Best Container Registries in 2026
Updated
In short: Docker Desktop is ranked #1 of 53 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Inedo ProGet and JFrog Container Registry. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Inedo ProGet. The lowest first paid tier on this page is DigitalOcean Container Registry at $5/mo.
Container registries provide a way to store and distribute container images, and some support OCI artifacts as well. Compare image scanning and immutable tags with retention policies and replication scope to assess the listed security and image-management capabilities. Included storage and maximum image size can help you gauge fit for your workloads, while free-plan availability and paid-from pricing add cost context. Quay leads the ranking, followed by 8gears Container Registry, JFrog Container Registry and Inedo ProGet. Amazon Elastic Container Registry, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Registry, Satama Container Registry and Harbor are also among the opening entries. Weigh these features against how you build, store and distribute artifacts.
53 container registries ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
#1 Docker Desktop Top pick · 7.3 Free plan · $9/mo
#2 Inedo ProGet Runner-up · 7.3 Free plan · $199.58/mo #3 JFrog Container Registry Also great · 7.2 Free plan · $50/mo
- Free plan LinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$9/mofirst paid tier About Docker DesktopVisit site - Free planFree trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$199.58/mofirst paid tier About Inedo ProGetVisit site - Free planFree trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$50/mofirst paid tier About JFrog Container RegistryVisit site - Free planFree trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Free planFree trial Linuxself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Image scanning
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree About QuayVisit site - Free plan apiLinuxWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - AndroidapiiOSLinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsCNY 50/mofirst paid tier About Volcengine Container RegistryVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 5 /mo
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$5/mofirst paid tier About DigitalOcean Container RegistryVisit site - Free trial apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 20 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms$20/mofirst paid tier About DepotVisit site - apiWeb
- Image scanning
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - apiWeb
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 0.1 /mo
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WebiOSAndroid
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WindowsmacOSLinux
- Image scanning
- No
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- No
- Retention policies
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WindowsmacOSLinuxRecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
- Web
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Web
- Image scanning
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WebLinux
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 150 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 4.99 /mo
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WebLinux
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Linux
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
- Immutable tags
- Yes
- Retention policies
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Image scanning
- Yes
- OCI artifacts
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
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Questions about this list
Which container registrie is ranked first on Everything Xiaomi?
Docker Desktop is ranked #1 of 53 with a score of 7.3. Inedo ProGet is second and JFrog Container Registry third.
How many of these have a free plan?
8 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, DigitalOcean Container Registry has the lowest first paid tier we found: $5/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on. Paid placements never change a rank.