Encore Cloud vs AWS CloudFormation
See why thousands of developers choose Encore Cloud's developer-first cloud platform over other solutions
"We've run Encore in production for over 2 years and I honestly don't know how we'd have accomplished as much without it. I don't miss spending days writing AWS CDK, deploying and managing message queues, and about a dozen other things that Encore took of our plates."
— Mason Stewart, CTO of Bookshop.org
Time to Market
Encore Cloud
Automatic local development environment- Built-in CI/CD pipeline
- Infrastructure defined in application code
- No cloud-specific knowledge required
AWS CloudFormation
Complex YAML/JSON templates- No local development solution
- Manual CI/CD setup required
- Deep AWS knowledge required
Faster iterations
Ship faster with confidence using Encore Cloud
Accelerate your development cycle without compromising on quality. Encore Cloud's integrated workflow helps you move from idea to production rapidly and safely.
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Developer Experience
Encore Cloud
- Local development matches production
- Automatic service discovery and type-safe APIs
- Built-in distributed tracing
- Automatic API documentation
- One command to start developing
AWS CloudFormation
- Verbose YAML/JSON configuration
- Manual service configuration
- Additional tools needed for tracing
- Manual API documentation
- Steep learning curve
Faster onboarding
Encore Cloud lets you focus on your product, not cloud complexity
Focus on building features instead of wrestling with infrastructure. Encore's developer experience is designed to maximize productivity and quality.
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Infrastructure Management
Encore Cloud
- Cloud agnostic - deploy to AWS or GCP
- Automatic infrastructure provisioning
- Built-in Preview Environments
- Automatic least privilege IAM
- Infrastructure defined by application code
AWS CloudFormation
- AWS-only, vendor lock-in
- Complex template management
- Manual preview environment setup
- Complex IAM configuration
- Difficult to maintain and update
Less time on DevOps
No infrastructure management required with Encore Cloud
Dramatically reduce your team's time spent on DevOps. Encore Cloud automatically provisions all infrastructure from local to your cloud on AWS/GCP.
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