Best Shuttle Alternatives

Encore is a backend development framework for TypeScript and Go that automates infrastructure provisioning from application code. Developers define APIs, databases, cron jobs, and pub/sub topics using framework primitives, and Encore generates the necessary cloud infrastructure on AWS or GCP. Includes local development tooling with service catalog, tracing, and automatic API documentation.

Porter is a YC-backed platform-as-a-service that provides a Heroku-like deployment experience on top of Kubernetes. It abstracts away cluster management while giving teams full access to underlying infrastructure when needed. Supports deploying from Git repos, Docker images, or Helm charts with automatic HTTPS, scaling, and preview environments. Runs on AWS, GCP, or Azure.