JFrog Container Registry vs VMware Harbor Registry comparison

JFrog and Broadcom are both solutions in the Container Registry category. JFrog is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.5, while Broadcom is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.0. JFrog holds a 27.3% mindshare in CR, compared to Broadcom’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of JFrog users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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50% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between JFrog Container Registry 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

JFrog Container Registry

Ranking in Container Registry

2nd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

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 JFrog Container Registry is 27.3%, down from 30.8% 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 (%)
JFrog Container Registry	27.3%
VMware Harbor Registry	2.2%
Other	70.5%

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Sharath SK

Senior Consultant at Mettler-Toledo International Inc.

Eases artifact management and boosts SDLC efficiency with robust vulnerability scanning

When managing Docker images, I find that JFrog Container Registry has very low latency when pushing or pulling images, which is a significant reason we are using JFrog, along with easily configurable endpoints to the application. We don't use the replication capabilities of JFrog Container Registry because we tag different sets of containers for every release. Over the years, I have seen nice improvements to the user interface of JFrog Container Registry, and I hope that more additional capabilities come in the future so that we can keep using this tool. Currently, JFrog Container Registry does not support my AI-driven workloads as we haven't explored that direction yet, but it's a consideration for future purposes. We have plans to increase the usage of JFrog Container Registry in the future as we have other products in the pipeline, and once they complete the MVP phase, we will take the next initiatives. Currently, we only have two endpoints for JFrog, one from AWS and one from Azure. Overall, I would rate JFrog Container Registry an eight.

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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

"It supports multi-cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP."

"I have built an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline with JFrog and the registry on Kubernetes, utilizing Jenkins, JFrog X-ray, and more."

"We have integrated JFrog Xray, and we use it for storage purposes."

"The most valuable feature of JFrog Container Registry for me has been the X-ray scans because when we ship the product, we need to ensure that there are no vulnerabilities in our application, and X-ray helps us find vulnerabilities in our containers or Helm charts."

"We use the solution to compile the codes before publishing them. We utilize third-party containers and codes, downloading them to the JFrog Container Registry. Developers then access it from the JFrog Container Registry, and there's a specific job responsible for running and validating all security checks, ensuring compatibility. If there are any issues or if packages require updates, we manage those updates through this system."

"It was a good experience with JFrog Container Registry."

"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

"In my experience, there was a bit of a learning curve at the beginning. It can be somewhat challenging to install and get started."

"Pricing, purge of data or historical data, ease of usage, pricing model, setting the current pricing, changes in the configuration so that the pricing can be brought down, and better utilization of JFrog Container Registry are the issues I face."

"One challenge we face is related to performance. Our integration involves GitHab and JFrog Container Registry, with pipelines fetching data from GitHub and JFrog Container Registry for third-party code. However, there are instances where this process can slow down the pipeline."

"The solution's documentation available over the internet is not straightforward and customer-friendly."

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

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"JFrog Container Registry is a very expensive solution."

"The pricing is somewhat expensive compared to its competitors. We use the Pro version."

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Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about JFrog Container Registry?

It supports multi-cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JFrog Container Registry?

JFrog pricing includes self-hosted and cloud options, with costs based on licenses, subscriptions, number of nodes, and repository limits. Licensing costs are $3 per year, which I feel is reasonable.

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What needs improvement with JFrog Container Registry?

Pricing, purge of data or historical data, ease of usage, pricing model, setting the current pricing, changes in the configuration so that the pricing can be brought down, and better utilization of...

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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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Overview

The JFrog Container Registry is a repository manager, which supports Docker and Helm registries and Generic repositories, allowing you to build, deploy and manage your container images while providing powerful features with fine-grained permission control behind a sleek and easy-to-use UI.

JFrog

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).

Broadcom

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