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Last updated Oct 5, 2026 ## Claim: “You deploy to your own AWS or GCP account, so you own and control your infrastructure with no proprietary runtime dependencies on Encore.” Mixed support from reviews. Reviewers cite self-hosting and running Encore in their own AWS or GCP cloud, supporting infrastructure control. However, another reviewer reports tight binding to Encore and significant code changes required to move away, which conflicts with the claim of having no proprietary runtime dependency. - “Self hosting on our own infrastructure is a plus too” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-12279968) - “you can run it in your own cloud on AWS or GCP” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11136419) - “It will create a tight binding with your project and it will be tough to move away from encore if required in future. It will take significant code changes.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11109324) Source: [https://encore.cloud/pricing](https://encore.cloud/pricing) ## Claim: “You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel at any time with no lock-in.” Mixed support from reviews. Reviewers are split on the no-lock-in aspect: one describes using Encore without vendor lock-in, while another says moving away requires significant code changes. The reviews do not meaningfully address whether upgrades, downgrades, or cancellations can be performed at any time. - “I like that Encore allows us to use cloud features like PubSub without vendor lock in” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-12110429) - “It will create a tight binding with your project and it will be tough to move away from encore if required in future. It will take significant code changes.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11109324) Source: [https://encore.cloud/pricing](https://encore.cloud/pricing) ## Claim: “A resource is an infrastructure abstraction you define in code with Encore: services, databases, cron jobs, caches, storage buckets, Pub/Sub topics and subscriptions, and secrets.” Mixed support from reviews. Reviewers describe Encore as abstracting and provisioning infrastructure resources such as services, databases, Pub/Sub, queues, and secrets through code with little or no infrastructure configuration. However, other reviewers report missing or limited cache support, particularly the absence of a Redis TypeScript implementation, so the full list of claimed abstractions is not consistently supported. - “Creating and handling sensitive data is also made simple. I can just create a secret and use it, and it's very helpful to have different environments with their own values.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-12111274) - “I like that Encore allows us to use cloud features like PubSub without vendor lock in, so we can write our code in a cloud-agnostic way and deploy it anywhere.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-12110429) - “Encore is extremely helpful to get rid of all the infrastructure coding and dependencies, so called DevOps responsibilities. You can just connect to a postgres, cache or a queue with zero infra code.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11103024) - “We've been waiting for the Redis TypeScript implementation. They have it for Golang but not for TypeScript.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-12110429) Source: [https://encore.cloud/pricing](https://encore.cloud/pricing) ## Claim: “Encore provisions infrastructure into your own AWS or GCP account, so you pay your cloud provider directly for compute, storage, and data.” Supported by reviews. Relevant reviewers describe running Encore in their own AWS or GCP environments and having it provision cloud resources there. The reviews support the infrastructure-deployment portion of the claim, though they do not explicitly discuss direct billing for compute, storage, and data. - “you can run it in your own cloud on AWS or GCP.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11136419) - “We use the cloud platform to automate our deployment in GCP.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11102475) - “It auto populates all the necessary resources in the cloud.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11102475) Source: [https://encore.cloud/pricing](https://encore.cloud/pricing) ## Claim: “A complete development platform from day one, without the cost and complexity of building or maintaining it yourself.” Mixed support from reviews. Reviewers commonly report that Encore reduces infrastructure and DevOps complexity through unified development, deployment, and monitoring. However, others describe missing features and cases requiring manual cloud-infrastructure work, so the evidence is mixed regarding a complete platform without the complexity of maintaining it yourself. - “It abstracts away the complexity of cloud infrastructure and DevOps, letting us focus purely on development. The feature set is well-rounded, covering everything from local development to CI/CD and production monitoring in one unified platform.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11102624) - “The biggest win for our team is not having to worry about infrastructure. We write code, press merge, and Encore makes sure it’s deployed and running for our users, with no extra tooling.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11141760) - “We had to hand-roll that ETL feature using a cloud memory store Redis instance in GCP, which sort of breaks the promise of not needing to manage your cloud infrastructure.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-12110429) - “Encore is new and does not -- yet -- have all of the features you might want today.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11103583) Source: [https://encore.cloud/pricing](https://encore.cloud/pricing) ## Claim: “If you stop using the Encore platform, you can keep your existing infrastructure and run your own CI/CD pipeline using Encore's open-source tools.” Mixed support from reviews. Reviewers cite open-source operation and self-hosting in their own infrastructure or cloud, supporting portability aspects of the claim. However, another reviewer reports that Encore creates a tight binding and requires significant code changes to move away, so the reviews are mixed and do not directly establish the full CI/CD-continuity claim. - “Self hosting on our own infrastructure is a plus too” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-12279968) - “the platform is open source and you can run it in your own cloud on AWS or GCP.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11136419) - “It will create a tight binding with your project and it will be tough to move away from encore if required in future. It will take significant code changes.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11109324) Source: [https://encore.cloud/pricing](https://encore.cloud/pricing) ## Claim: “Encore is designed to avoid lock-in.” Mixed support from reviews. Reviewers are split: some report cloud-agnostic deployment, support for running Encore in their own AWS or GCP cloud, and avoiding vendor lock-in, while another says Encore creates a tight binding that makes moving away difficult and requires significant code changes. - “I like that Encore allows us to use cloud features like PubSub without vendor lock in, so we can write our code in a cloud-agnostic way and deploy it anywhere.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-12110429) - “the platform is open source and you can run it in your own cloud on AWS or GCP.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11136419) - “It will create a tight binding with your project and it will be tough to move away from encore if required in future. It will take significant code changes.” [Read Full Review](https://www.g2.com/products/encore-encore/reviews/encore-review-11109324) Source: [https://encore.cloud/pricing](https://encore.cloud/pricing)