Volcengine Container Registry
Volcengine Container Registry stores OCI-compliant cloud-native artifacts, including container images and Helm charts, for lifecycle management.
What Volcengine Container Registry is
Volcengine Container Registry stores OCI-compliant cloud-native artifacts, including container images and Helm charts, for lifecycle management. Users can push, pull, and clean up images with Docker, Nerdctl, or Helm. Image scanning can report vulnerabilities, malicious or unexpected files, and remediation suggestions. IAM policies provide user authorization and resource-level access control. Standard Edition instances can enable server-side encryption for image data when created, and can replicate images and Helm charts across instances, regions, and repositories; an account can have up to five enabled replication rules at once. Proxy cache registries can cache external sources such as Docker Hub, GHCR, and self-hosted Docker registries. The service integrates with Volcengine Kubernetes Engine for internal-network image pulls, while Standard Edition supports P2P acceleration for large cluster pulls. Micro Edition allows five namespaces and 500 GiB of namespace storage; Standard Edition allows 50 namespaces and unlimited namespace storage by default. A free Trial Edition is quota-limited and does not support quota expansion.
Good
- Supports OCI images and Helm charts
- Scans for vulnerabilities and unexpected files
- Standard Edition supports cross-region replication
- Integrates with Volcengine Kubernetes Engine
Watch out
- Free Trial Edition is quota-limited
- Trial quota cannot be expanded
- Micro Edition is limited to five namespaces and 500 GiB
Who it suits
Micro Edition is positioned for individual developers, startup teams, development and test environments, and small image workloads. Teams needing replication, larger namespace allowances, or P2P acceleration may consider Standard Edition.
Verdict
Volcengine Container Registry combines artifact storage with scanning, access controls, and lifecycle features. Check edition limits and regional subscription rates before choosing an instance.
Plans and prices
From Volcengine Container Registry's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Trial Edition | Free | Quota-limited and does not support quota expansion · Free shared instance; duration not stated |
| Standard instance · Micro Edition subscription | CN¥50 a month | Published unit rate is 50 CNY/month/instance in Chinese mainland and 70 CNY/month/instance in China (Hong Kong) and other regions · Subscription; Chinese mainland regions; per instance |
| Standard instance · Standard Edition subscription | CN¥1,349 a month | Published unit rate is 1349 CNY/month/instance in Chinese mainland and 1868 CNY/month/instance in China (Hong Kong) and other regions · Subscription; Chinese mainland regions; per instance |
The facts
Each one read from Volcengine Container Registry's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access control
- The service supports IAM policies for user authorization and resource-level permission control.checked 4 Oct 2026
- API
- The Container Registry OpenAPI lets developers manage service modules through HTTPS or HTTP requests.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Micro Edition is positioned for individual developers, startup teams, development and test environments, and small image workloads.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Clients
- The documented clients for pushing and pulling artifacts are Docker, Nerdctl, and Helm.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- Standard Edition supports P2P acceleration for large-scale cluster image pulls.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Image encryption
- Standard Edition instances can enable server-side encryption for image data when the instance is created.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Container Registry is natively integrated with Volcengine Kubernetes Engine for image pulls over the internal network.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Lifecycle
- It supports pushing, pulling, and cleaning up images.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Limits
- Micro Edition allows five namespaces and 500 GiB namespace storage, while Standard Edition allows 50 namespaces and unlimited namespace storage by default.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Proxy sources
- Proxy cache registries can cache external sources including Docker Hub, GHCR, and self-hosted Docker registries.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Container Registry hosts OCI-compliant cloud-native artifacts such as container images and Helm charts for lifecycle management.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Replication
- Standard Edition can replicate images and Helm charts across instances, regions, and repositories; each account can have up to five enabled replication rules at once.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security scanning
- Image scanning can report vulnerabilities, malicious files, unexpected files, and remediation suggestions.checked 4 Oct 2026
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