# Cohesivity vs Encore

Encore: “Backend infrastructure for humans and agents.”

Encore takes a framework's view of the backend. You write services in Encore's TypeScript or Go, declare the database, pub/sub, and cron you need in code, and Encore turns that into infrastructure, deploying to your own AWS or GCP through Encore Cloud. Its MCP server even gives agents visibility into your services and schemas. It is a clean, typed way to build backends, and it courts agents openly.

Cohesivity is not a framework, and it does not deploy to your cloud. Its coding agent provisions ready-made managed services, a database, storage, auth, hosting, and AI, over one HTTP API, with no signup and no cloud account of your own. The project runs for 72 hours, then you claim it. So the split is where the infrastructure lives and who owns it. Encore generates infra you run on your cloud after signing up. Cohesivity provisions infra it runs, with no account.

side by side

## Cohesivity and Encore, on the points that differ

__Comparison of Cohesivity and Encore__
|               | Cohesivity                                              | Encore                                                                            |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| model         | Managed services provisioned over HTTP by the agent.    | A backend framework (TypeScript/Go) that generates infrastructure from code.      |
| where it runs | On Cohesivity. The app just calls the services.         | On your own AWS or GCP, deployed through Encore Cloud.                            |
| signup        | None. The agent provisions, then you claim the project. | Encore Cloud requires a signup; cloud deploys use your own AWS/GCP account.       |
| agent role    | The agent provisions the actual backend resources.      | An MCP server gives agents visibility into services you provision through Encore. |
| billing       | Free $0, Plus $20, Pro $100, one shared balance.        | A free tier, paid per member, plus your own cloud infrastructure costs.           |

where Cohesivity fits

- No cloud account of your own. Encore deploys to your AWS or GCP, which you set up and pay for. Cohesivity runs the services itself, so there is no cloud account behind it.
- The agent provisions the resources, not just reads them. Encore's MCP gives an agent visibility into what you built. Cohesivity's agent stands up the database and storage directly.
- No framework to adopt. If you would rather call an API for standard services than write against Encore's framework, the agent provisions plain Postgres, storage, auth and hosting.

when Encore is the better call

Pick Encore if you want a typed backend framework. Declaring infrastructure in code, with the type safety and structure Encore gives your services, is a genuinely good way to build, and generic provisioning does not replace it.

Pick Encore if you want the backend to run on your own cloud. Deploying to your AWS or GCP keeps the infrastructure and the data under your account, which some teams need.

The difference is ownership and shape. Encore is a framework that deploys to your cloud. Cohesivity is managed services the agent provisions with no account. If you want infrastructure-as-code on your own cloud, Encore is built for that.

questions

### Is Cohesivity an Encore alternative?

For the case where you want managed backend services provisioned by an agent with no signup, and you would rather not adopt a framework or deploy to your own cloud, yes. Encore is a backend framework that generates infrastructure and deploys it to your AWS or GCP through Encore Cloud, after a signup.

### Does Cohesivity deploy to my own AWS or GCP like Encore?

No. Cohesivity runs the services itself and exposes them over HTTP, so there is no cloud account of yours involved. Encore deploys the infrastructure it generates onto your own cloud.

### Do I need to sign up like Encore Cloud requires?

No. A Cohesivity project runs 72 hours with no account and no card, then you claim it. Encore Cloud requires a signup, and cloud deploys use your own AWS or GCP account.

### Can my agent provision the actual backend, not just inspect it?

Yes. Cohesivity's agent provisions the database, storage, auth and hosting directly over HTTP. Encore's MCP gives agents visibility into infrastructure you provision through Encore.

related comparisons

Encore details verified 2026-07-22 from encore.dev, including that Encore Cloud requires a signup and cloud deploys use your own AWS/GCP. Cohesivity details from its own docs. Check current terms with each provider.

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