Quay vs Angos

Quay9.3Visit Angos9.0Visit

Higher score Quay #2 in Container Registries 9.3/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Quay

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

• Quay fits best

  Open-source teams needing hosted or self-hosted options

• Angos fits best

  Policy-driven open-source deployments

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Side by side

Feature	Quay 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Angos 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	9.0
Ranking	#2 in Container Registries	#5 in Container Registries
Best for	Open-source teams needing hosted or self-hosted options	Policy-driven open-source deployments
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	Free plan · 30-day trial	Open source
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Linux
Support	Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	5 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Quay 4/4 · Angos 4/4
Image scanning	✓	✓
OCI artifacts	✓	✓
Immutable tags	✓	✓
Retention policies	✓	✓
Specs
Replication scope	Multi-region	Not checked yet
Included storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Maximum image size	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Automated vulnerability scanning with Clair OCI 1.1 referrers, immutable tags, and retention policies Mirroring and geo-replication for distributed repositories	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	Project Quay and hosted Quay.io require a deployment choice Advanced controls may exceed basic image-storage needs Self-hosted deployment adds operational responsibility	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	Quay is a container registry for developers and organizations that build, store, organize, scan, and distribute container images and other OCI artifacts. It supports web and API access, as well as self-hosted deployment. Project Quay is… 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

• Quay — where it wins

  • Automated vulnerability scanning with Clair
  • OCI 1.1 referrers, immutable tags, and retention policies
  • Mirroring and geo-replication for distributed repositories

  Where it doesn't

  • Project Quay and hosted Quay.io require a deployment choice
  • Advanced controls may exceed basic image-storage needs
  • Self-hosted deployment adds operational responsibility

• 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

• Quay9.3/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A flexible registry for teams that need hosted convenience or self-hosted control.

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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 →