Capgo
by Capgo · Over-the-air live updates for Ionic and Capacitor apps
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Overview
Capgo delivers over-the-air updates to Ionic and Capacitor apps: you install its open-source updater plugin, upload a signed web bundle with the CLI or API, and the app downloads it in the background and applies it on next launch. Channels, staged rollouts and rollback control who receives each release, alongside native builds, push notifications and device logs.
- Best for
- Teams shipping Ionic and Capacitor apps that need JavaScript fixes live without waiting for store review
- Pricing
- No free tier but a 14-day trial; plans run $14/month (Solo), $39 (Maker) and $99 (Team) billed monthly, or $12/$33/$83 per month billed annually, with Enterprise from $249/month and prepaid pay-as-you-go credits for usage beyond the included limits.
- Runs on
- WebAndroidSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open-source updater plugin, usable without Capgo Cloud
- No per-seat pricing: unlimited members and teams on all plans
- Delta updates send only changed files, cutting data use ~90%
- Per-device logs cover checks, installs, failures and rollbacks
Trade-offs
- Native code and Capacitor config changes still need store review
- SSO, SOC 2 and custom domains are Enterprise-only
- Solo and Maker get community support only, no dedicated channel
- Logs, org statistics and audit logs are kept for 90 days on every plan
How Capgo markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Capgo’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Everything you need to ship”
- Angle: All-in-one / consolidation
- Hero: Typography only
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Capgo’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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