GitLab Container Registry
An integrated container image storage and management solution built directly into GitLab projects
- Also known as
- gitlab-container-registry
Available worldwide
What is GitLab Container Registry?
Store, manage, and organize container images for each GitLab project using an integrated registry. Supports multiple deployment models and tiers with web-based management and CLI access.
GitLab Container Registry 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.
Container Registry included across Free, Premium, and Ultimate GitLab tiers. Free 30-day trial available.
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FreePremium
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What GitLab Container Registry 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 + self-hosted
- OCI Distribution Spec compliant
- ✓
- Artifact types
- Container images only
- 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
- -
- Web UI / console
- ✓
- High-availability deployment
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Docker Hub
- CI/CD pipelines
GitLab Container Registry alternatives
Other container registries we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Google Artifact RegistryA hosted repository service for organizing and managing build artifacts and package dependencies across multiple formatsmedium · 54%
- Cloudsmithmedium · 52%
- Azure Container RegistryA service for storing and managing Docker and OCI-compliant container imagesmedium · 53%
- Harborhigh · 77%
- Docker HubA hosted repository for storing and sharing containerized applicationsmedium · 74%
- Distributionmedium · 67%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
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 GitLab Container Registry, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 50 | 0.05 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.04 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.03 | 2.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.04 | 1.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.04 | 0.6 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.18 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Web ui: Yes · Hosting: both · Oci compliant: Yes · Private repos: Yes · Artifact types: images · Pull through cache: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-16 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |