vioscale
Comparison

Amazon ECR vs Zot

No clear leader: Zot (53.4) and Amazon ECR (48.8) 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.

Amazon ECR full profile →Zot full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Amazon ECR49
Zot53
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon ECR49 / 100medium · 73%
Zot53 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon ECR✓
Zot✓
Model
Amazon ECRfreemium
Zotopen_source
Price level
Amazon ECRlow
Zotfree
Transparent
Amazon ECR✓
Zot✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon ECR10
Zot1
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon ECR✓
Zot–
Gdpr
Amazon ECR✓
Zot–
Pci
Amazon ECR✓
Zot–
Scorecard
Amazon ECR–
Zot8.2
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Amazon ECR✓
Zot–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon ECR–
Zot0
Github stars
Amazon ECR–
Zot2,659
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon ECR–
Zot54
Release
Cadence days
Amazon ECR–
Zot29
History
Amazon ECR–
Zot20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon ECR–
ZotApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Amazon ECR–
ZotGo
Market
Availability
Amazon ECRAvailable worldwide
Zot–

Capabilities

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

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

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

Zot

A lightweight, self-contained registry for managing container images that fully implements OCI standards. It runs as a single binary without elevated privileges and includes built-in security scanning, access control, garbage collection, and image deduplication.

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 verify ↗

Zot

Open sourceFree tier
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✓
Zot✗
macOS
Amazon ECR✗
Zot✓
Linux
Amazon ECR✗
Zot✓
CLI
Amazon ECR✓
Zot✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon ECR✓
Zot✓
Self-hosted
Amazon ECR✗
Zot✓

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

Zot

1 total
  • Stacker
Independently observed

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