Comparison

IBM Cloud Container Registry vs Kraken

No clear leader: IBM Cloud Container Registry (55.0) and Kraken (52.6) 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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
IBM Cloud Container Registry55
Kraken53
Score
Vioscale score
IBM Cloud Container Registry55 / 100low · 47%
Kraken53 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken
Model
IBM Cloud Container Registryfree
Price level
IBM Cloud Container Registryfree
Krakenfree
Transparent
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken
Integrations
Count
IBM Cloud Container Registry5
Kraken5
Security
Disclosure policy
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken
Scorecard
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken4.6
Reliability
Status page
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken
Adoption
Dependent repos
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken1
Github stars
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken6,737
Activity
Commits last 30d
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken31
Release
Cadence days
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken14
History
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken20 items
License
Spdx
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Language
Primary
IBM Cloud Container Registry
KrakenGo

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Kraken

Open-source P2P-powered Docker registry designed for scalable and highly available image management, replication, and distribution in hybrid cloud environments with pluggable storage backends.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

IBM Cloud Container Registry

FreeFree tier

Free tier available. Promotional offer: 50% savings for 6 months on certain new workloads.

as of verify ↗

Kraken

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
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken
CLI
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken
Self-hosted
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken
Hybrid
IBM Cloud Container Registry
Kraken

Integrations

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

IBM Cloud Container Registry

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

Kraken

4 total
  • S3
  • GCS
  • ECR
  • HDFS
Independently observed

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