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Quay

$$ Midfrom $15/mo · Last reviewed May 2026

Quay is a container registry from Red Hat offering OCI-compliant image storage, vulnerability scanning, and automated builds, available both hosted and self-hosted. It targets teams managing container images and includes vulnerability scanning via Clair, with support for public repositories. The underlying Project Quay is open-source and self-hostable, while quay.io provides a hosted option that is free for public repositories with paid private plans. It holds SOC 2 compliance and sits in the mid pricing tier.

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Overview

Founded
2013
Pricing tier
Mid
Startup-friendly
Yes
Enterprise-ready
Yes

Container registry

Free tier
Yes: Free for public repos on quay.io; Project Quay is open-source/self-hostable.
Open-source
Yes
Self-hostable
Yes
Vulnerability scanning
Yes
OCI-compliant
Yes
Public repos
Yes

Categories & compliance

Categories

Compliance

SOC2
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