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Encore

by Encore · Declare backend infrastructure in Go or TypeScript, deploy to your own cloud

81.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Encore is a backend development platform for Go and TypeScript. Infrastructure such as databases, Pub/Sub topics and buckets is declared in application code using its open source SDK. Encore parses that code into an architecture graph, then provisions and deploys to your own AWS or GCP account on git push, with distributed tracing, metrics and a service catalog included.

Best for: Teams building Go or TypeScript backends on their own AWS or GCP without a platform team
Pricing: Free tier, then Pro from $49 per member/month plus $99/month per AWS or GCP environment and $2.5/month per resource; Enterprise is priced on request.
Runs on: WebmacOSSelf-hostedCLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Infrastructure declared in Go or TypeScript, no Terraform files
Deploys into your own AWS or GCP account, not a vendor platform
Tracing, metrics, service catalog and architecture diagrams built in
One command runs the whole backend locally with real infrastructure

Trade-offs

Only Go and TypeScript are supported
Only AWS and GCP are named as deployment targets
Pro adds $99/month per environment and $2.5/month per resource on top of seats
Free tier excludes deploying to your own cloud and keeps traces 7 days

Pricing

Published plans from Encore’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Encore pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Free	—	2 dev environments on Encore Cloud (fair use) 1M trace events/month, 7-day log and trace retention 1 concurrent build Community support on Discord
Pro	$49per member	Plus $99/month per AWS/GCP environment and $2.5/month per resource Deploy and auto-provision to your own AWS and GCP 20M trace events/month, then $1.2 per 1M; 30-day retention Preview environment per pull request, custom domains, email support
Enterprise	Contact sales	Least-privilege IAM, custom network rules and RBAC Self-hosted preview environments and CI/CD customisation SOC 2 compliance assistance Technical account manager, uptime guarantees and custom SLAs

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 85 out of 100
Documentation: 100 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 93 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 85 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 60 out of 100
Operational trust: 65 out of 100

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: 85 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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