IBM Cloud Container Registry vs JFrog Container Registry comparison

IBM Cloud Container Registry vs. JFrog Container Registry

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Cloud Container Registry

Ranking in Container Registry

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

JFrog Container Registry

Ranking in Container Registry

3rd

Average Rating

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Container Registry category, the mindshare of IBM Cloud Container Registry is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JFrog Container Registry is 30.5%, up from 26.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Manuel Cruz

Manager, Information Technology at Universidade do Porto

Ensures students only have access while on campus but is expensive

It was limited because it was only to support a program. There was some benefits because we didn't have the infrastructure physically, so we would have to buy it. We didn't have to make an investment at the beginning. It has pay-as-you-use pricing. It was good for us. In this Business Intelligence and Analytics program, there are about 15 courses. In 10 courses, they use the cloud infrastructure, different software. They have MySQL database with lots of data. They have to do exercises and and analyze the the data. Basically, they had to do a lot of exercises regarding machine learning. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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Sai Balaji Bonagiri

DevOps Engineer at Infosys

Self-hosted and works well in hybrid SaaS environments and automation is fast without any breakdowns

In my experience, there was a bit of a learning curve at the beginning. It can be somewhat challenging to install and get started. However, once you gain some experience, working with JFrog becomes much easier. Overall, it's manageable for beginners, but there might be a bit of a learning curve. I'd call myself an intermediate user.

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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

"We use the the IBM cloud to provide the computing solution for the course."

"The product is efficient and can be used for multiple environments."

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

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

"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."

Cons

"IBM Cloud Container Registry should improve its API management. One improvement factor could be enhancing the integration capabilities of container registries like Harbor with hyperscaler platforms. While some container registries, like Azure Container Registry and IBM Cloud Container Registry, are tightly integrated with their respective hyperscaler environments, others may lack integration options."

"Price should be reduced."

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

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is recommended to enterprises due to its high costs."

"JFrog Container Registry is a very expensive solution."

"The solution is expensive."

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

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

12%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Cloud Container Registry?

The product is efficient and can be used for multiple environments.

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

I rate the pricing at six on a scale, of ten where ten is expensive.

What needs improvement with IBM Cloud Container Registry?

The price should be reduced.

What do you like most about JFrog Container Registry?

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

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

JFrog Container Registry is a very expensive solution. On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution’s pricing a two out of ten.

What needs improvement with JFrog Container Registry?

The solution's documentation available over the internet is not straightforward and customer-friendly. The documentation is mostly for the on-prem services, and there's no documentation for the clo...

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Overview

IBM Cloud Container Registry provides a multi-tenant, highly available, private image registry that is hosted and managed by IBM. You can use the registry by adding a namespace that is private to your account and then push images to your namespace. ... A tag is an identifier of an image within a repository.

IBM

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.

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IBM Cloud Container Registry vs. JFrog Container Registry