# Harbor

Source: https://calc.onpremeasy.com/product/harbor/

## Indicative from-price range

Indicative from-price range for self-hosting Harbor on 1 server: about $24 to $112 per month (USD), as of 2026-10-19, for the reference workload (Registry storage volume (GB): 500; Concurrent push/pull requests: 20; Replication targets: 2). From-price by provider, each the cheapest server in that provider's own shortlist: $24 on DigitalOcean (basic-2vcpu-4gb, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, fra1); $49 on Google Cloud (e2-standard-2, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, us-central1); $63 on Amazon Web Services (c9g.large, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, us-east-1); $64 on OVHcloud (rise-1, 6 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, eu-west); $66 on Microsoft Azure (D2as_v7, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, eastus); $66 on Hetzner (AX41, 6 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-central); $262 on Servers.com (dl-01, 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-west).

Reference workload:
- Registry storage volume (GB): 500
- Concurrent push/pull requests: 20
- Replication targets: 2

Price snapshot: 2026-10-19. Currency: USD. FX snapshot: 2026-10-19.

Configuration: Low end: 1 x basic-2vcpu-4gb (DigitalOcean, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, about $24 per server per month). High end: 1 x rise-m (OVHcloud, 12 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, about $112 per server per month).

Methodology: This range is generated automatically from public provider price lists. It has not been reviewed by a person, it is not a quote, and it may differ from the total the calculator chooses for your own workload with its AI step. Method: the calculator's offer shortlist for the reference workload (the same ranking it builds before the AI step, up to 12 offers across providers; 12 here) is priced at its monthly list price in USD. The low end is the cheapest of the per-provider from-prices below and the high end is the median server of the combined shortlist, each multiplied by 1, the smallest baseline topology (registry-core-colocated). The from-price for each provider applies the same method to that provider's own shortlist (the calculator's ranking restricted to that provider), so it is the cheapest server that ranking offers there, not a recommendation. Prices are taken from the price snapshot dated 2026-10-19; prices quoted in EUR are converted with the ECB reference rate dated 2026-10-19. Servers with fewer than 2 vCPU or less than 4 GB RAM are not priced. Only server rental list prices for the product's own servers are counted: dependencies, licences, support, traffic charges, taxes and setup fees are not included.

Price sources:
- [Amazon Web Services](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.json)
- [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets)
- [Google Cloud](https://cloudbilling.googleapis.com/v1/services/6F81-5844-456A/skus)
- [Hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com/_resources/app/data/app/live_data_en_EUR.json)
- [Microsoft Azure](https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices)
- [OVHcloud](https://eu.api.ovh.com/1.0/order/catalog/public/eco?ovhSubsidiary=FR)
- [Servers.com](https://www.servers.com/products/scalable-bare-metal)

Harbor is an open-source, CNCF-graduated container registry that stores, signs, and scans OCI images and Helm charts for vulnerabilities before they are deployed. It adds enterprise features such as role-based access control, image replication between registries, and audit logging on top of standard registry functionality.

## What gets deployed with it

- PostgreSQL HA Cluster (required): Harbor requires a durable relational backing store for registry metadata, user accounts, replication rules, and audit logs. Embedded databases are not supported in production.

## Baseline topologies

- registry-core-colocated: 1 node minimum; roles: harbor-core
- registry-core-split-jobservice: 2 nodes minimum; roles: harbor-core, harbor-jobservice

## What drives the cost

- Registry storage volume (GB): Total externally mounted storage volume allocated for artifact layers, manifests, and Helm chart storage. This is operator-provisioned and not used for compute offer selection.
- Concurrent push/pull requests: Peak number of simultaneous push or pull operations against the registry, driving jobservice and core thread capacity.
- Replication targets: Number of remote replication endpoints that Harbor must push artifacts to via replication rules. Each active replication rule adds background jobservice queue pressure.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much does it cost to self-host Harbor?

Indicative from-price range for self-hosting Harbor on 1 server: about $24 to $112 per month (USD), as of 2026-10-19, for the reference workload (Registry storage volume (GB): 500; Concurrent push/pull requests: 20; Replication targets: 2). From-price by provider, each the cheapest server in that provider's own shortlist: $24 on DigitalOcean (basic-2vcpu-4gb, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, fra1); $49 on Google Cloud (e2-standard-2, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, us-central1); $63 on Amazon Web Services (c9g.large, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, us-east-1); $64 on OVHcloud (rise-1, 6 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, eu-west); $66 on Microsoft Azure (D2as_v7, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, eastus); $66 on Hetzner (AX41, 6 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-central); $262 on Servers.com (dl-01, 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-west). This is an automatically generated indicative figure from public price lists (price snapshot 2026-10-19), not a quote.

### What drives the cost of self-hosting Harbor?

The sizing inputs the calculator uses for Harbor are: Registry storage volume (GB); Concurrent push/pull requests; Replication targets. Cost also depends on the number of servers and the provider chosen.

### What is the minimum number of servers for Harbor?

The smallest baseline topology in the calculator's profile for Harbor is registry-core-colocated (1 server). Other baseline topologies: registry-core-split-jobservice (2 servers minimum). The reference range above is computed for 1 server.

Size Harbor for your own workload: https://calc.onpremeasy.com/?product=harbor

## Sources

- https://goharbor.io/
- https://goharbor.io/docs/
- https://github.com/goharbor/harbor