8gears Container Registry vs Angos

8gears Container Registry9.2Visit Angos9.0Visit

Higher score 8gears Container Registry #3 in Container Registries 9.2/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit 8gears

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Angos #5 in Container Registries 9.0/10 Open source ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Angos

• 8gears Container Registry fits best

  Security-focused teams needing a full registry

• Angos fits best

  Policy-driven open-source deployments

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Side by side

Feature	8gears Container Registry 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Angos 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	9.0
Ranking	#3 in Container Registries	#5 in Container Registries
Best for	Security-focused teams needing a full registry	Policy-driven open-source deployments
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	—	Open source
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	14 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Linux
Support	Email, Live chat, Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	12 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features 8gears Container Registry 4/4 · Angos 4/4
Image scanning	✓	✓
OCI artifacts	✓	✓
Immutable tags	✓	✓
Retention policies	✓	✓
Specs
Replication scope	Multi-region	Not checked yet
Included storage	1000 GB	Not checked yet
Maximum image size	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	OCI indexes and Helm charts support broader artifact workflows Scanning, immutability, retention, and signed-image controls strengthen governance Hosted, cloud, on-premises, air-gapped, and self-hosted deployment options	CEL policies cover access control, retention, and pruning Supports immutable tags, replication, and pull-through caching Works with OIDC, mTLS, Trivy, Grype, and S3-compatible storage
Cons	The Individuals plan includes only 1 GB of storage Community support is limited to the free Individuals plan Advanced authentication and custom SLA are reserved for Enterprise	Self-hosted deployment requires teams to manage the registry environment Vulnerability scanning depends on an external Trivy or Grype service Not positioned as a hosted registry with managed operations
Our verdict	8gears Container Registry is a commercial Harbor distribution for teams, enterprises, cloud providers, and independent software vendors that need to store and distribute container images and other OCI artifacts. It supports web, API, and… Read the review →	Angos is an open-source, self-hosted container registry for development, CI/CD, and infrastructure teams distributing Docker-compatible and OCI images. It supports the OCI Distribution Specification v1.1 and can store images on a… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 8gears Container Registry — where it wins

  • OCI indexes and Helm charts support broader artifact workflows
  • Scanning, immutability, retention, and signed-image controls strengthen governance
  • Hosted, cloud, on-premises, air-gapped, and self-hosted deployment options

  Where it doesn't

  • The Individuals plan includes only 1 GB of storage
  • Community support is limited to the free Individuals plan
  • Advanced authentication and custom SLA are reserved for Enterprise

• Angos — where it wins

  • CEL policies cover access control, retention, and pruning
  • Supports immutable tags, replication, and pull-through caching
  • Works with OIDC, mTLS, Trivy, Grype, and S3-compatible storage

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosted deployment requires teams to manage the registry environment
  • Vulnerability scanning depends on an external Trivy or Grype service
  • Not positioned as a hosted registry with managed operations

• 8gears Container Registry9.2/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A security-focused Harbor registry with OCI support, policy controls, and flexible deployment options.

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• Angos9.0/10 · Open source

  An open-source registry for teams that need policy controls, caching, replication, and self-hosting.

  Visit AngosFull verdict →