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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 226 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where AWS 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/aws-ecr/alternatives

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

- JFrog Artifactory: 52
- GitHub Packages: 40
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: 39
- Amazon ECR: 10
- Azure Container Registry: 10
- Google Artifact Registry: 9

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name AWS ECR (AWS ECR is #12 of 13 at 0%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 37 of those 75
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 7 of those 75
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 6 of those 75
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 75
- CloudRepo: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 3 of those 75
- AWS CodeArtifact: first choice in 2 of those 75

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name AWS ECR (AWS ECR is #14 of 15 at 0%).

- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 17 of those 75
- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 13 of those 75
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 5 of those 75
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Harbor: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 75
- GitHub Packages: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name AWS ECR (AWS ECR is #8 of 16 at 2%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 39 of those 76
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 15 of those 76
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 4 of those 76
- CloudRepo: first choice in 4 of those 76
- Harbor: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 1 of those 76

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