8gears Container Registry vs Amazon Elastic Container Registry

8gears Container Registry9.2Visit Amazon Elastic Container Registry8.8Visit

Higher score 8gears Container Registry #3 in Container Registries 9.2/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit 8gears

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Amazon Elastic Container Registry #7 in Container Registries 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Amazon ECR

• 8gears Container Registry fits best

  Security-focused teams needing a full registry

• Amazon Elastic Container Registry fits best

  AWS-native container workloads

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Side by side

Feature	8gears Container Registry 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Amazon Elastic Container Registry 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.8
Ranking	#3 in Container Registries	#7 in Container Registries
Best for	Security-focused teams needing a full registry	AWS-native container workloads
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	—	$0.10/GB/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	14 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Community, Docs	Docs
Compliance	SSO/SAML	2FA
Integrations	12 integrations	7 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features 8gears Container Registry 4/4 · Amazon Elastic Container Registry 4/4
Image scanning	✓	✓
OCI artifacts	✓	✓
Immutable tags	✓	✓
Retention policies	✓	✓
Specs
Replication scope	Multi-region	Multi-region
Included storage	1000 GB	Not checked yet
Maximum image size	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	OCI indexes and Helm charts support broader artifact workflows Scanning, immutability, retention, and signed-image controls strengthen governance Hosted, cloud, on-premises, air-gapped, and self-hosted deployment options	Deep integration with ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, and Elastic Beanstalk Scanning, immutable tags, lifecycle policies, signing, and encrypted storage Cross-Region and cross-account replication with pull-through caching
Cons	The Individuals plan includes only 1 GB of storage Community support is limited to the free Individuals plan Advanced authentication and custom SLA are reserved for Enterprise	Usage-based pricing requires cost planning rather than fixed subscription budgeting Its strongest fit is within the AWS ecosystem The 52,000 MiB layer limit may matter for unusually large layers
Our verdict	8gears Container Registry is a commercial Harbor distribution for teams, enterprises, cloud providers, and independent software vendors that need to store and distribute container images and other OCI artifacts. It supports web, API, and… Read the review →	Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) is a fully managed registry for Docker and Open Container Initiative images and artifacts. It supports private and public repositories, with access through the web, APIs, Docker-compatible… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 8gears Container Registry — where it wins

  • OCI indexes and Helm charts support broader artifact workflows
  • Scanning, immutability, retention, and signed-image controls strengthen governance
  • Hosted, cloud, on-premises, air-gapped, and self-hosted deployment options

  Where it doesn't

  • The Individuals plan includes only 1 GB of storage
  • Community support is limited to the free Individuals plan
  • Advanced authentication and custom SLA are reserved for Enterprise

• Amazon Elastic Container Registry — where it wins

  • Deep integration with ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, and Elastic Beanstalk
  • Scanning, immutable tags, lifecycle policies, signing, and encrypted storage
  • Cross-Region and cross-account replication with pull-through caching

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage-based pricing requires cost planning rather than fixed subscription budgeting
  • Its strongest fit is within the AWS ecosystem
  • The 52,000 MiB layer limit may matter for unusually large layers

• 8gears Container Registry9.2/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A security-focused Harbor registry with OCI support, policy controls, and flexible deployment options.

  Visit 8gearsFull verdict →
• Amazon Elastic Container Registry8.8/10 · Paid

  A capable AWS-native registry with strong controls, scanning, and multi-Region support.

  Visit Amazon ECRFull verdict →