWS infrastructure using TypeScript with high-level constructs.
Encore vs
CloudFormation
AWS native infrastructure as code using YAML or JSON templates.
Encore vs
SST
Framework built on AWS CDK for deploying serverless applications.
Encore vs
Serverless Framework
Framework for deploying Lambda functions with YAML configuration.
Encore vs
Heroku
The original PaaS platform that pioneered simple deployment workflows.
Encore vs
Railway
Modern deployment platform for quick prototypes and side projects.
Encore vs
Render
Unified cloud platform for web services, databases, and static sites.
Encore vs
Fly.io
Edge container deployment platform for running containers close to users worldwide.
Encore vs
Supabase
Open source Firebase alternative with Postgres and auto-generated APIs.
Encore vs
Convex
Reactive backend platform with real-time sync and TypeScript support.
Encore vs
Vercel
Frontend deployment platform with serverless functions for simple APIs.
Loved by teams
who refuse to slow down
"Encore is our foundation for all new development. Since adopting it, we've seen a 2-3x increase in development speed and 90% shorter project lead times."
Josef Sima · Engineering Director"Encore lets us go from idea to shipped product at least 3x faster and saves us hours of devops work every week."
Will · Co-founder"We've reduced time spent on DevOps by 95%, and we're now on track to save $60K annually in cloud costs."
Mason Stewart · CTO"Encore is an unfair advantage. At Pave we've moved 2x faster than we did at Monzo."
Simon Vans-Colina · CTO"We're saving $200k+ annually compared to additional hiring. The ROI is outstanding, easily 10x."
Daniel Stocks · CTO"You define infrastructure in your code and it's automatically spun up for you. You can go from zero to a deployed service on GCP in an hour. I don't know how else to do it."
Nilkanth Patel · CTO"Encore's inferred infrastructure has allowed us to move at unprecedented speed. Combined with database branching in Neon, we're able to spin ephemeral environments up and down with incredible ease. Stakeholders love preview app URLs."
Justin Foley · VP of Engineering