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Amazon ECR vs VMware Harbor Registry comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon ECR
Ranking in Container Registry
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Harbor Registry
Ranking in Container Registry
8th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
1
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 VMware Harbor Registry is 1.8%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Registry
 

Featured Reviews

Rikin Parekh - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps to store Docker containers and images but deployment can be complex
If there were a way to use containers as tasks directly, that would simplify things. Currently, when we use EC2 instances, scaling horizontally means increasing the instance count by five times, which might not be cost-effective. Maybe using containers directly for tasks could be a better option. Setting up this product initially does take quite a bit of time, and maintaining it also requires effort. Doing it via command line would be challenging, so I find it easier to manage through the interface.
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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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon ECR?
I haven't observed the costs associated with Amazon ECR services in detail.
What needs improvement with Amazon ECR?
I would appreciate a feature in Amazon ECR that allows direct image downloads from open source into ECR, bypassing the current need to first pull the image to my server. This would streamline the p...
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Also Known As

Amazon Elastic Container Registry
VMware Harbor
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
360 Total Security, OVHcloud, TalkingData, Trend Micro
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