Comparison

Harbor vs Pulp

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.

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Harbor63
Pulp44
Score
Vioscale score
Harbor63 / 100high · 77%
Pulp44 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tier
Harbor
Pulp
Model
Price level
Harborfree
Pulpfree
Transparent
Harbor
Pulp
Integrations
Count
Harbor4
Pulp2
Reliability
Status page
Harbor
Pulp
Adoption
Dependent repos
Harbor31
Pulp65
Github stars
Harbor29,236
Pulp586
Activity
Commits last 30d
Harbor62
Pulp49
Release
Cadence days
Harbor2
Pulp
History
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
HarborGo
PulpPython
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

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

Pulp

Pulp enables developers and operators to fetch, upload, organize, and distribute software packages across on-premises infrastructure or cloud environments. It supports multiple content types through a plugin architecture and provides tools for repository management at scale.

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 ↗

Pulp

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
Harbor
Pulp
CLI
Harbor
Pulp
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Harbor
Pulp
Self-hosted
Harbor
Pulp
On-premise
Harbor
Pulp

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

Pulp

2 total
  • OpenAI API
  • GitHub
Independently observed

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