# Amazon ECR: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 14 judge labels across 1 category by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-ecr

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Artifact and container registries](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/artifact-and-container-registries/index.md) | 8% | 3 | 7% | 14 |

## What the models said for it

- "AWS workloads: Amazon ECR. It supports image scanning, lifecycle cleanup, and cross-account or cross-region replication." (GPT-6 Luna, Artifact registries)
- "Primarily AWS, ECS/EKS/Fargate today → start with Amazon ECR for zero egress pull costs inside AWS and IAM-native access." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Artifact registries)
- "Best default for most mid-sized B2B companies: AWS ECR, ACR, or Artifact Registry depending on your cloud." (GPT-5.4 mini, Artifact registries)
- "Best Overall for Most Mid-Sized B2B Companies: Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Artifact registries)

## And against it

- "you should still: Ensure they are properly configured and not publicly exposed unless necessary." (Mistral Small, Artifact registries)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Amazon ECR, from 40 of the 44 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ciopages.com: 16
- container-registry.com: 16
- g2.com: 16
- guptadeepak.com: 15
- gane.ai/index: 13
- github.com: 10
- docs.cloud.google.com: 9
- docs.docker.com: 9
- learn.microsoft.com: 9
- lilachbullock.com: 9

### Pages cited

- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/container-registry-artifact-management: 16
- https://container-registry.com/compare: 15
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-8-container-registries-2026: 15
- https://lilachbullock.com/best-container-registries: 9
- https://guideflow.com/blog/container-registry-software: 8
- https://bluelight.co/blog/how-to-choose-a-container-registry: 7
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/artifact-and-container-registries/smb: 7
- https://g2.com/categories/container-registry/enterprise: 6

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.