# Amazon ECR alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 218 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Amazon ECR holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-ecr/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- JFrog Artifactory: 52
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: 39
- GitHub Packages: 37
- Azure Container Registry: 12
- Google Artifact Registry: 10
- AWS ECR: 7

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Amazon ECR (Amazon ECR is #5 of 13 at 3%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 34 of those 70
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 7 of those 70
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 6 of those 70
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 70
- CloudRepo: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 3 of those 70
- AWS CodeArtifact: first choice in 2 of those 70
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 70

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Amazon ECR (Amazon ECR is #3 of 15 at 8%).

- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 18 of those 74
- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 14 of those 74
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 4 of those 74
- AWS ECR: first choice in 3 of those 74
- GitHub Packages: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Harbor: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Amazon ECR (Amazon ECR is #7 of 16 at 2%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 38 of those 74
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 14 of those 74
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 4 of those 74
- CloudRepo: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Harbor: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Red Hat Quay: first choice in 3 of those 74
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 74

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