Angos vs Amazon Elastic Container Registry

Angos9.0Visit Amazon Elastic Container Registry8.8Visit

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

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Amazon Elastic Container Registry #7 in Container Registries 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Amazon ECR

• Angos fits best

  Policy-driven open-source deployments

• Amazon Elastic Container Registry fits best

  AWS-native container workloads

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Side by side

Feature	Angos 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Amazon Elastic Container Registry 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.8
Ranking	#5 in Container Registries	#7 in Container Registries
Best for	Policy-driven open-source deployments	AWS-native container workloads
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Starting price	Open source	$0.10/GB/mo
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Linux	Web
Support	Community, Docs	Docs
Integrations	8 integrations	7 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Angos 4/4 · Amazon Elastic Container Registry 4/4
Image scanning	✓	✓
OCI artifacts	✓	✓
Immutable tags	✓	✓
Retention policies	✓	✓
Specs
Replication scope	Not checked yet	Multi-region
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	Deep integration with ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, and Elastic Beanstalk Scanning, immutable tags, lifecycle policies, signing, and encrypted storage Cross-Region and cross-account replication with pull-through caching
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	Usage-based pricing requires cost planning rather than fixed subscription budgeting Its strongest fit is within the AWS ecosystem The 52,000 MiB layer limit may matter for unusually large layers
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 →	Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) is a fully managed registry for Docker and Open Container Initiative images and artifacts. It supports private and public repositories, with access through the web, APIs, Docker-compatible… 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

• Amazon Elastic Container Registry — where it wins

  • Deep integration with ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lambda, and Elastic Beanstalk
  • Scanning, immutable tags, lifecycle policies, signing, and encrypted storage
  • Cross-Region and cross-account replication with pull-through caching

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage-based pricing requires cost planning rather than fixed subscription budgeting
  • Its strongest fit is within the AWS ecosystem
  • The 52,000 MiB layer limit may matter for unusually large layers

• Angos9.0/10 · Open source

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

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• Amazon Elastic Container Registry8.8/10 · Paid

  A capable AWS-native registry with strong controls, scanning, and multi-Region support.

  Visit Amazon ECRFull verdict →