JFrog Container Registry vs VMware Harbor Registry comparison

JFrog and Broadcom are both solutions in the Container Registry category. JFrog is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.5, while Broadcom is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.0. JFrog holds a 29.7% mindshare in CR, compared to Broadcom’s 1.6% 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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83% willing to recommend

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50% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

JFrog Container Registry

Ranking in Container Registry

1st

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 October 2025, in the Container Registry category, the mindshare of JFrog Container Registry is 29.7%, up from 29.9% 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 (%)
JFrog Container Registry	29.7%
VMware Harbor Registry	1.6%
Other	68.7%

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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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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 was a good experience with JFrog Container Registry."

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

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

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

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."

"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, 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."

"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."

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

"JFrog Container Registry is a very expensive solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

23%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Retailer

Logistics Company

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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?

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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

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).

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