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Tushar Shankar - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead - QA at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
Has valuable elasticity features and a simple setup process
Pros and Cons
  • "The technical support services are excellent."
  • "The UI for managing ECR and other services could be improved. It could be user-friendly compared to other cloud services."

What is our primary use case?

The solution is also used for managing containers and is integrated into our overall application hosting environment. It helps us store and manage Docker container images for our applications.

What is most valuable?

The platform's most valuable features are its elasticity and responsiveness. It is well-integrated with AWS services, and the quick turnaround time for support tickets is particularly notable. It helps in maintaining the smooth operation of our containerized applications.

What needs improvement?

The UI for managing ECR and other services could be improved. It could be user-friendly compared to other cloud services.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Amazon ECR for approximately four to five years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The platform consistently performs well. On the rare occasions when there are glitches, we are promptly informed. Notifications and updates are sent via email to all users of the services, ensuring that any issues are quickly addressed.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The platform is scalable. The continuous improvements across various services are commendable. The introduction of artificial intelligence has been particularly beneficial, with several of our teams leveraging AI and machine learning technologies. The automation capabilities embedded in each service are outstanding, allowing us to utilize tools such as Terraform to automate and streamline our operations effectively. Overall, the scalability and its AI and automation features significantly enhance our operational efficiency.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support services are excellent. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The setup process is simple, but the user interface could be improved for better management.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is expensive. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon ECR an eight out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Chakradhar Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Fullness Web Solutions
Real User
Top 5
Effortless deployment and strong service integration with an easy setup
Pros and Cons
  • "The integration with AWS services is very easy, and the deployment and initial setup are pretty straightforward."
  • "There is no room for improvement mentioned; it's good as is."

What is our primary use case?

If you are in an AWS environment and running a Kubernetes cluster, Amazon ECR is very easy to use.

How has it helped my organization?

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

What is most valuable?

Ease of use and no configuration required make Amazon ECR very easy to use.

What needs improvement?

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

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There are no issues with the stability while using ECR.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon ECR is pretty scalable.

How are customer service and support?

The support is great with Amazon.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is pretty straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing of ECR is average compared to its competitors.

What other advice do I have?

If they are in the AWS tech stack, I definitely recommend Amazon ECR.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Md Naseem - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Fssai
Real User
Top 10
Useful for multi-architecture and microservices applications
Pros and Cons
  • "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, utilizing load balancers via AWS features allows us to manage all traffic."
  • "Amazon ECR needs to improve its downtime."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for multi-architecture and microservices applications. We must create a Dockerfile for applications and build the image using Dockerfile. After that, push this Docker image on Amazon ECR, using AWS CI/CD and building processes. 

What is most valuable?

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, utilizing load balancers via AWS features allows us to manage all traffic. 

There are multiple roles, such as AM roles, security groups, etc., to improve security. We can get AWS-friendly dashboards. 

What needs improvement?

Amazon ECR needs to improve its downtime. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product for four years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Amazon ECR's stability a nine out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

By creating multiple replicas of a service, such as the front end, running on different Docker images, we can easily increase the number of replicas from, for instance, four to five. This scaling process ensures there is no downtime. It is similar to Kubernetes ports.

I rate the tool's scalability a nine out of ten. Our organization has around ten users who manage and create resources like Amazon ECR. The number of users accessing ECR can vary, with some months experiencing heavier usage, particularly for e-commerce websites with heavy traffic. In contrast, other websites, like school websites, may have limited users.

How are customer service and support?

I haven't contacted technical support since we can manage the tool ourselves. 

How was the initial setup?

The tool's deployment time varies depending on the application and source code. Typically, it can take five to ten minutes for Docker images to be deployed. The duration largely depends on factors such as the size and complexity of the Docker images. It is easy. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate the overall product a nine out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Aravindhan Suresh - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Hippo Video
Real User
Swift, stable, and has no downtime; it has documentation on how to set it up, making it straightforward
Pros and Cons
  • "What I like most about Amazon ECR is that it's swift."
  • "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)."

What is our primary use case?

My current company uses monolithic and microservices architecture based on customers' wants or needs. My company's usage of Docker is now limited, and I have full permission to use Amazon ECR.

What is most valuable?

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

What needs improvement?

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). However, after your hands-on as a newbie, it becomes easy to use Amazon ECR.

Amazon ECR also lacks documentation that would make learning easier for newbies. I have to teach others about IAM and its purpose, how to use it, and the access key to access private images in Amazon ECR.

I want Amazon ECR to integrate with other repositories and cloud services. For example, I should be able to see the containers and images uploaded to the containers. I should see uploaded images to Docker, Azure Container Registry, etc. because that would make it easier for me to select the images for deployment. That's the feature that would be most useful for developers.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Amazon ECR since July 2022. I'm even using it today.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon ECR is stable, with no downtime so far. This is also the case with Azure Container Registry. Stability-wise, Amazon ECR is top-notch, and I can say the same for Azure Container Registry.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon ECR is scalable, but my company is currently in the POC stage on the pay-as-you-go plan, so it has limited users. Currently, this scale is sufficient for my company for Docker and Kubernetes architecture.

How are customer service and support?

I have yet to contact the support team for Amazon ECR.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

My company uses both Amazon ECR and Azure Container Registry, and I can see the difference. Amazon ECR is very fast. It's five or six seconds faster than Azure Container Registry, so I recommend it.

The company uses Amazon products, so it had the idea to use Amazon ECR. My company also found Azure Container Registry more costly than Amazon ECR.

How was the initial setup?

Amazon ECR has a straightforward setup, plus Amazon has a guide on how to create, upload, pull and push, etc. There's also a guide on commands, which makes the tool easy to set up.

The deployment time is wholly based on the docker image size and the location. For example, the pulling and pushing time takes longer if the docker image is greater than 2 GB or 3 GB. Including the Docker push and pull, and the Kubernetes cluster run, deployment takes about five to six minutes. If the docker image is below 500MB, the deployment time would only take two minutes.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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.

What other advice do I have?

My current project has six Amazon ECR users, primarily two developers, and four cloud engineers.

Before jumping into Amazon ECR, you must have a strong understanding of IAM, what Docker is, and how a container registry works, mainly how it stores artifacts and images, including how you can access Amazon ECR through IAM policies. Most people who jump right into Amazon ECR without the required knowledge usually face deployment issues caused by IAM policies, denied permissions or authorizations, etc., mainly because most companies use private container registries for security purposes. If you're concerned about security, you should first learn about IAM and role-based access policies.

With my recent experience using Amazon ECR, I can rate it ten out of ten. I haven't faced any single issue or downtime from it. I'm delighted with the service.

My company is an Amazon ECR customer.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Chief Technology Officer at ML Cloud LLC
Real User
Scalable solution with an easy initial setup process
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is very stable."
  • "Its support for system architecture needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution to manage microservices. 

What is most valuable?

The solution is straightforward to use.

What needs improvement?

The solution's support for system architecture could be better. Also, there could be specific training module videos included. It is time-consuming to refer to YouTube videos to figure out the solution's architecture.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable. It is well established within the AWS environment. I don't have to maintain the servers as well.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is very scalable. It can handle as many containers as required.

How are customer service and support?

The solution's initial support is good. I rate it an eight out of ten. At the same time, its support for system architecture needs improvement. It needs to include highly skilled executives for it. I rate it a seven out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup process is simple. It takes a couple of minutes to complete and requires only one executive. I have to maintain the source code of the backend to generate containers for it.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution's price is reasonable compared to Google and Azure.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I evaluated Azure and Google platforms. In comparison, Amazon ECR is better in terms of all the features and support services they offer.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a ten. It is easy, reliable and well-integrated into the AWS infrastructure.

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Luiz Campedelli - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Intern at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 20
Cost-effective image management enhances deployment process
Pros and Cons
  • "The ECR solution is good. It is integrated with AWS, and it's free. Everything is free, which makes it nice to use."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

Today, I am a solutions architect working for a Brazilian company. We generally work with ECS, application load balancers, Lambda, WAF, Shield, and GuardDuty. We also use databases like RDS and Aurora for both NoSQL and SQL environments and SageMaker for AI. 

I utilize ECR to register my images when deploying to ECS. Usually, I conduct a lot of proof of concept work, and that's why I use it to make my pipeline to demonstrate to future clients how to deploy a Docker ECS infrastructure.

What is most valuable?

The ECR solution is good. It is integrated with AWS, and it's free. Everything is free, which makes it nice to use. 

Since I hosted my image in ECR, it stayed there for my project until deployment, with no charges incurred for storage during that period. This makes it a cost-effective option, especially useful when making images private without added costs.

What needs improvement?

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. This would reduce the time spent searching for information and expedite the deployment of my ECR images using my setup.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with ECR for the past six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There were no downtimes or performance issues with Amazon ECR.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have not tried to scale it. My process is straightforward and simple.

How are customer service and support?

I haven't had to escalate any questions about the ECR product specifically. My experience with AWS's basic support has been positive; they were prompt and precise, helping me with other issues.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I use either Docker Hub or ECR to manage images.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup involved pushing my image using the CLI to the cloud, which was complex and required checking the documentation. A tunnel was needed because my services were global, while my Docker images were private, adding complexity.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

When using ECR, pricing is not an issue for me, as it does not charge for private images, unlike other services.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend ECR to companies aiming to keep images private without incurring costs. Money is a big issue in cloud economics, and ECR is cost-effective.

I'd rate it eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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reviewer2592177 - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS GenAI Data Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Seamless Docker compatibility enhances containerization experience with fair pricing
Pros and Cons
  • "The Docker compatibility that ECR offers is probably the most beneficial aspect of the solution."
  • "The documentation could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use ECR to host file images for our products. We are working on a few in-house products related to GenAI and agentic application. For any website or application that we're creating, we create Docker images for that.

How has it helped my organization?

Having a place where we can store or host our images on the same platform as our primary infrastructure is very beneficial for management, cost management, and privacy.

What is most valuable?

The Docker compatibility that ECR offers is probably the most beneficial aspect of this solution. Docker is one of the most popular platforms for containerization, and having compatibility with that is significant.

What needs improvement?

The documentation could be improved, and I would say this about all AWS services. Even though AWS covers pretty much every use case there is for a particular product, the documentation for these services lacks in some way. Additionally, they could offer backwards compatibility to other containerization platforms and maybe provide legacy support.

For how long have I used the solution?

It's just been a month since I got familiar with ECR.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I've never had a problem with ECR. It hasn't given me any downtime, availability issues, or reliability issues since I've been working with it.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Our DevOps engineers handle scalability, so I haven't encountered any issues.

How are customer service and support?

While I have not used customer service for this particular service, I have used AWS support for a few other services.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before ECR, for my personal projects, I used to go with Docker Hub.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. The AWS console itself is a wonderful tool to access AWS services, and that has never given me any problems either.

What about the implementation team?

There is a team that handles the maintenance.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I haven't explored setup costs a lot. So far, it's not very expensive to host images on ECR.

What other advice do I have?

Any user who is going for this particular service should first look into the cost and analyze the cost inflicted on their account for their use case.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Manager Development at BNT SOFT INC
Real User
Top 5
Scans images for vulnerabilities and is well integrated with other services
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of the solution is the scanning of images for vulnerabilities."
  • "Amazon ECR should include integration with Docker Hub."

What is our primary use case?

Our complete DevOps pipeline is set up, and the images are pushed through that to Amazon ECR.

What is most valuable?

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

What needs improvement?

Amazon ECR should include integration with Docker Hub.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon ECR for three to four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon ECR is a stable solution.

I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup is simple.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution's pricing depends upon the region. The solution's prices are high in India as compared to the US.

What other advice do I have?

Amazon ECR is well integrated with other Amazon products. Amazon ECR is deployed on the cloud in our organization. I would recommend the solution to other users. Amazon ECR is a mature product that is quite well integrated with other services. Amazon ECR's smooth integration allows you to use it quickly in your workflow.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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