Comparison

Amazon ECR vs Kraken

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
Kraken48
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon ECR70 / 100medium · 64%
Kraken48 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken✓
Model
Amazon ECRcommercial
Price level
Amazon ECRunknown
Krakenfree
Transparent
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon ECR10
Kraken5
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken✓
Fedramp
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken–
Gdpr
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken–
Hipaa
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken–
Pci
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken–
Scorecard
Amazon ECR–
Kraken4.6
Soc2
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken–
Reliability
Status page
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon ECR–
Kraken1
Github stars
Amazon ECR–
Kraken6,743
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon ECR–
Kraken29
Release
Cadence days
Amazon ECR–
Kraken14
History
Amazon ECR–
Kraken20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon ECR–
Language
Primary
Amazon ECR–
KrakenGo
Market
Availability
Kraken–
Content
Faq
Amazon ECR6 items
Kraken6 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Kraken

A peer-to-peer based Docker registry system designed for high-throughput distribution of container images across large clusters and hybrid cloud environments with built-in support for multi-cluster replication.

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 ↗

Kraken

Open source
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✓
Kraken✗
CLI
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon ECR✓
Kraken✓
Self-hosted
Amazon ECR✗
Kraken✓
Hybrid
Amazon ECR✗
Kraken✓

Integrations

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

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

Kraken

5 total
  • S3
  • GCS
  • ECR
  • HDFS
  • Harbor
Independently observed
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Amazon ECR or Kraken: which one depends on you

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