Compare 9 free container registry tools, free tiers, and developer deals. Verified pricing for GitHub Container Registry, Docker Hub, Quay.io, Harbor, Amazon ECR Public and more.
What this name holds: Registries that store and serve container images.
We track 9 container registry services with a free tier we hold as current. This category has been relatively stable — only 2 pricing changes recorded across all vendors.
| Vendor | Tier | Description | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Container Registry | Free | Container images currently free for both public and private repos (GitHub may change with 1-month notice). Non-container packages: 500 MB storage, 1 GB transfer/mo | 2026-08-26 |
| Docker Hub | Personal | 1 private repository, unlimited public repositories. 200 pulls per 6-hour window (authenticated). No automated builds on free tier | 2026-07-07 |
| Quay.io | Free | Red Hat container registry — unlimited public repositories, 100 GB image layer storage soft cap, 1 TB egress soft cap. CI integration, robot accounts, teams, SSL/TLS | 2026-07-27 |
| Harbor | Free OSS | Free OSS (Apache 2.0). CNCF graduated cloud-native container registry. RBAC, vulnerability scanning, image signing, replication, audit logging. Self-hosted | 2026-07-29 |
| Amazon ECR Public | Always Free | Public container registry. Always-free tier: 50 GB/month storage, 500 GB/month anonymous data transfer, 5 TB/month with AWS account | 2026-07-29 |
| Container Registry Service | Free | Harbor based Container Management Solution. The free tier offers 1 GB of storage for private repositories. | 2026-08-16 |
| Play with Docker | Free | A simple, interactive, fun playground to learn Docker. | 2026-07-22 |
| ttl.sh | Free | Anonymous & ephemeral Docker image registry | 2026-09-01 |
| Google Artifact Registry | Always Free | Always Free: 0.5 GB storage/month. Universal package manager for Docker, Maven, npm, Python, and OS packages | 2026-09-02 |
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