Angos vs Alibaba Cloud Container Registry

Angos9.0Visit Alibaba Cloud Container Registry8.7Visit

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

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Alibaba Cloud Container Registry #8 in Container Registries 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Alibaba Cloud

• Angos fits best

  Policy-driven open-source deployments

• Alibaba Cloud Container Registry fits best

  Teams operating primarily in Alibaba Cloud

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Side by side

Feature	Angos 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Alibaba Cloud Container Registry 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.7
Ranking	#5 in Container Registries	#8 in Container Registries
Best for	Policy-driven open-source deployments	Teams operating primarily in Alibaba Cloud
Pricing model	Free	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Open source	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Linux	Web
Support	Community, Docs	Live chat, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Integrations	8 integrations	9 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Angos 4/4 · Alibaba Cloud Container Registry 4/4
Image scanning	✓	✓
OCI artifacts	✓	✓
Immutable tags	✓	✓
Retention policies	✓	✓
Specs
Replication scope	Not checked yet	Global
Included storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Maximum image size	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	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	Free Personal Edition with 3 namespaces and 300 public repositories OCI artifacts, Helm charts, scanning, immutability, and cleanup rules Global replication, network controls, builds, and ActionTrail logging
Cons	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	Personal Edition includes no SLA guarantee Enterprise pricing varies by region Enterprise image storage is billed through OSS usage
Our verdict	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 →	Alibaba Cloud Container Registry is a managed service for storing, securing, building, and distributing container images and cloud-native artifacts. It supports individual developers through the free Personal Edition and production teams… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• Alibaba Cloud Container Registry — where it wins

  • Free Personal Edition with 3 namespaces and 300 public repositories
  • OCI artifacts, Helm charts, scanning, immutability, and cleanup rules
  • Global replication, network controls, builds, and ActionTrail logging

  Where it doesn't

  • Personal Edition includes no SLA guarantee
  • Enterprise pricing varies by region
  • Enterprise image storage is billed through OSS usage

• Angos9.0/10 · Open source

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

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• Alibaba Cloud Container Registry8.7/10 · Free plan

  A broad registry service with a free tier and Alibaba Cloud-focused enterprise capabilities.

  Visit Alibaba CloudFull verdict →