Comparison

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry vs Amazon ECR

On the evidence we track, Amazon ECR leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Alibaba Cloud Container Registry45
★Amazon ECR70
Score
vioscaleAI score
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry45 / 100medium · 74%
Amazon ECR70 / 100medium · 64%
Pricing
Free tier
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry✓
Amazon ECR✓
Model
Alibaba Cloud Container Registryfree
Amazon ECRcommercial
Price level
Alibaba Cloud Container Registryfree
Amazon ECRunknown
Transparent
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry✗
Amazon ECR✓
Integrations
Count
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry2
Amazon ECR10
Security
Certifications
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry–
Disclosure policy
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry–
Amazon ECR✓
Fedramp
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry–
Amazon ECR✓
Gdpr
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry–
Amazon ECR✓
Hipaa
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry–
Amazon ECR✓
Pci
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry–
Amazon ECR✓
Soc2
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry–
Amazon ECR✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry✓
Amazon ECR✓
Market
Availability
Alibaba Cloud Container RegistryAvailable worldwide · HQ CN
Content
Faq
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry5 items
Amazon ECR6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container registries. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Hosting
Alibaba Cloud Container RegistryCloud only
Amazon ECRCloud only
Standards
OCI Distribution Spec compliant
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Amazon ECR✓
Scope
Artifact types
Alibaba Cloud Container RegistryContainer images only
Amazon ECRImages + Helm/OCI artifacts
Security
Built-in vulnerability scanning
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry✓
Amazon ECR✓
Image signing (Cosign/Notation)
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Amazon ECR✓
SBOM generation / storage
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Amazon ECR-
Access
Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Amazon ECR✓
Private repositories
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry✓
Amazon ECR✓
Distribution
Geo-replication / mirroring
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Amazon ECR✓
Pull-through cache / proxy
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Amazon ECR✓
Integration
Native cloud IAM integration
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Amazon ECR✓
Pricing
Pull-rate limits
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Amazon ECRTiered by plan
UX
Web UI / console
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry✓
Amazon ECR✓
Ops
High-availability deployment
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Amazon ECR✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry

A cloud-based container image management platform that provides security scanning, automated building across multiple regions, permission controls, and integrates with container orchestration and CI/CD services to streamline deployment.

Independently observed

Amazon ECR

Leader

Amazon ECR is a managed service that stores Docker container images and OCI artifacts with high availability. It integrates with AWS compute services, offers both private and public repositories, and includes built-in encryption, access controls via IAM, and vulnerability scanning through Amazon Inspector.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry

FreeFree tier
as of verify ↗

Amazon ECR

Leader
from $0.09/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free: 50 GB/month public storage always-free, 500 MB/month private for 1 year. Paid: $0.10/GB for private storage, tiered data transfer charges.

  • Private Repository Storage$0.10 per GB per month
    • Private repository storage
  • Public Repository (Always Free)Free
    • 50 GB/month storage included
    • 500 GB/month anonymous data transfer
    • 5 TB/month data transfer with AWS account
  • Data Transfer (Beyond Free Limits)Tiered starting at $0.09 per GB
    • Tiered outbound data transfer pricing
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry✓
Amazon ECR✓
CLI
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry✗
Amazon ECR✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry✓
Amazon ECR✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry

2 total
  • Container Service
  • CodePipeline
Independently observed

Amazon ECR

Leader
11 total
  • Amazon ECS
  • Amazon EKS
  • Amazon EC2
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Fargate
  • AWS App Runner
  • Amazon Inspector
  • AWS Marketplace
  • Docker CLI
  • Helm
  • Docker
Independently observed
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