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 #2 with an average rating of 8.4, while Broadcom is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 18.3% mindshare in CR, compared to Broadcom’s 1.6% 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

VMware Harbor Registry

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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

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

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 October 2025, in the Container Registry category, the mindshare of Amazon ECR is 18.3%, up from 16.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Harbor Registry is 1.6%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Container Registry Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon ECR	18.3%
VMware Harbor Registry	1.6%
Other	80.1%

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Eli Chavez

Senior Project Manager at NTT DATA

Solution delivers consistent reliability and high stability

ECR is reliable, however, I don't consider it the best container registry available. The main reason is that it is not entirely based on the original Docker registry. For instance, I prefer Azure's ACR because, in ACR, there is no need to create repositories; I simply push. Logging into the repository and specifying the path automatically creates everything. This structure resembles an S3 setup with a container registry layout.

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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

"The most tool's valuable feature is image scanning."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon ECR is its ease of use and the centralized management console."

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

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

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

"The autoscaling functionality is the main beneficial feature of Amazon ECR. It simplifies management, but some configurations can complicate things a bit."

"There are no issues. The service is remarkably stable."

"Amazon ECR has a native integration with all AWS services, making it convenient for use within the AWS ecosystem."

More Amazon ECR pros

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

Cons

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

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

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

"I suggest making it more aligned with the Docker registry version two API specification."

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

"It would be great if they could also provide a reference to fix the errors or vulnerabilities in the images rather than just notifying us about them."

"The documentation could be improved."

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

"The product is expensive."

"The solution's prices are high in India as compared to the US."

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

"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 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."

"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

14%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

25%

Retailer

10%

Transportation Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	4
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?

I haven't observed the costs associated with Amazon ECR services in detail.

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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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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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Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

360 Total Security, OVHcloud, TalkingData, Trend Micro

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