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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 228 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/aws-ecr/alternatives/

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

- JFrog Artifactory: 50
- GitHub Packages: 30
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: 25
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: 10
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: 8
- Azure Container Registry: 7

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name AWS ECR (AWS ECR is #11 of 12 at 0%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 27 of those 75
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 6 of those 75
- Docker Hub: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Harbor: first choice in 4 of those 75
- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 4 of those 75
- DigitalOcean Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 3 of those 75

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name AWS ECR (AWS ECR is #12 of 16 at 2%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 10 of those 78
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 7 of those 78
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 7 of those 78
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 5 of those 78
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 5 of those 78
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 78
- GitHub Packages: first choice in 3 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name AWS ECR (AWS ECR is #7 of 13 at 1%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 36 of those 75
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 15 of those 75
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Artifactory: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Harbor: first choice in 2 of those 75
- JFrog Artifactory Enterprise X / Enterprise+: first choice in 2 of those 75

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