Amazon ECR vs CNCF Distribution
No clear leader: Amazon ECR (69.8) and CNCF Distribution (66.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container registries. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
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.
CNCF Distribution
Docker Hub enables developers to push, pull, and manage container images with their teams, automate builds and deployments through webhooks, and control access to repositories.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Amazon ECR
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
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Amazon ECR
- Amazon ECS
- Amazon EKS
- Amazon EC2
- AWS Lambda
- AWS Fargate
- AWS App Runner
- Amazon Inspector
- AWS Marketplace
- Docker CLI
- Helm
- Docker
CNCF Distribution
Not documented yet.
Amazon ECR or CNCF Distribution: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.