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# Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) Reviews
**Vendor:** Amazon Web Services (AWS)  
**Category:** [Container Registry Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-registry)  
**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 118
## About Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is a fully-managed Docker container registry that makes it easy for developers to store, manage, and deploy Docker container images. Amazon ECR is integrated with Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), simplifying your development to production workflow.




## Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) Reviews
  ### 1. ECR Rocks

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

I like how i can push an image to ECR with a single command without any hard work.
it is awesome.

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

the fact that it keeps timing out on the credentials :)

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

storing all my ECS docker containers there

  ### 2. ECR

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

The convience of the service, easy to use and good documentation is available

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Since we have just started using the product, I do not have any dislikes

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Using it to deploy ci/cd pipeline and change the way we develop applications

  ### 3. it is good, but in terms of lifecycle rules it could be better

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

works faster the dockerhub, i don't have to pay for the outbound network

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

the lifecycle policies are very limited, i wish it will support regex lifecycle rules. 

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

a way to pull a my docker images really fast,  

  ### 4. ECR review

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

integrateds easily with ECS and manage existing docker images

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

search feature in ECR is limited especially when I try searching for old images

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I don't have to worry about a 3rd party service for maintaining docker images

  ### 5. secure container registry

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

I like how secure the product is when you need to host an container image. 

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

not many dislikes when using htis product. it's a great alternative to docker hub

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

i'm using ecr to host our container images

  ### 6. Great

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Business Supplies and Equipment | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Works great and love the scalability. Enjoy the ability to consume only what I use

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

This is a great profuct--- sometimes we have issues with the technical implementation,. 

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

No problems more testing and devops. 

  ### 7. It does what is expected of it to do

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

it is very easy to use with the basic docker commands

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

when integrating in CI/CD jobs it requires AWS login in order to obtain the docker login command

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

-

  ### 8. Add support for Docker hub

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Ease of use and very detailed directions in the documentation.

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

That there is no support for Docker hub private images.

**Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR):**

Private Docker hub images. 

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Looking into transitioning to using ECS instead of our current setup where we have servers running docker containers.

  ### 9. ECR review

**Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

easy integration with ECS which is sometime difficult with docker hub for beginners

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

long history of keeping all the images which sometime really confusing

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

storing our docker container

  ### 10. ECR Registry REview

**Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospitality | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 29, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

The ability to keep track of container services when we're moving in container solution

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

THe inability to gain admin rights to dun the system

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Code deployment

  ### 11. Secure registry

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Offers a secure Docker registry that can be configured to provide public and private access

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Uploading docker images has some unusual steps 

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Container deployments on EKS

  ### 12. A little too simple

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 06, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Simple and easy to use. Accessing repositories and managing container images can never be as simple as this.

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Not enough features. I would like to capability to perform testing and on repositories. e.g. vulnerability scans provided by AWS as a feature which we can enable, disable etc.

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Containerizing existing legacy applications

  ### 13. ECR is solid

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 29, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Easy way to get a repository for containers setup

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Cross account access is a little cumbersome

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Storage and deployment of containers to specific environments

  ### 14. ECR Review

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Provides highly flexible functionality for storing and deploying containers.

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

The pricing starts right after 1GB/Month.

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Holding docker images and coordinated deployment of those.

  ### 15. Average

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Ease of access for my AWS account 1234567

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Global service rather than VPC or environment specific

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

on prem container registry

  ### 16. Great product

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Capital Markets | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

efficiency and reliability of the product

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

cost and in a large scale it adds up fast

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

multiple apps

  ### 17. Ecs review

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2018

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Fully integrated with other AWS services

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Difficult to be integrated in the CI/CD pipeline

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Microservices architecture

  ### 18. Convenient for asset management of web apps

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 30, 2017

**What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

Reliability is the top, very easy to co-manage files with team

**What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?**

User interface is not very intuitive, which requires some initial learning

**What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

asset management of web apps. 


## Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) Discussions
  - [What is Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-amazon-elastic-container-registry-ecr-used-for) - 1 comment
  - [Is AWS ECR free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-aws-ecr-free) - 1 comment

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## Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) Integrations
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  - [Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/reviews)
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