# Chainguard Registry vs Google Artifact Registry

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Google Artifact Registry

| Attribute | Chainguard Registry | Google Artifact Registry |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.3 (71% (medium)) | 65.9 (54% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A distribution of minimally-configured container images and software packages that receive frequent security updates from source code. All artifacts include SBOMs and provenance documentation to support supply chain security and compliance verification. It is indexed under Container Registries.","source":"https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/unlock-the-full-chainguard-containers-catalog-now-with-a-catalog-pricing-option","question":"What is Chainguard Registry?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chainguard Registry does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Catalog Pricing and Per-Image Pricing), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/unlock-the-full-chainguard-containers-catalog-now-with-a-catalog-pricing-option","question":"How much does Chainguard Registry cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chainguard Registry supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/unlock-the-full-chainguard-containers-catalog-now-with-a-catalog-pricing-option","question":"What platforms does Chainguard Registry support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Chainguard Registry, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/unlock-the-full-chainguard-containers-catalog-now-with-a-catalog-pricing-option","question":"Can Chainguard Registry be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Chainguard Registry, including Cursor, AWS Security Hub, Wiz, GitHub, npm, SAP Cloud Application Programming Model, Kubernetes and Kiro, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/unlock-the-full-chainguard-containers-catalog-now-with-a-catalog-pricing-option","question":"What does Chainguard Registry integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Chainguard Registry. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Chainguard Registry not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.chainguard.dev","question":"What security certifications does Chainguard Registry have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Chainguard Registry is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/unlock-the-full-chainguard-containers-catalog-now-with-a-catalog-pricing-option","question":"Where is Chainguard Registry available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Container Registries.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","question":"What is Google Artifact Registry?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Artifact Registry offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Storage, Data Transfer and Vulnerability Scanning. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","question":"Is Google Artifact Registry free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Google Artifact Registry. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","question":"What platforms does Google Artifact Registry support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Google Artifact Registry, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","question":"Can Google Artifact Registry be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Artifact Registry is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","question":"Where is Google Artifact Registry available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A registry service providing pre-hardened container images, language libraries, and VM images built with security-first design and continuously patched against vulnerabilities. Designed to reduce engineering overhead and ensure compliance without manual security management. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"web_ui":true,"hosting":"cloud","sbom_support":true,"image_signing":true,"oci_compliant":true,"private_repos":true,"artifact_types":"universal","pull_rate_limits":"none","replication_mirroring":true,"vulnerability_scanning":true}` | `{"rbac":true,"web_ui":true,"hosting":"cloud","private_repos":true,"artifact_types":"universal","cloud_iam_native":true}` |
| integrations.count | 19 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"AWS Security Hub"},{"name":"Wiz"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"npm"},{"name":"SAP Cloud Application Programming Model"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Kiro","native":true},{"name":"Grype"},{"name":"Trivy"},{"name":"AWS Inspector"},{"name":"Anchore Enterprise"},{"name":"Snyk","native":true,"category":"security"},{"name":"GitLab","native":true,"category":"security"},{"name":"CrowdStrike","native":true,"category":"security"},{"name":"Qualys","native":true,"category":"security"},{"name":"JFrog Artifactory","native":true,"category":"artifact-management"},{"name":"Cloudsmith","native":true,"category":"artifact-management"},{"name":"Harbor","native":true,"category":"artifact-management"},{"name":"Nexus","native":true,"category":"artifact-management"},{"name":"Google Artifact Registry","native":true,"category":"artifact-management"},{"name":"Docker Hub","native":true,"category":"artifact-management"},{"name":"Amazon ECR","native":true,"category":"artifact-management"},{"name":"Microsoft ACR","native":true,"category":"artifact-management"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["5 images per organization","Base, Application, and AI/ML images","No CVE remediation SLA"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"5 container images for testing and production deployment","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"images":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Catalog","summary":"$19K/year for team of 10 (full container catalog access)","features":["Full access to 3,000+ images","Unlimited pulls with no metering","CVE remediation SLA (7 days critical, 14 days high/medium/low)","SLSA L3 hardened infrastructure","Sigstore signed artifacts with build-time SBOMs and attestations","STIG-hardened and FIPS-validated images","Private APK Repository (10,000+ packages)","Custom Assembly tooling"],"minSeats":10,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19000,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Full access to 3,000+ container images with enterprise CVE remediation SLA","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Per-Image","features":["Flexible licensing by image count and type (base, app, AI/ML, FIPS)","CVE remediation SLA"],"description":"Licensed by number and type of container images used","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Libraries","features":["Python, Java, JavaScript libraries","Unlimited applications per language with no metering","Cross-compatibility across Linux distributions"],"description":"Language library packages licensed by developer tier","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Virtual Machines","features":["Minimal hardened OS images for general use or language runtimes","CVE remediation SLA","Multi-cloud and on-premises support"],"description":"Hardened VM images with enterprise support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier with 5 images. Paid plans from $19K/year for catalog access.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.chainguard.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T10:10:26.962Z","startingPrice":{"amount":19000,"period":"year","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Storage","summary":"Free 0–0.5 GiB/mo; $0.000136986/GiB/hr above","features":["Regional repositories","Multi-regional repositories","Standard and remote repositories"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.000136986,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"At-rest artifact storage","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"0.5 GiB/month free"}},{"free":true,"name":"Data Transfer","summary":"$0–$0.15/GiB depending on region; free within same location/continent","features":["Free same-location transfers","Free same-continent transfers","Metered cross-region pricing"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","note":"US/Canada inter-region","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","note":"Europe inter-region","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","note":"Asia inter-region","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","note":"Cross-continent","amount":0.08,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","note":"Oceania","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Outbound traffic from repositories","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"data_transfer_free":"Same location, same continent"}},{"free":false,"name":"Vulnerability Scanning","summary":"See Artifact Analysis pricing documentation","features":["Automatic vulnerability scanning","On-Demand Scanning"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"Automatic and on-demand container scanning","contactSales":false}],"summary":"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.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:22:08.459Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | free |
| pricing.price_level | high | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":19000,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"FIPS-validated","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/ | - |

## Capabilities (Container Registries)

| Capability | Chainguard Registry | Google Artifact Registry |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OCI Distribution Spec compliant | ✓ | - |
| **Scope** |  |  |
| Artifact types | Universal (images + language packages) | Universal (images + language packages) |
| **Security** |  |  |
| Built-in vulnerability scanning | ✓ | - |
| Image signing (Cosign/Notation) | ✓ | - |
| SBOM generation / storage | ✓ | - |
| **Access** |  |  |
| Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts | - | ✓ |
| Private repositories | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Distribution** |  |  |
| Geo-replication / mirroring | ✓ | - |
| Pull-through cache / proxy | - | - |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Native cloud IAM integration | - | ✓ |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Pull-rate limits | None | - |
| **UX** |  |  |
| Web UI / console | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| High-availability deployment | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T21:00:31.140Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*