Comparison

Harbor vs Zot

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
Zot53
Score
Vioscale score
Harbor63 / 100high · 77%updating
Zot53 / 100high · 78%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Harbor
Zot
Model
Price level
Harborfree
Zotfree
Transparent
Harbor
Zot
Integrations
Count
Harbor4
Zot1
Reliability
Status page
Harbor
Zot
Adoption
Dependent repos
Harbor31
Zot0
Github stars
Harbor29,236
Activity
Commits last 30d
Harbor62
Zot54
Release
Cadence days
Harbor2
Zot29
History
License
Language
Primary
HarborGo
ZotGo

Capabilities

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

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

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

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.

Harbor

Leader
Open source
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
Harbor
Zot
macOS
Harbor
Zot
Linux
Harbor
Zot
CLI
Harbor
Zot
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Harbor
Zot
Self-hosted
Harbor
Zot

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

Zot

1 total
  • Stacker
Independently observed

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