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Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
What Alibaba Cloud Container Registry is
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry is a web service for container images and related artifacts, with a free plan and three listed editions. Its features include image scanning, OCI artifacts, immutable tags, retention policies, and global replication. Personal Edition specifies 3 namespaces, 300 public repositories, and 1 concurrent build. Enterprise Basic Edition lists 15 namespaces, 1,000 public repositories, 250 pull QPS, and 3 concurrent build tasks. Enterprise Advanced Edition lists 50 namespaces, 5,000 public repositories, 1,000 pull QPS, and 10 concurrent build tasks. These edition limits let teams compare repository capacity, pull rates, and build concurrency. Its replication scope is global. Teams choosing among the editions can consider the stated capacity and build limits alongside the image scanning, artifact, tag, and retention features.
Who it suits
It suits teams looking for a web-accessible container registry with image scanning, OCI artifact support, and global replication. The three editions offer different stated repository, namespace, pull, and build allowances to consider.
What it does well
- Free plan available
- Includes image scanning and OCI artifacts
- Supports immutable tags and retention policies
- Global replication scope
- Three editions list capacity and build limits
What to know first
- Personal Edition allows 1 concurrent build
Limits
Personal Edition includes 3 namespaces, 300 public repositories, and 1 concurrent build. Enterprise Basic includes 15 namespaces, 1,000 public repositories, 250 pull QPS, and 3 concurrent build tasks; Enterprise Advanced includes 50 namespaces, 5,000 public repositories, 1,000 pull QPS, and 10 concurrent build tasks.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Basic Edition | 15 namespaces · 1,000 public repositories · 250 pull QPS · 3 concurrent build tasks | On request |
| Enterprise Advanced Edition | 50 namespaces · 5,000 public repositories · 1,000 pull QPS · 10 concurrent build tasks | On request |
| Personal Edition | Free of charge; public preview · 3 namespaces · 300 public repositories · 1 concurrent build · pull throughput not guaranteed · no SLA | Free |
| Enterprise Edition Advanced | Subscription; price varies by region and instance type · 50 namespaces · 5,000 public repositories · 1,000 pull QPS · 99.95% SLA · 10 concurrent builds · P2P and on-demand distribution | On request |
| Enterprise Edition Basic | Subscription; price varies by region and instance type · 15 namespaces · 1,000 public repositories · 250 pull QPS · 99.95% SLA · 3 concurrent builds | On request |
As alibabacloud.com lists them, read 22 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Visit https://www.alibabacloud.com/en/product/container-registry?_p_lc=1.
- Access the service through the web.
- Choose among the free plan and the listed Personal, Enterprise Basic, or Enterprise Advanced editions.
Verdict
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry combines image management features with three editions that state different capacity and build allowances. Compare those listed limits with your needs; the prices for the named editions are not provided.
Questions
Is Alibaba Cloud Container Registry free?
A free plan is available, and the pricing model is freemium.
What editions are listed?
The named editions are Personal Edition, Enterprise Basic Edition, and Enterprise Advanced Edition.
What are the Personal Edition allowances?
It includes 3 namespaces, 300 public repositories, and 1 concurrent build.
What features are listed?
The service lists image scanning, OCI artifacts, immutable tags, retention policies, and global replication.
What is the Enterprise Advanced Edition capacity?
It includes 50 namespaces, 5,000 public repositories, 1,000 pull QPS, and 10 concurrent build tasks.
What platform does it use?
The listed platform is web.
Facts from Alibaba Cloud Container Registry's own pages
- API
- ACR exposes OpenAPI version 2018-12-01 with public endpoints in the form cr.{regionId}.aliyuncs.com and VPC endpoints in the form cr-vpc.{regionId}.aliyuncs.com. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- API extensibility
- Developers can self-sign API requests when SDKs are insufficient, although Alibaba warns that implementing the signing mechanism is complex and may take about five business days. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Artifact formats
- Enterprise editions support multi-architecture Linux, Windows and Arm images, Helm Charts v2/v3 and OCI-compliant artifacts. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- CI/CD integrations
- The product can build images from Alibaba Cloud Code, GitHub or Bitbucket repositories and integrates with Alibaba Container Service, CodePipeline and YunXiao. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company founded
- LinkedIn states Alibaba Cloud was founded in 2009. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists Alibaba Cloud headquarters in Hangzhou, China. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company ownership
- G2 identifies the seller as Alibaba and lists ownership ticker BABA. · g2.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn classifies Alibaba Cloud as having 10,001 or more employees and shows about 5,326 employees on its page. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment integration
- Integration with Alibaba Container Service can automatically redeploy applications when new images become available. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation includes product comparisons, quotas, security guides, integration instructions, API operation references and product announcements. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Alibaba Cloud states that Enterprise Edition images are encrypted at rest in OSS using AES-256 server-side encryption. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Global distribution
- Enterprise Advanced adds global synchronization, peer-to-peer distribution and on-demand lazy pulling for large deployments. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Image lifecycle
- The service manages images across their lifecycle and provides image download URLs for internet, intranet and VPC users in different regions. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Image signing
- Enterprise Advanced supports namespace-level automatic signing with Alibaba Cloud KMS and signature verification in ACK through kritis-validation-hook. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- Alibaba describes ACR as based on open-source technologies and compatible with DevOps tools, but the managed ACR service page specifies no open-source licence. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: account verification and support
- Trustpilot reviewers report rejected or slow identity verification, difficult account closure, billing surprises and unresponsive support across Alibaba Cloud services. · trustpilot.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: documentation
- G2 reviewers complain that documentation is lacking and that English coverage is incomplete. · g2.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: setup experience
- G2 category data shows Alibaba Container Registry's ease-of-setup score at 1.7/10, far below the 8.1/10 category average. · g2.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Managed service model
- ACR is delivered as Alibaba Cloud infrastructure rather than a self-hostable registry package; the product page describes it as fully managed and gives no self-hosting distribution. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Network controls
- Enterprise editions can restrict access to selected VPCs and CIDR ranges and record image operations in ActionTrail. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Notable news
- Alibaba's Container Registry announcement log lists a May 2026 Personal Edition network-link upgrade and an April 2026 change to passwordless image pulling. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- PeerSpot coverage
- PeerSpot reports 0.1% container-registry mindshare and says it has not collected any reviews for Alibaba Container Registry. · peerspot.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Permission management
- ACR provides centralized image-permission controls for sharing images without exposing them outside intended boundaries. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Personal Edition limitation
- Personal Edition is public preview, free and intended for development or testing; Alibaba says it has no SLA or compensation and should not be used in production. · alibabacloud.com, 15 Oct 2026
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