# AWS ECR optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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2 documented AWS ECR cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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2 documented AWS ECR cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 2 inefficiencies

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- AWS ECR  CER-0308

### [ECR Archive Storage Class Used Below 150 TB Threshold](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/ecr-archive-storage-class-used-below-150-tb-threshold)

In November 2025, AWS introduced an Archive storage class for private ECR repositories, marketed as a way to reduce storage costs for large volumes of rarely used container images. However, Archive storage pricing is identical to Standard...

Storage

- AWS ECR  CER-0386

### [Missing ECR Lifecycle Policy for Old and Untagged Images](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/missing-ecr-lifecycle-policy-for-old-and-untagged-images)

CI/CD pipelines commonly push a new container image to Amazon ECR on every build, and re-tagging a tag such as latest leaves the previous image behind untagged. ECR keeps every image in a private repository until it is deleted, so without...

Storage

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- [AWS ElastiCache  8](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-elasticache)

- [AWS DynamoDB  7](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-dynamodb)

- [AWS Bedrock  6](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-bedrock)

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