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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs VMware Harbor Registry comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 16, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure...
Ranking in Container Registry
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
98
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (6th), PaaS Clouds (8th), Marketing Intelligence (1st)
VMware Harbor Registry
Ranking in Container Registry
7th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Container Registry category, the mindshare of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is 1.9%, up from 0.9% 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
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)1.9%
VMware Harbor Registry2.2%
Other95.9%
Container Registry
 

Featured Reviews

Labhesh Hase - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Cost-effectiveness and pricing consistency support diverse high-intensity applications
The services of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) are quite competent when compared to AWS Cloud, and they are also lower in cost. We use compute, storage, and network services. A notable feature is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's consistent global pricing, which is advantageous. Furthermore, applications using Oracle Database not only work seamlessly on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) but also benefit from a 25% offset on Oracle Database licenses.
SS
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.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The security on the solution is very good."
"I like having the ability to easily run Oracle Linux server instances and to deploy Oracle Middleware and WebLogic servers. Oracle's Infrastructure as a Service products are also very useful, and we're using those right now within Oracle OCI."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the Interface."
"I find the interface to be great."
"I think Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a very good choice today to use and to recommend to other customers."
"It is more secure and more controlled than an on-premises deployment."
"Oracle offers more of the basic functionality needs."
"This is a highly available and scalable solution that can host both modern and legacy on-premises applications."
"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."
"It is very convenient to automate consistently deploying it to a Kubernetes environment to see how it performs."
 

Cons

"They could improve their global presence and marketing strategy to compete effectively with the likes of AWS."
"There were some metrics in Oracle Autonomous Database in dedicated infrastructure that did not allow us to show correct information to the customer; in some cases, they showed incorrect data in the output, so we had to work with Oracle Italia to solve this problem."
"Amazon AWS has a better solution overall."
"The price of the subscription is too high and excludes some potential customers."
"The product's technical support is an area with shortcomings that need improvement."
"With Oracle you have to create your own roles and it is more complex."
"There is room for improvement for stability."
"Portability of the VMware environment into the Oracle Cloud should be made more simple."
"The image scanning in VMware Harbor Registry is quite limited compared to other specialized image scanning tools."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product offers a subscription-based licensing model."
"OCI is the cost-effectiveness compared to other similar services, assuming all compliance regulations are met. Additionally, they offer a number of things free of charge, which is particularly beneficial for smaller clients."
"It's less expensive to operate your environment in the cloud than in-house. It's a bundle cost. Everything is included in one price."
"The price is middling; it's not the most expensive product, but there is still some room for it to be more flexible."
"The solution is expensive according to services and competition. Also, it is not prevalent in the market. I rate the solution’s pricing a seven on a scale of ten, where ten is expensive, and one is cheap."
"The solution's cost could be better."
"The solution is overpriced."
"Oracle Cloud Platform's pricing is comparable to other solutions, but it is definitely not cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise54
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Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors?
Differences between Workday, Oracle Cloud,w and SAP SuccessFactors:w Oracle: "simple interface and deep customization to suit the purpose." SAP: Multiple functionalities that increase process effi...
What do you like most about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry?
It's reliable, performs well, and is often faster than running applications on separate machines due to optimized performance and networking capabilities within OCI.
What needs improvement with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry?
I have not used Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)'s networking solutions today. I studied it somewhat, but it is not my main area currently. We had some problems sometimes with Autonomous Database ...
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...
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...
 

Also Known As

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Registry, Oracle OCIR, OCIR, Oracle Cloud, Oracle Cloud Platform, Oracle Data Cloud
VMware Harbor
 

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Sample Customers

Kenya Airways, Cell, Panasonic, Frontera, M&C Saatchi, Lumentum, WA
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