Comparison

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry vs Google Artifact Registry

On the evidence we track, Google Artifact Registry leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry48
Google Artifact Registry70
Score
Vioscale score
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry48 / 100low · 35%
Google Artifact Registry70 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Google Artifact Registry
Model
Alibaba Cloud Container Registryfreemium
Google Artifact Registryfree
Price level
Alibaba Cloud Container Registrylow
Google Artifact Registryfree
Transparent
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Google Artifact Registry
Reliability
Status page
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Google Artifact Registry
Market
Availability
Alibaba Cloud Container RegistryAvailable worldwide · HQ CN

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container registries. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Hosting
Alibaba Cloud Container RegistryCloud only
Google Artifact RegistryCloud only
Standards
OCI Distribution Spec compliant
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry-
Scope
Artifact types
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact RegistryUniversal (images + language packages)
Security
Built-in vulnerability scanning
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry-
Image signing (Cosign/Notation)
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry-
SBOM generation / storage
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry-
Access
Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry
Private repositories
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry
Distribution
Geo-replication / mirroring
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry-
Pull-through cache / proxy
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry-
Integration
Native cloud IAM integration
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry
Pricing
Pull-rate limits
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry-
UX
Web UI / console
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry
Ops
High-availability deployment
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Google Artifact Registry-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry

Container Registry is Alibaba Cloud's service for containerized image lifecycle management, offering secure image hosting for containers.

Independently observed

Google Artifact Registry

Leader

A cloud-based package manager that stores, secures, and distributes various types of build artifacts, including container images and language-specific packages, with support for multiple package formats and registries.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry

Free tier
as of verify ↗

Google Artifact Registry

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier

Usage-based. Free tier: 0.5 GiB storage/month. Metered storage $0.000136986/GiB/hr, data transfer $0–$0.15/GiB, vulnerability scanning per Artifact Analysis docs.

  • StorageFree
    • Regional repositories
    • Multi-regional repositories
    • Standard and remote repositories
  • Data TransferFree
    • Free same-location transfers
    • Free same-continent transfers
    • Metered cross-region pricing
  • Vulnerability ScanningSee Artifact Analysis pricing documentation
    • Automatic vulnerability scanning
    • On-Demand Scanning
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Google Artifact Registry
CLI
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Google Artifact Registry
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Google Artifact Registry

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.