Comparison

Amazon ECR vs Cloudsmith

On the evidence we track, Cloudsmith leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon ECR full profile →Cloudsmith full profile →

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Amazon ECR49

★Cloudsmith66

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon ECR	CloudsmithLeader
Vioscale score	49 / 100medium · 73%updating	66 / 100medium · 52%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	10	37
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · HQ GB

Score

Vioscale score

Amazon ECR49 / 100medium · 73%updating

Cloudsmith66 / 100medium · 52%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith–

Model

Amazon ECRfreemium

Cloudsmithcommercial

Price level

Amazon ECRlow

Cloudsmith–

Transparent

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith–

Integrations

Count

Amazon ECR10

Cloudsmith37

Security

Disclosure policy

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Gdpr

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith–

Iso27001

Amazon ECR–

Cloudsmith✓

Pci

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith–

Soc2

Amazon ECR–

Cloudsmith✓

Reliability

Status page

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Market

Availability

Amazon ECRAvailable worldwide

CloudsmithAvailable worldwide · HQ GB

Capabilities

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

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

Deployment

Hosting

Amazon ECRCloud only

CloudsmithCloud only

Standards

OCI Distribution Spec compliant

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Scope

Artifact types

Amazon ECRImages + Helm/OCI artifacts

CloudsmithUniversal (images + language packages)

Security

Built-in vulnerability scanning

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Image signing (Cosign/Notation)

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

SBOM generation / storage

Amazon ECR-

Cloudsmith✓

Access

Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith-

Private repositories

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Distribution

Geo-replication / mirroring

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Pull-through cache / proxy

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Integration

Native cloud IAM integration

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Pricing

Pull-rate limits

Amazon ECRTiered by plan

CloudsmithTiered by plan

Web UI / console

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Ops

High-availability deployment

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith-

What each one is

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

Amazon ECR

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

Cloudsmith

Leader

Universal artifact management solution for controlling, securing, and distributing packages and containers in your software supply chain with supply chain security, observability, and analytics.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Amazon ECR

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 2026-08-14verify ↗

Cloudsmith

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amazon ECR	Cloudsmith
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

CLI

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon ECR✓

Cloudsmith✓

Integrations

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

Amazon ECR

10 total

Amazon ECS
Amazon EKS
Amazon EC2
AWS Lambda
AWS Fargate
AWS App Runner
Amazon Inspector
AWS Marketplace
Docker CLI
Helm

Independently observed

Cloudsmith

Leader

37 total

AWS CodeBuild
Aikido
Ansible
Argo CD
Azure AD SSO
Azure DevOps
Bitbucket Pipelines
Buildkite
Chainguard
Chef
CircleCI
Codefresh
Datadog
Dependabot
Drone CI
GitHub Actions
GitHub Secret Scanning
GitLab CI/CD
Google SSO
Harness
Jenkins
JumpCloud SSO
Kusari
Microsoft Teams
+13 more

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.