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Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)

Amazon ECR is AWS’s managed registry for storing, managing, and deploying container images. It handles the heavy lifting of repository maintenance, image scanning, and access control, so you don’t need to run your own Docker registry infrastructure. It integrates directly with other AWS services like ECS and EKS, making it the default choice for pushing and pulling container images within the AWS ecosystem.

This fits teams already committed to AWS infrastructure who want a native, zero-config registry experience. The main trade-off is vendor lock-in; while the service itself is free, you are tied to AWS’s ecosystem for storage and retrieval. If you need portability across multiple cloud providers or on-premises environments, a vendor-neutral registry might be more flexible.

• Free tier Yes
• Pricing Free tier
• Regions 15 · 6 continents
• SLA uptime 99.99%
• Compliance 13 certifications
• Provider health A