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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 12 judge labels across 1 category by 9 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aws-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) | 0% | 19 | 25% | 12 |

## What the models said for it

- "Cloud provider registries (ECR, ACR, GAR) | Recommended – built-in security features" (MiniMax M2.5, Artifact registries)
- "AWS ECR, GCR, Azure ACR - Cloud provider registries with built-in security" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Artifact registries)
- "Primary: Use your cloud provider's managed registry (ECR, ACR, GCR, Artifactory)" (Kimi K2, Artifact registries)
- "Common private options referenced are AWS ECR, Azure Container Registry, Google Artifact Registry and Harbor" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Artifact registries)

## And against it

- "If considering AWS ECR or Google Artifact Registry, model your pull patterns carefully — egress and storage costs scale unpredictably" (Kimi K2, Artifact registries)
- "Not to be *avoided*, but cautious about relying on them as your only registry." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Artifact registries)
- "best open-source alternative to expensive cloud registries like AWS ECR" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Artifact registries)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named AWS ECR, from 28 of the 38 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 14
- paloaltonetworks.com: 12
- trendaisecurity.com: 12
- docker.com: 10
- jfrog.com: 10
- container-registry.com: 9
- harness.io: 9
- guptadeepak.com: 8
- learn.microsoft.com: 8
- nvlpubs.nist.gov: 8

### Pages cited

- https://paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/pan/en_US/assets/pdf/ebooks/container-security-definitive-guide.pdf: 9
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-8-container-registries-2026: 8
- https://trendaisecurity.com/en-us/resources-insights/deep-research/exposed-container-registries-a-potential-vector-for-supply-chain-attacks: 8
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/container-registry-artifact-management: 6
- https://container-registry.com/compare: 6
- https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/specialpublications/nist.sp.800-190.pdf: 6
- https://aquasec.com/blog/250m-artifacts-exposed-via-misconfigured-registries: 5
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-registry: 4

## In its own words

What AWS ECR's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: a fully managed Docker container registry that makes it easy to store, share, and deploy container images (https://aws.amazon.com/ecr)

## 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.