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Amazon ECR vs JFrog Container Registry comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 27, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon ECR
Ranking in Container Registry
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
JFrog Container Registry
Ranking in Container Registry
1st
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Container Registry category, the mindshare of Amazon ECR is 18.3%, up from 16.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JFrog Container Registry is 29.7%, up from 29.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Registry Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
JFrog Container Registry29.7%
Amazon ECR18.3%
Other52.0%
Container Registry
 

Featured Reviews

Eli Chavez - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution delivers consistent reliability and high stability
ECR is reliable, however, I don't consider it the best container registry available. The main reason is that it is not entirely based on the original Docker registry. For instance, I prefer Azure's ACR because, in ACR, there is no need to create repositories; I simply push. Logging into the repository and specifying the path automatically creates everything. This structure resembles an S3 setup with a container registry layout.
Sai Balaji Bonagiri - PeerSpot reviewer
Self-hosted and works well in hybrid SaaS environments and automation is fast without any breakdowns
In my experience, there was a bit of a learning curve at the beginning. It can be somewhat challenging to install and get started. However, once you gain some experience, working with JFrog becomes much easier. Overall, it's manageable for beginners, but there might be a bit of a learning curve. I'd call myself an intermediate user.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Amazon ECR is how it organizes the code and the infrastructure."
"The most tool's valuable feature is image scanning."
"The main feature I value is the ability to deposit and retrieve images."
"There are no issues. The service is remarkably stable."
"ECR provides robust security features, including image scanning and vulnerability assessment, supported by AWS identity and access management for fine-grained access control."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the scanning of images for vulnerabilities."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"The Docker compatibility that ECR offers is probably the most beneficial aspect of the solution."
"We have integrated JFrog Xray, and we use it for storage purposes."
"It supports multi-cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP."
"We use the solution to compile the codes before publishing them. We utilize third-party containers and codes, downloading them to the JFrog Container Registry. Developers then access it from the JFrog Container Registry, and there's a specific job responsible for running and validating all security checks, ensuring compatibility. If there are any issues or if packages require updates, we manage those updates through this system."
"It was a good experience with JFrog Container Registry."
 

Cons

"There were a few issues related to the roles, policies, and retrieval of data when trying to fetch images for deployment on Amazon ECS. This can involve permissions and configuration complexities."
"There is no room for improvement mentioned; it's good as is."
"One area for improvement in Amazon ECR is its complexity. It's pretty complex for newbies, particularly learning about private repositories, including how to access Amazon ECR through AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)."
"Amazon ECR should include integration with Docker Hub."
"Amazon ECR's manipulation capability of tags needs to be improved."
"Amazon ECR needs to improve its downtime."
"The Amazon ECR interface could benefit from improvements to enhance user experience."
"There were some initial connectivity issues, especially when accessing ECR from our on-prem setup."
"In my experience, there was a bit of a learning curve at the beginning. It can be somewhat challenging to install and get started."
"Pricing, purge of data or historical data, ease of usage, pricing model, setting the current pricing, changes in the configuration so that the pricing can be brought down, and better utilization of JFrog Container Registry are the issues I face."
"One challenge we face is related to performance. Our integration involves GitHab and JFrog Container Registry, with pipelines fetching data from GitHub and JFrog Container Registry for third-party code. However, there are instances where this process can slow down the pipeline."
"The solution's documentation available over the internet is not straightforward and customer-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The main difference between Amazon ECR and other solutions, like Google Kubernetes Engine, is that I haven't personally used GKE. However, I know that GKE costs around $60 per month, which is quite cost-effective."
"The product is expensive."
"The solution's price is reasonable compared to its competitors"
"My company currently has Amazon ECR under the pay-as-you-go model. The tool is more affordable than Azure Container Registry, and it's worth the money."
"The solution's prices are high in India as compared to the US."
"Amazon ECR does not have a high cost."
"The pricing is somewhat expensive compared to its competitors. We use the Pro version."
"JFrog Container Registry is a very expensive solution."
"The solution is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon ECR?
One feature of Amazon ECR that I find particularly useful is its web interface, which makes management easy. The ability to manage and support token image updates is crucial for us. Moreover, utili...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon ECR?
I haven't observed the costs associated with Amazon ECR services in detail.
What needs improvement with Amazon ECR?
I would appreciate a feature in Amazon ECR that allows direct image downloads from open source into ECR, bypassing the current need to first pull the image to my server. This would streamline the p...
What do you like most about JFrog Container Registry?
It supports multi-cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JFrog Container Registry?
JFrog pricing includes self-hosted and cloud options, with costs based on licenses, subscriptions, number of nodes, and repository limits. Licensing costs are $3 per year, which I feel is reasonable.
What needs improvement with JFrog Container Registry?
Pricing, purge of data or historical data, ease of usage, pricing model, setting the current pricing, changes in the configuration so that the pricing can be brought down, and better utilization of...
 

Also Known As

Amazon Elastic Container Registry
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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Facebook, Airbus, Dell, Slack, Volvo, Netflix, Spotify, T-Systems, Mastercard
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