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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 230 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/amazon-ecr/alternatives/

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

- JFrog Artifactory: 52
- GitHub Packages: 26
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: 26
- Google Artifact Registry: 14
- Azure Container Registry: 13
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: 10

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Amazon ECR (Amazon ECR is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 26 of those 74
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 7 of those 74
- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 4 of those 74
- DigitalOcean Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 3 of those 74
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Amazon ECR (Amazon ECR is #5 of 16 at 8%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 11 of those 77
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 5 of those 77
- AWS ECR: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 4 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Amazon ECR.

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 37 of those 79
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 16 of those 79
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 7 of those 79
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 6 of those 79
- AWS ECR: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Artifactory: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Harbor: first choice in 2 of those 79

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