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Amazon Elastic Container Registry

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Spec sheet

Purpose
Amazon ECR is a fully managed container registry for storing, sharing, and deploying container software and artifacts.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Intended users
AWS describes its customers as ranging from startups and enterprises to nonprofits and governments.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Compliance
AWS says it supports 143 security standards and compliance certifications, including PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140-3, and NIST 800-171.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Access control and encryption
ECR uses IAM policies to control access to private images, transfers images over HTTPS, and encrypts images at rest using S3 server-side encryption, with an option to use an AWS KMS key.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Availability and replication
ECR stores images and artifacts in Amazon S3 and can automatically replicate them to multiple AWS Regions.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Development environments
AWS says ECR can be accessed from Docker environments in the cloud, on-premises, or on a local machine.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Image cache
Pull through cache repositories retrieve, store, and sync artifacts from publicly accessible container registries.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Image security
ECR supports managed container image signing, which can be configured in the console or through an API call to sign new images pushed to selected repositories.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Orchestrators
ECR integrates with Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS so they can retrieve images specified in task or pod definitions.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Pricing limit
For data transfer exceeding 500 TB per month, AWS directs customers to contact it.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Public gallery
The ECR public gallery hosts publicly shared container software, including base images, Kubernetes add-ons, and Helm charts; AWS accounts are not required to search or pull public images.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Standards and tools
ECR supports OCI standards, the Docker Registry HTTP API V2, and Docker CLI commands such as push, pull, list, and tag.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Third-party integrations
ECR integrates with third-party developer tools and can be included in continuous integration and delivery workflows.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Vulnerability scanning
AWS describes using the integrated Amazon Inspector service to automate container image vulnerability assessment and remediation ticket routing.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

Plans and prices

Pay-as-you-go Price not published By data stored and data transferred to the internet; no upfront fees or commitments. 500 MB/month private repository storage for new ECR customers for one year · 50 GB/month always-free public repository storage · Public repository internet transfer free up to 500 GB/month anonymously or 5 TB/month with an AWS account Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

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