Amazon ECR vs Red Hat Quay comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Red Hat are both solutions in the Container Registry category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.6, while Red Hat is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 17.5% mindshare in CR, compared to Red Hat’s 8.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Amazon ECR

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100% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon ECR and Red Hat Quay based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Container Registry solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon ECR

Ranking in Container Registry

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Red Hat Quay

Ranking in Container Registry

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Container Registry category, the mindshare of Amazon ECR is 17.5%, up from 17.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Quay is 8.7%, up from 8.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Eli Chavez

Senior Project Manager at NTT DATA

Solution delivers consistent reliability and high stability

ECR is reliable, however, I don't consider it the best container registry available. The main reason is that it is not entirely based on the original Docker registry. For instance, I prefer Azure's ACR because, in ACR, there is no need to create repositories; I simply push. Logging into the repository and specifying the path automatically creates everything. This structure resembles an S3 setup with a container registry layout.

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SunilkumarSivan

Sr. DevOps Engineer (OpenShift/Kubernetes) at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Pretty user-friendly, efficient user management and continuously updated with new versions

It's pretty user-friendly. It's operator-based, and there's no complication in setting it up. Things like downloading an image, pulling an image, tagging, and pushing it back to the needed organization are fairly easy compared to doing things through the command-line interface. Red Hat is constantly improving its product. Every new version rollout comes with updates that enhance performance. One example is that we used to experience issues when clicking on a repository if we had thousands of them in the registry. In the latest versions, those things have been taken care of.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the scanning of images for vulnerabilities."

"What I like most about Amazon ECR is that it's swift."

"The most valuable feature is that Amazon ECR is very simple and useful."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon ECR is how it organizes the code and the infrastructure."

"The technical support services are excellent."

"ECR provides robust security features, including image scanning and vulnerability assessment, supported by AWS identity and access management for fine-grained access control."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon ECR is its ease of use and the centralized management console."

"The autoscaling functionality is the main beneficial feature of Amazon ECR. It simplifies management, but some configurations can complicate things a bit."

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"Things like downloading an image, pulling an image, tagging, and pushing it back to the needed organization are fairly easy compared to doing things through the command-line interface."

"It's easy to use, and it does what it is meant for."

Cons

"There could be improvements to the interface of AWS concerning ECR."

"One area for improvement in Amazon ECR is its complexity. It's pretty complex for newbies, particularly learning about private repositories, including how to access Amazon ECR through AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)."

"Amazon ECR should improve the integration with Amazon CloudWatch. For example, allowing us to monitor the queues better. Additionally, some of the features could be made more accessible."

"Providing more ways to scan the image integrated with ECR would enhance security in the software development life cycle."

"There were a few issues related to the roles, policies, and retrieval of data when trying to fetch images for deployment on Amazon ECS. This can involve permissions and configuration complexities."

"There is no room for improvement mentioned; it's good as is."

"The documentation could be improved."

"It would be great if they could also provide a reference to fix the errors or vulnerabilities in the images rather than just notifying us about them."

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"Nothing is happening regarding AI. I don’t see the role of AI currently."

"It could be more integrated with other platforms."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's prices are high in India as compared to the US."

"The main difference between Amazon ECR and other solutions, like Google Kubernetes Engine, is that I haven't personally used GKE. However, I know that GKE costs around $60 per month, which is quite cost-effective."

"My company currently has Amazon ECR under the pay-as-you-go model. The tool is more affordable than Azure Container Registry, and it's worth the money."

"Amazon ECR does not have a high cost."

"The solution's price is reasonable compared to its competitors"

"The product is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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By reviewers

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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?

In the ECR setup, we use a container registry per region. All accounts are within a shared account, which we call a shared account. We share the container registry across various accounts within ou...

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What needs improvement with Amazon ECR?

I suggest making it more aligned with the Docker registry version two API specification. If they achieve this, it would be excellent. Eli is an example of such an implementation.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Quay?

From the AI perspective, it just serves as a container registry at this point. We are also looking for the possibility to retain a VM image from Quay, which is not possible currently. So, nothing i...

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What is your primary use case for Red Hat Quay?

We use Red Hat Quay as a single source of truth for all of our container images. We store all the container images that are used in the OpenShift platform.

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What advice do you have for others considering Red Hat Quay?

I would definitely recommend it. Overall, I would rate this product an eight out of ten.

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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)

Red Hat Quay is a private container registry that stores, builds, and deploys container images. It analyzes your images for security vulnerabilities, identifying potential issues that can help you mitigate security risks.

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Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

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