Red Hat Quay
Container registry software
DevOps software
Containerization software
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What is Red Hat Quay
Red Hat Quay is an enterprise container image registry used to store, manage, and distribute container images and related artifacts. It is typically used by platform, DevOps, and security teams that need a private registry for Kubernetes and CI/CD workflows. Quay supports role-based access control, image signing and vulnerability scanning integrations, and geo-replication for multi-site deployments. It is commonly deployed on-premises or in private cloud environments, including as part of Red Hat OpenShift ecosystems.
Enterprise access controls
Quay provides fine-grained authentication and authorization features suited to multi-team environments. It supports organizations, teams, repositories, and role-based permissions to control push/pull and administrative actions. These controls help standardize registry governance across multiple projects and clusters.
Security and compliance features
Quay includes capabilities commonly required in regulated environments, such as image signing support and policy-oriented workflows. It integrates with vulnerability scanning (often via Red Hat Clair) to surface known CVEs for stored images. These features help teams incorporate registry-level checks into build and release processes.
Replication and high availability
Quay supports geo-replication to distribute images across regions or data centers for performance and resilience. It is designed for highly available deployments with external database and object storage backends. This fits organizations that need consistent image availability across multiple Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters.
Operational complexity on-prem
Running Quay in self-managed environments typically requires planning for external dependencies such as object storage and a database. High availability and replication add additional configuration and monitoring overhead. Teams without platform engineering capacity may find managed registry services simpler to operate.
Ecosystem-leaning integrations
Quay is frequently implemented alongside Red Hat platform components and workflows. While it can be used independently, some organizations may experience additional effort when standardizing integrations outside that ecosystem (for example, identity providers, scanning pipelines, or cluster tooling). This can increase time-to-value in heterogeneous environments.
Not a full DevOps suite
Quay focuses on registry functions rather than end-to-end CI/CD, artifact lifecycle management across many package formats, or advanced pipeline orchestration. Organizations seeking a single platform for builds, deployments, and multi-format artifact repositories may need additional tools. This can lead to a broader toolchain to manage.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Not listed on vendor site | Includes 5 private repositories; unlimited public repos; basic team features. (Official docs list 5 private repos for Developer plan.) |
| Micro | Not listed on vendor site | Includes 10 private repositories; unlimited public repos; team-based permissions. |
| Small | Not listed on vendor site | Includes 20 private repositories; unlimited public repos; team-based permissions. |
| Larger / Large | Not listed on vendor site | Includes 50 private repositories ("Larger"/Large tier); unlimited public repos; team-based permissions. |
| Enterprise / Quay Enterprise | Contact sales / Not listed on vendor site | For large organizations: unlimited users and repositories; enterprise support and entitlements. |
Notes: Official Red Hat / Quay.io documentation and Red Hat Customer Portal state that Quay.io pricing is based on number of private repositories and that public repositories are always free. Official pages reference a Quay.io pricing/plans page but do not publish per-plan dollar amounts on the vendor's primary documentation pages. AWS Marketplace listings and third-party pages do list dollar amounts, but those are not the vendor's own pricing pages and therefore were not used per instructions.
Seller details
Red Hat, Inc. (IBM subsidiary) / Mandrel open source project
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
1993
Subsidiary
https://github.com/graalvm/mandrel
https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-hat/
