As an artist and creative coder working at the intersection of art and technology, I find Encore incredibly versatile. Its clean, functional interface and logical structure make backend development almost effortless. I especially appreciate how endpoints are generated and organized—this approach supports scalability without demanding premature complexity. While my artistic applications may never need to scale like a dating app, knowing the potential is there gives me confidence that I’m building projects with solid foundations, not just fragile prototypes. Additionally, the built-in cloud integration is seamless, and the documentation is refreshingly concise and to the point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

To be honest, there’s little to criticize, but I’d say Encore may feel slightly opinionated in its architecture, which might deter developers who prefer more manual control or highly customized backend patterns. While this isn’t a deal-breaker for me, as someone who values elegance and convention, others might find the abstraction layers restrictive. Furthermore, broader third-party integrations or plugin ecosystems could enhance flexibility for unconventional workflows, particularly in niche artistic or cultural tech projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I discovered encore.dev back when only the Go SDK existed, and it already impressed me with its opinionated, batteries-included approach to building backends. But since the launch of the TypeScript version, I honestly can’t imagine developing without it. Getting a fully-typed API and database layer up and running takes literally minutes—thanks to Encore’s CLI, your Prisma schema and REST or GraphQL endpoints are scaffolded for you, complete with validation and auth hooks. The end-to-end TypeScript support means I catch bugs at compile time rather than in production, and the instant feedback loop—code, build, and hot-reload—is a game changer for productivity. Encore’s built-in observability (metrics, tracing, logging) also feels seamless in TypeScript, giving me full visibility into my services without having to wire up external tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

To be honest, I’ve struggled to find significant drawbacks. The documentation for TypeScript is still growing, so occasionally I’ll hunt through the Go examples for inspiration—but because the APIs are so similar, that’s never really slowed me down. Also, some community plugins (e.g., for GraphQL federation) are less mature than in the Go ecosystem, but Encore’s open-source philosophy and active development roadmap give me confidence that these gaps will close soon. Overall, the TypeScript version’s strong typing, rapid iteration, and integrated tooling make encore.dev my go-to backend framework—far ahead of other “serverless” or “BaaS” alternatives I’ve tried. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cloud first nature of encore is really helpful. Just after creating an app I can upload it to encore cloud and share it with anyone.

Encore automatically generates REST APIs and comes with built in API documentation support which is really handy.

It really combines so many softwares into 1 tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The community is still growing given it was only released last year hence there is limited support available compared to other frameworks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Encore stands out for its ease of use and smooth implementation. 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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Encore integrates well with most tools, there’s some limitation in customization for advanced infrastructure setups. Also, its opinionated framework may require some adjustment for teams used to more manual or flexible DevOps approaches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The performance of Encore is incredible, we had already tested other frameworks to replace points where we were having performance issues. Encore has an EXTREMELY SIMPLE learning curve, and not having to depend on anyone to deploy in Kubernetes is what made my team's eyes light up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being a new platform, it lacks some features that are already in its Go version, such as Redis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The speed in which I was able to accomplish the job I set out to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far the only thing that I did not like was there is no support for top level unions with the TypeScript version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Encore is a great tool if you want to concentrate on developing business features. Encore guides you towards best practices for micro services and enterprise integration patterns but saves you the DevOps head-ache. Especially for startups that want to provide a SaaS product, I would recommend giving Encore a try. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Encore is new and does not -- yet -- have all of the features you might want today. But taking into account the responsiveness of their team that likely won't be an issue for long. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you are building backend or fullstack web services you should certainly give Encore a look. It has a pretty unique approach to integrating services with static analysis of your TypeScript or Go code (auto generating validation, API docs, and API clients etc.) that I think is really valuable. Also, the platform is open source and you can run it in your own cloud on AWS or GCP. The support by the founders is outstanding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I haven't found any major disadvantages so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zero bootstrap / onboarding, no longer have to think about devops / provisioning infrastrcutre, great observability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing to reports so far on the dislikes side Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One language, end-to-end: Building APIs, business logic, and infrastructure all in TypeScript means our team never context-switches between Terraform, YAML, or cloud consoles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Plugin marketplace: While core integrations (Postgres, Redis, S3) are solid, community-contributed adapters (e.g. MongoDB, RabbitMQ) would broaden appeal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.