Harbor vs VMware Harbor Registry comparison

GoHarbor and VMware are both solutions in the Container Registry category. GoHarbor is ranked #3 with an average rating of 9.0, while VMware is ranked #7 with an average rating of 9.0. GoHarbor holds a 26.7% mindshare in CR, compared to VMware’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of GoHarbor users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of VMware users who would recommend it.

Harbor

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100% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

Harbor

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Harbor and VMware Harbor Registry based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Harbor

Ranking in Container Registry

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VMware Harbor Registry

Ranking in Container Registry

7th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Container Registry category, the mindshare of Harbor is 26.7%, down from 28.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Harbor Registry is 1.6%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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reviewer2584182

DevOps Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Enhance security with automated vulnerability detection and private registry support

We use Harbor for Docker containers to build from our GitLab CI/CD pipeline. This pipeline then automatically pushes to our Harbor instance. We are still working on storing Helm charts in the Harbor instance as well Harbor has improved our organization's security and stability in our container…

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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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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Harbor?

Harbor is open source and part of the graduated Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) landscape, making it a cost-effective solution.

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What needs improvement with Harbor?

There is a need for more support for public repositories, like the Google Cloud GTR, which is not as integrated as desired. Additionally, more example implementations for installation using Ansible...

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What is your primary use case for Harbor?

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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?

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What is your primary use case for VMware Harbor Registry?

I have been working with the VMware Harbor Registry for three years. I am currently using version 2.93 of the VMware Harbor Registry. For Harbor, we use both open source and enterprise versions; we...

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Overview

Harbor is an open source container image registry that secures images with role-based access control, scans images for vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted. A CNCF Incubating project, Harbor delivers compliance, performance, and interoperability to help you consistently and securely manage images across cloud native compute platforms like Kubernetes and Docker.

GoHarbor

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

AXA, Talking Data

360 Total Security, OVHcloud, TalkingData, Trend Micro

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