# Alibaba Cloud Container Registry vs Harbor

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Harbor

| Attribute | Alibaba Cloud Container Registry | Harbor |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 48.2 (35% (low)) | 63.4 (77% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 62 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 31 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 29,236 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Container Registry is Alibaba Cloud's service for containerized image lifecycle management, offering secure image hosting for containers. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud"}` | `{"web_ui":true,"hosting":"self","image_signing":true,"private_repos":true,"vulnerability_scanning":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 4 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Trivy"},{"name":"Cosign"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Valkey"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"CN","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/container-registry","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T18:17:15.191Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://goharbor.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T13:43:51.878Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 2 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.2","date":"2026-07-02T10:04:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.15.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.2-rc3","date":"2026-07-02T03:31:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.2-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.2-rc2","date":"2026-06-27T08:03:52Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.2-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.2-rc1","date":"2026-06-17T07:35:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.2-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.4","date":"2026-05-11T04:08:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.14.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.4-rc1","date":"2026-05-10T03:47:44Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.14.4-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.1","date":"2026-05-06T08:48:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.1-rc2","date":"2026-05-06T08:24:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.1-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.1-rc1","date":"2026-04-29T08:21:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.1-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.0","date":"2026-03-20T04:36:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.0-rc4","date":"2026-03-19T08:37:39Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.0-rc4"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.0-rc3","date":"2026-03-17T06:27:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.0-rc2","date":"2026-03-10T07:39:26Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.3","date":"2026-03-10T02:52:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.14.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.3-rc1","date":"2026-03-08T14:12:16Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.14.3-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.13.5","date":"2026-03-10T04:59:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.13.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.13.5-rc1","date":"2026-03-09T03:11:42Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.13.5-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.0-rc1","date":"2026-02-14T07:00:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.2","date":"2026-01-15T07:49:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.14.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.2-rc2","date":"2026-01-12T17:15:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.14.2-rc2"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 8.1 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgoharbor%2Fharbor%2Fsrc&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Container Registries)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:06:50.071Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*