Comparison

Harbor vs IBM Cloud Container Registry

On the evidence we track, Harbor leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Harbor63
IBM Cloud Container Registry55
Score
Vioscale score
Harbor63 / 100high · 77%
IBM Cloud Container Registry55 / 100low · 47%
Pricing
Free tier
Harbor
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Model
IBM Cloud Container Registryfree
Price level
Harborfree
IBM Cloud Container Registryfree
Transparent
Harbor
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Integrations
Count
Harbor4
IBM Cloud Container Registry5
Security
Disclosure policy
Harbor
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Scorecard
Harbor8.1
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Reliability
Status page
Harbor
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Adoption
Dependent repos
Harbor31
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Github stars
Harbor29,236
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Activity
Commits last 30d
Harbor62
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Release
Cadence days
Harbor2
IBM Cloud Container Registry
History
Harbor20 items
IBM Cloud Container Registry
License
Spdx
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Language
Primary
HarborGo
IBM Cloud Container Registry

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Harbor

Leader

Harbor is an open source registry that secures artifacts with policies and role-based access control, ensures images are scanned and free from vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted.

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.

Harbor

Leader
Open source
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
Harbor
IBM Cloud Container Registry
CLI
Harbor
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Harbor
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Self-hosted
Harbor
IBM Cloud Container Registry

Integrations

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

Harbor

Leader
4 total
  • Trivy
  • Cosign
  • Redis
  • Valkey
Independently observed

IBM Cloud Container Registry

5 total
  • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
  • Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
  • IBM Code Engine
  • Docker
  • Skopeo
Independently observed

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