Pricing
Cloud provider pricing for Alien Artifact Registry resources.
Alien provisions Artifact Registry in your customer's cloud. The customer pays the cloud provider for the underlying registry. Alien currently lists Artifact Registry as a free auto-managed resource on Pricing.
Prices shown for US East regions. Last verified: April 2026.
Storage Pricing
| Provider | Service | Price per GB/month | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | ECR | $0.10 | Per GB of stored images. |
| GCP | Artifact Registry | $0.10 | First 0.5 GB free. |
| Azure | ACR Basic | ~$5.00/month flat | 10 GB included. $0.10/GB overage. |
| Azure | ACR Standard | ~$20.00/month flat | 100 GB included. $0.10/GB overage. |
| Azure | ACR Premium | ~$50.00/month flat | 500 GB included. Geo-replication available. |
Data Transfer
Image pull (egress) costs vary. Pulls within the same region are typically free or very cheap. Cross-region and internet egress follows standard data transfer pricing.
Example: 10 GB Image Storage/month
| Provider | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AWS ECR | $1.00 | 10 GB × $0.10 |
| GCP Artifact Registry | $0.95 | 9.5 GB billed (0.5 GB free) |
| Azure ACR Basic | $5.00 | Flat monthly (10 GB included) |
| Azure ACR Standard | $20.00 | Flat monthly (100 GB included) |
Platform Notes
- ECR charges purely per-GB with no base fee. Best value for small image stores.
- ACR is tier-based. Basic tier's 10 write ops/min limit can bottleneck CI/CD pipelines. Standard or Premium recommended for production.
- Artifact Registry pricing is simple and per-GB, similar to ECR.