# Quay.io: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/quay-io

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Artifact and container registries](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/artifact-and-container-registries/index.md) | 0% | 77 | 60% | 5 |

## And against it

- "Some of the registries mentioned include DockerHub, Quay.io, gcr.io, and ghcr.io. It is recommended to be cautious when using public registries" (Llama 4 Maverick, Artifact registries)
- "treat Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry ghcr.io, Quay.io, etc., as untrusted intake" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Artifact registries)
- "Quay.io public... These are convenient for open-source but risky for production pulls." (Grok 4.20, Artifact registries)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Quay.io, from 18 of the 19 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- container-registry.com: 9
- aquasec.com: 7
- csoonline.com: 7
- github.com: 7
- guptadeepak.com: 7
- harness.io: 6
- paloaltonetworks.com: 6
- ciopages.com: 5
- gane.ai/index: 5
- some-natalie.dev: 5

### Pages cited

- https://container-registry.com/compare: 9
- https://aquasec.com/blog/250m-artifacts-exposed-via-misconfigured-registries: 7
- https://csoonline.com/article/575157/thousands-of-misconfigured-container-and-artifact-registries-expose-sensitive-credentials.html: 7
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-8-container-registries-2026: 7
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/container-registry-artifact-management: 5
- https://some-natalie.dev/blog/registry-risks: 5
- https://github.com/abahmed/awesome-kubernetes-1/blob/master/v2-docs/registries.md: 4
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/artifact-and-container-registries: 3

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.