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DigitalOcean Container Registry vs OCIregistry

Both stand on container registries. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

DigitalOcean Container Registry

Free plan Web

The free Starter tier offers a small allocation, while Basic and Professional increase the repository and storage limits. Compare the listed allowances with the number of registries and amount of storage you need.

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OCIregistry

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted

OCIregistry focuses on pull-through image caching for Kubernetes-oriented deployments. Its broad upstream, transport, preload, and cache-management options are balanced by a single-instance serving limit and documented path constraint.

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The facts

	DigitalOcean Container Registry	OCIregistry
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	API, Linux, Self-hosted
Lowest paid plan	Basic: $5 a month	Not published
Plans published	3	None
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	digitalocean.com	github.com
On container registries	#32 of 60	#28 of 60

DigitalOcean Container Registry: what it does well

Free Starter plan includes one repository.
Image scanning is included.
Basic provides five repositories and 5 GiB.
Professional includes unlimited repositories and up to 10 registries.

What to know first

Starter storage is limited to 500 MiB.
Basic costs $5 a month.
Professional costs $20 a month.

OCIregistry: what it does well

Pulls from multiple upstream registries
Supports mutual TLS and basic authentication
Cache can be copied as files
Administrative API includes pruning and listings
Preloads images from URLs or tarballs

What to know first

Only one server instance can serve clients
Maximum image path length is four segments
No documented security certifications or compliance attestations
Modified MIT License restricts AI training use

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