Amazon ECR
AWS cloud-based container image registry and distribution system
- Also known as
- amazon-ecr
Available worldwide
What is Amazon ECR?
Amazon ECR is a managed service that stores Docker container images and OCI artifacts with high availability. It integrates with AWS compute services, offers both private and public repositories, and includes built-in encryption, access controls via IAM, and vulnerability scanning through Amazon Inspector.
Amazon ECR pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free: 50 GB/month public storage always-free, 500 MB/month private for 1 year. Paid: $0.10/GB for private storage, tiered data transfer charges.
Private Repository Storage
Storage for private container repositories
- Private repository storage
Public Repository (Always Free)
FreeAlways-free storage and transfer for public repositories
- storage
- 50 GB/month
- anonymous_transfer
- 500 GB/month
- authenticated_transfer
- 5 TB/month
- 50 GB/month storage included
- 500 GB/month anonymous data transfer
- 5 TB/month data transfer with AWS account
Data Transfer (Beyond Free Limits)
Pay for outbound data transfer beyond free tier limits
- Tiered outbound data transfer pricing
What Amazon ECR does
The capabilities that matter for container registries, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Hosting
- Cloud only
- OCI Distribution Spec compliant
- ✓
- Artifact types
- Images + Helm/OCI artifacts
- Built-in vulnerability scanning
- ✓
- Image signing (Cosign/Notation)
- ✓
- SBOM generation / storage
- -
- Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts
- ✓
- Private repositories
- ✓
- Geo-replication / mirroring
- ✓
- Pull-through cache / proxy
- ✓
- Native cloud IAM integration
- ✓
- Pull-rate limits
- Tiered by plan
- Web UI / console
- ✓
- High-availability deployment
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (10)
Independently observed- Amazon ECS
- Amazon EKS
- Amazon EC2
- AWS Lambda
- AWS Fargate
- AWS App Runner
- Amazon Inspector
- AWS Marketplace
- Docker CLI
- Helm
Amazon ECR FAQ
Common questions about Amazon ECR, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Amazon ECR?
Amazon ECR is a managed service that stores Docker container images and OCI artifacts with high availability. It integrates with AWS compute services, offers both private and public repositories, and includes built-in encryption, access controls via IAM, and vulnerability scanning through Amazon Inspector. It is indexed under Container Registries.
Is Amazon ECR free?
Amazon ECR offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.09 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Amazon ECR support?
Amazon ECR supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can Amazon ECR be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon ECR, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What does Amazon ECR integrate with?
We have confirmed 10 integrations for Amazon ECR, including Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate, AWS App Runner, Amazon Inspector and AWS Marketplace, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Amazon ECR have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Amazon ECR. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon ECR not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Amazon ECR alternatives
Other container registries we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- HarborOpen-source container image registry with built-in security, signing, and vulnerability scanning for cloud-native environmentshigh · 78%
- Google Artifact RegistryA hosted repository service for organizing and managing build artifacts and package dependencies across multiple formatsmedium · 54%
- Docker HubA central registry for storing, managing, and sharing container images with your team and the broader developer communityhigh · 75%
- CloudsmithUniversal registry platform with integrated security scanning for managing artifacts across your software supply chainmedium · 52%
- Azure Container RegistryHosted storage for containerized application imagesmedium · 53%
- CNCF DistributionA cloud-hosted registry for discovering, publishing, and managing containerized applicationsmedium · 67%
Compare Amazon ECR
Side by side against other container registries, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Amazon ECR, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 25 | 0.18 | 4.4 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.04 | 4.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 100 | 0.04 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.05 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.03 | 2.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 30 | 0.04 | 1.3 | ✓ |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Rbac: Yes · Web ui: Yes · Hosting: cloud · Image signing: Yes · Oci compliant: Yes · Private repos: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 10 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Security
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