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title: "Amazon ECR vs Artifactory: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Amazon ECR or Artifactory more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Container registries set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Amazon ECR vs Artifactory: Which is searched more?

Is Amazon ECR or Artifactory more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Container registries set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Amazon ECR and Artifactory
- **Competitive set**: Container registries
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Amazon ECR Share of Search**: 1.2%
- **Artifactory Share of Search**: 11.4%

## Is Amazon ECR or Artifactory more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Artifactory had more branded searches than Amazon ECR among container registries worldwide. Artifactory had about 49,500 branded searches, while Amazon ECR had 5,400. Artifactory made up 11.4% of all container registry searches we track, and Amazon ECR accounted for 1.2%.
- Artifactory was ahead of Amazon ECR in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Amazon ECR’s share of searches among container registries worldwide moved from 0.75% to 1.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 5.4K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Artifactory’s share of searches among container registries worldwide moved from 3.7% to 11.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 27.1K to 49.5K.

## Top container registries in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Amazon ECR was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Artifactory was mentioned in two out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Amazon ECR was listed before Artifactory in four out of five answers.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amazon ECR | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Google Artifact Registry | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Docker Hub | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Azure Container Registry | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Harbor | 5th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Quay | 6th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Artifactory | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about container registries

- Asked ChatGPT "Which container registry should I use?": 1. Amazon ECR, 2. Google Artifact Registry, 3. Azure Container Registry, 4. Docker Hub, 5. Harbor
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best container registries?": 1. Amazon ECR, 2. Google Artifact Registry, 3. Azure Container Registry, 4. Docker Hub, 5. Harbor, 6. Artifactory
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best container registry for image storage?": 1. Amazon ECR, 2. Google Artifact Registry, 3. Azure Container Registry, 4. Harbor, 5. Docker Hub
- Searched Google, AI Overview "container registry": 1. Docker Hub, 2. Azure Container Registry, 3. Google Artifact Registry, 4. Artifactory
- Searched Google, AI Overview "docker image registry": 1. Docker Hub, 2. Quay, 3. Amazon ECR, 4. Google Artifact Registry, 5. Azure Container Registry

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for container registries worldwide in September 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Artifactory worldwide rose 82.7% over 12 measured months, from 27.1K to 49.5K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Amazon ECR estimated searches | Amazon ECR Share of Search | Amazon ECR rank | Artifactory estimated searches | Artifactory Share of Search | Artifactory rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 5.4K | 0.75% | 5 | 27.1K | 3.7% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 4.4K | 0.74% | 4 | 27.1K | 4.6% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 4.4K | 0.75% | 3 | 22.2K | 3.8% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 4.4K | 0.74% | 4 | 27.1K | 4.6% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 5.4K | 0.91% | 3 | 27.1K | 4.5% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 5.4K | 0.9% | 4 | 33.1K | 5.5% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 5.4K | 1.1% | 3 | 27.1K | 5.5% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 5.4K | 1.1% | 3 | 27.1K | 5.5% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 5.4K | 1.1% | 3 | 27.1K | 5.5% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 5.4K | 1.3% | 3 | 27.1K | 6.6% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 5.4K | 1.2% | 3 | 49.5K | 11.4% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | 5.4K | 1.2% | 3 | 49.5K | 11.4% | 2 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Amazon ECR’s and Artifactory’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Amazon ECR**: Measured on the search term “amazon ecr”.
- **Artifactory**: Measured on the search term “artifactory”.

- [Amazon ECR profile](/demand/global-en/brands/amazon-ecr)
- [Artifactory profile](/demand/global-en/brands/artifactory)
- [All container registries worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/container-registries): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Amazon ECR or Artifactory more popular in search?

In September 2026, Artifactory had more branded searches than Amazon ECR among container registries worldwide. Artifactory had about 49,500 branded searches, while Amazon ECR had 5,400. Artifactory made up 11.4% of all container registry searches we track, and Amazon ECR accounted for 1.2%.

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