Amazon ECR vs DigitalOcean Container Registry comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and DigitalOcean are both solutions in the Container Registry category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.3, while DigitalOcean is ranked #9. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 16.9% mindshare in CR, compared to DigitalOcean’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon ECR and DigitalOcean Container Registry based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon ECR

Ranking in Container Registry

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

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Ranking in Container Registry

9th

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Container Registry category, the mindshare of Amazon ECR is 16.9%, up from 16.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DigitalOcean Container Registry is 1.4%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Container Registry Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon ECR	16.9%
DigitalOcean Container Registry	1.4%
Other	81.7%

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PrashantaPaudel

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Has supported container workflows through fast image handling and seamless service integrations

The most valuable feature of Amazon ECR is that we can push and pull faster than other similar products. It means saving and retrieving more efficiently. This is not manual dragging and dropping, but rather programmatic taking and saving. I have used Amazon ECR with Lambda, EC2, and EFS. These are integrable services where you can call Amazon ECR from anywhere in AWS. If my product is not always dependent totally on Amazon ECR only, but if the product is dependent on Amazon ECR only, then having a low time to load, low time to save, and a faster containerizing process time would affect the software's response time. This is important.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon ECR?

One feature of Amazon ECR that I find particularly useful is its web interface, which makes management easy. The ability to manage and support token image updates is crucial for us. Moreover, utili...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon ECR?

When it comes to pricing for Amazon ECR, that is the only area AWS has to look into. Services like IoT services or SageMaker are very high, and many times customers complain that while the initial ...

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What needs improvement with Amazon ECR?

For potential areas of improvement in Amazon ECR, I need to check if AWS has features similar to Azure Defender for scanning, getting vulnerabilities, and patching recommendations. Regarding additi...

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Comparisons

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 26% of the time

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Compared 17% of the time

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Also Known As

Amazon Elastic Container Registry

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Overview

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is a fully-managed Docker container registry that makes it easy for developers to store, manage, and deploy Docker container images. Amazon ECR is integrated with Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), simplifying your development to production workflow.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

A managed registry made for developers
Before deploying your app, you're going to want to put your container images somewhere. Our registry lets you store containers for rapid deployment to DigitalOcean Kubernetes.

Simple

Build your container images on any machine, and push them to DigitalOcean Container Registry with the Docker CLI. DigitalOcean Kubernetes seamlessly integrates to facilitate continuous deployment.

Private

Protect sensitive software by storing container images in private repositories. With DigitalOcean Teams, you easily give access to coworkers – and no one else.

Secure

Transfer container images over high speed HTTPs connections to servers across four continents. Container images are stored safely and encrypted at rest.

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

Rainmaker Digital, Accern, Fanout, QuoDeck, Lytham Labs, Route Trust

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