Chainguard Registry

Chainguard Registry is ranked #5 of 53 in container registries on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered.

Chainguard Registry plans and pricing

All plans

Free Images Free Up to five images per organization · Base, Application, and AI/ML images · no CVE remediation SLA stated for the free image set chainguard.dev · 3 Oct 2026

Catalog $1,910 Request Enterprise pricing Licensed by engineering organization size · full catalog access to 3,000+ images · contractual CVE SLA · net new image requests chainguard.dev · 3 Oct 2026

Per Image Not published Request Enterprise pricing Licensed by number and type of images · contractual CVE SLA · all upstream supported tags chainguard.dev · 3 Oct 2026

Compared on container registries

Free plan: Yes
Image scanning: Yes
Immutable tags: No
Replication scope: none

Best Chainguard Registry alternatives

See all 12

Docker Desktop Free plan LinuxMacWebWin

$9/mo6.6 Inedo ProGet Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin

$199.58/mo6.6 JFrog Container Registry Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $50/mo6.6 8gears Container Registry Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb

Free6.5 Amazon Elastic Container Registry apiWeb 6.4 Quay Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb

Free6.4

Chainguard Registry

Product: Chainguard Containers provides minimal, hardened container images rebuilt from source daily.
Catalog size: The image directory lists 3,115 projects and 735,898 images.
Free access: The pricing page offers five images to test and deploy in production for free, with up to five images per organization.
Free image limit: The FAQ says the freely available image set has about 50 images, includes only :latest tags, and is not covered by the CVE remediation SLA.
Build security: The pricing page says container images are continuously built from source in SLSA L3 hardened infrastructure with CVE patching.
Artifact evidence: The pricing page lists Sigstore-signed artifacts with build-time SBOMs and digital attestations.
Remediation SLA: The listed contractual CVE SLA is seven days for critical vulnerabilities and 14 days for high, medium, and low vulnerabilities.
Supported versions: The pricing page lists upstream supported versions, including major and minor tags, and says EOL versions and EmeritOSS images are excluded.
Scanner integrations: Chainguard lists compatibility with scanners including Anchore, Aqua Trivy, AWS, CrowdStrike, GitLab, Grype, Qualys, Snyk, and Wiz.
Artifact managers: The pricing FAQ says customers can pull from Chainguard's registry or mirror images to JFrog Artifactory, Cloudsmith, Harbor, Nexus, Google Artifact Registry, Docker Hub, Amazon ECR, and Microsoft ACR.
Customization: Catalog plans include automated Custom Assembly tooling and access to a private APK repository with more than 10,000 packages for image customization.
Compliance images: The pricing page lists access to STIG-hardened and FIPS-validated images as a feature.
Support: The site directs prospective customers to contact Chainguard for an enterprise quote and links to a support portal.
Intended users: Chainguard describes the product as a foundation for engineers and says the catalog licensing model is suited to organizations relying heavily on Chainguard Containers.
Price from: Free

Visit site Alternatives

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Container Registries in 2026#5 of 53

Is Chainguard Registry yours?

Claim it for free: prove the domain, then correct facts, plans and screenshots. An editor reviews every change.

Claim it free Promote Chainguard Registry

Sources

images.chainguard.dev· checked 3 Oct 2026
chainguard.dev/pricing· checked 3 Oct 2026
chainguard.dev/scanners· checked 3 Oct 2026
chainguard.dev/containers· checked 3 Oct 2026