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Comparison

Amazon ECR vs IBM Cloud Container Registry

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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★Amazon ECR70
IBM Cloud Container Registry54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon ECR70 / 100medium · 64%
IBM Cloud Container Registry54 / 100low · 47%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon ECR✓
IBM Cloud Container Registry✓
Model
Amazon ECRcommercial
IBM Cloud Container Registryfree
Price level
Amazon ECRunknown
IBM Cloud Container Registryfree
Transparent
Amazon ECR✓
IBM Cloud Container Registry✗
Integrations
Count
Amazon ECR10
IBM Cloud Container Registry5
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Amazon ECR✓
IBM Cloud Container Registry✓
Fedramp
Amazon ECR✓
IBM Cloud Container Registry–
Gdpr
Amazon ECR✓
IBM Cloud Container Registry–
Hipaa
Amazon ECR✓
IBM Cloud Container Registry–
Pci
Amazon ECR✓
IBM Cloud Container Registry–
Soc2
Amazon ECR✓
IBM Cloud Container Registry–
Trust center
Amazon ECRhttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
IBM Cloud Container Registry–
Reliability
Status page
Amazon ECR✓
IBM Cloud Container Registry–
Market
Availability
Amazon ECRAvailable worldwide · HQ US
IBM Cloud Container Registry–
Content
Faq
Amazon ECR6 items
IBM Cloud Container Registry5 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

IBM Cloud Container Registry

Fully managed private registry service for storing and distributing container images with built-in security vulnerability scanning and compliance checks.

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

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 ↗

IBM Cloud Container Registry

FreeFree tier

Free tier available. Promotional offer: 50% savings for 6 months on certain new workloads.

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Docker

Amazon ECR

Leader
11 total - 10 not shared
  • Amazon ECS
  • Amazon EKS
  • Amazon EC2
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Fargate
  • AWS App Runner
  • Amazon Inspector
  • AWS Marketplace
  • Docker CLI
  • Helm
Independently observed

IBM Cloud Container Registry

5 total - 4 not shared
  • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
  • Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
  • IBM Code Engine
  • Skopeo
Independently observed
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Amazon ECR or IBM Cloud Container Registry: which one depends on you

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