Which is cheaper, Amazon ECR or Google Artifact Registry?

AWS is cheaper in 2 of 3 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 14.1%.

How do Amazon ECR and Google Artifact Registry compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSGCP

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

GCP Wins

Ties

AWS wins 2 of 3 price comparisons, averaging 14.1% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0200/hr to $0.1500/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for EC2 Container Registry workloads

Comparing Amazon ECR and Google Artifact Registry across 3 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon ECR	GCP Google Artifact Registry	Diff	Cheapest
EC2 Container Registry - EC2 Container Registry	$0.0200/hr USE1-AsyncActions-ImageSigning ($14.60/mo)	$0.0200/hr 22B5-F946-9E46 ($14.60/mo)	0.0%	Tie
EC2 Container Registry - EC2 Container Registry	$0.1000/hr TimedStorage-ByteHrs ($73.00/mo)	$0.1100/hr 80C4-A497-A7D1 ($80.30/mo)	+9.1%	AWS
EC2 Container Registry - EC2 Container Registry	$0.1000/hr USE1-TimedStorage-Archive-ByteHrs ($73.00/mo)	$0.1500/hr 808D-7F23-B7BF ($109.50/mo)	+33.3%	AWS

✓EC2 Container Registry - EC2 Container Registry - saves $7.30/mo (9.1% cheaper)
✓EC2 Container Registry - EC2 Container Registry - saves $36.50/mo (33.3% cheaper)