Amazon ECR vs VMware Harbor Registry comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Broadcom are both solutions in the Container Registry category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.3, while Broadcom is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 16.9% mindshare in CR, compared to Broadcom’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Amazon ECR

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100% willing to recommend

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50% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon ECR and VMware Harbor Registry 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

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VMware Harbor Registry

Ranking in Container Registry

7th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

4.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

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 VMware Harbor Registry is 2.2%, up from 1.9% 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%
VMware Harbor Registry	2.2%
Other	80.9%

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PrashantaPaudel

Wordpress Trainer at SpeedZone.fi

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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Sharath SK

Senior Consultant at Mettler-Toledo International Inc.

Effortless setup and comprehensive image scanning enhance project efficiency with minimal manual intervention

The challenge I encountered while using the VMware Harbor Registry is that sometimes the default credentials get overwritten, so we have to restart Harbor to make it function as before. The default credential rewrite is one of the major pains with Harbor, so this has to be improved. They can expand more into the known issue section and support for the older versions. We did check the documentation as well as some of the issues mentioned in GitHub, but they weren't that useful.

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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

"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 that we can push and pull faster than other similar products."

"It is easy to use compared to other container registries."

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

"The integration with AWS services is very easy, and the deployment and initial setup are pretty straightforward."

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

"In the case of Amazon ECR, there are various valuable features we can see. Currently, there are image-scanning capabilities that we use."

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

More Amazon ECR pros

"It is very convenient to automate consistently deploying it to a Kubernetes environment to see how it performs."

"The most valuable features of VMware Harbor Registry are that it's lightweight and the in-built Trivy solution, which I find valuable mainly for the vulnerability scanning that it publishes."

Cons

"If I could use less code and have more of the user interface provide predictions of the coding required in my CLI or Terraform, that would be nice."

"Amazon ECR needs to improve its downtime."

"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's manipulation capability of tags needs to be improved."

"Deeper integration with other security tools would enhance usability."

"Its support for system architecture needs improvement."

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

"There were some initial connectivity issues, especially when accessing ECR from our on-prem setup."

More Amazon ECR cons

"The image scanning in VMware Harbor Registry is quite limited compared to other specialized image scanning tools."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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."

"The product is expensive."

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

"Amazon ECR does not have a high cost."

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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

By reviewers

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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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Harbor Registry?

It's totally free for us.

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What needs improvement with VMware Harbor Registry?

I never determined the accuracy of the scanning because I did not utilize this feature. Unfortunately, I have limited experience as I have only helped utilize from a client's platform that installe...

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What is your primary use case for VMware Harbor Registry?

I am mainly deploying pilot applications in my region where many applications are more traditional and have normally used traditional frameworks. Because of this, they want to implement containeriz...

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Also Known As

Amazon Elastic Container Registry

VMware Harbor

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)

VMware Harbor Registry is an enterprise-class registry server that stores and distributes container images. Harbor allows you to store and manage images for use with Enterprise Pivotal Container Service (Enterprise PKS).

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

360 Total Security, OVHcloud, TalkingData, Trend Micro

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