Amazon ECR versus GitHub Container Registry

23 Oct 2025

Learn how Amazon ECR differs from GitHub Container Registry.

	Amazon ECR	GitHub Container Registry
Public Repository	✅ yes	✅ yes
Private Repository	✅ yes	✅ yes
Pricing (Public Repository)	💰 Storage: $0.10 per GB	🆓 $0
Pricing (Private Repository)	💰 Storage: $0.10 per GB, Data Transfer: $0.09 per GB	💰💰 Storage: $0.25 per per GB, Outgoing Data Transfer: $0.50 per GB
Authentication	AWS IAM	Personal Access Token (PAT)
MFA for Image Push/Pull	✅ yes	❌ no
SLA Availability	✅ 99.9%	⚠️ n/a during beta
General Available	✅ yes	⚠️ beta
Immutable Images	✅ yes	❌ no
Image Scanning	✅ yes	❌ no
Regions	Choose between one of 25 regions worldwide	⚠️ unknown
Rate Limits	Pull: 1,000 per second, Push: 10 per second	n/a

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