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Amazon Elastic Container Registry
Plans and prices
Pay-as-you-go
Priced on request
500 MB/month private repository storage for new ECR customers for one year · 50 GB/month always-free public repository storage · Public repository internet transfer free up to 500 GB/month anonymously or 5 TB/month with an AWS account
Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
On the record
- Access control and encryption
- ECR uses IAM policies to control access to private images, transfers images over HTTPS, and encrypts images at rest using S3 server-side encryption, with an option to use an AWS KMS key.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Availability and replication
- ECR stores images and artifacts in Amazon S3 and can automatically replicate them to multiple AWS Regions.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- AWS says it supports 143 security standards and compliance certifications, including PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140-3, and NIST 800-171.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Development environments
- AWS says ECR can be accessed from Docker environments in the cloud, on-premises, or on a local machine.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Image cache
- Pull through cache repositories retrieve, store, and sync artifacts from publicly accessible container registries.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Image security
- ECR supports managed container image signing, which can be configured in the console or through an API call to sign new images pushed to selected repositories.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- AWS describes its customers as ranging from startups and enterprises to nonprofits and governments.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Orchestrators
- ECR integrates with Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS so they can retrieve images specified in task or pod definitions.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Pricing limit
- For data transfer exceeding 500 TB per month, AWS directs customers to contact it.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Public gallery
- The ECR public gallery hosts publicly shared container software, including base images, Kubernetes add-ons, and Helm charts; AWS accounts are not required to search or pull public images.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Amazon ECR is a fully managed container registry for storing, sharing, and deploying container software and artifacts.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Standards and tools
- ECR supports OCI standards, the Docker Registry HTTP API V2, and Docker CLI commands such as push, pull, list, and tag.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Third-party integrations
- ECR integrates with third-party developer tools and can be included in continuous integration and delivery workflows.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Vulnerability scanning
- AWS describes using the integrated Amazon Inspector service to automate container image vulnerability assessment and remediation ticket routing.aws.amazon.com · read 2 Oct 2026
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