Artifact and container registries · November 2026 Edition
Azure Container Registry vs Cloudsmith
Zero of fourteen models named Azure Container Registry first on the direct prompt; two named Cloudsmith. Azure Container Registry was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Cloudsmith by twelve and Azure Container Registry carries 35 labels and Cloudsmith 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Azure Container Registry
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share5%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3526A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Azure Container Registry reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.JFrog Artifactory was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Sonatype Nexus Repository vs Azure Container Registry · Sonatype Nexus Repository vs Cloudsmith · JFrog Artifactory vs Azure Container Registry
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the artifact and container registries page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Azure Container RegistryFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCloudsmith
Direct02
Paraphrase30
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Cloudsmith
Scale-constrained00
Negative302 against Azure Container Registry
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Azure Container Registry and Cloudsmith were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 104 answers naming Azure Container Registry and the 72 naming Cloudsmith. In those answers Cloudsmith took the first choice two times and Azure Container Registry zero.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Azure Container Registry and Cloudsmith stood in it.
| Model | DirectAC | ParaphraseAC | ComparativeAC | Budget-constrainedAC | Scale-constrainedAC | NegativeAC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | AC | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | AC | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | AC | AC | |||
| Perplexity Sonar | | AC | AC | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | AC | | | AC | |
| Mistral Small | | AC | AC | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | AC | | AC | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | AC | AC | AC | AC | ||
| Kimi K2 | | AC | AC | | AC | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | AC | | AC | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | AC | | AC | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | AC | AC | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | AC | AC |
AC Azure Container Registry CloudsmithAC first choiceAC named as an alternativeAC argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Azure Container Registry on the left and Cloudsmith on the right.
CloudsmithAC first choiceAC named as an alternativeAC argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Azure Container Registry on the left and Cloudsmith on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Azure Container Registry and Cloudsmith stood in it.
Cloudsmith first, Azure Container Registry not the choice
2 of 14 modelsAzure Container Registry was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, GitHub Packages, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
GPT-6 LunaCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashGitHub Packages, GitLab Package Registry alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith, ECR, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Grok 4.20JFrog Artifactory alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith, GHCR, GitHub Packages, Harbor, ProGet, Sonatype Lifecycle
Mistral SmallJFrog Artifactory alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith, Google Artifact Registry, Harbor, Sonatype Nexus Repository
DeepSeek V4 FlashGitHub Packages, JFrog Artifactory alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith, Google Artifact Registry, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Qwen 3.7 FlashJFrog Artifactory alternatives: AWS ECR, Azure Container Registry, GitLab Package Registry, Google Artifact Registry, Sonatype Lifecycle
Kimi K2Sonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: Cloudsmith, GitHub Packages
Muse Glimmer 30BJFrog Artifactory alternatives: Cloudsmith, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Artifactory, Nexus Repository alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, GitHub Packages, GitLab Package Registry
GPT-5.4 miniSonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, JFrog Artifactory
Llama 4 MaverickJFrog Artifactory alternatives: Amazon Elastic Container Registry, GitHub Packages, Google Artifact Registry, Sonatype Nexus Repository
GLM 4.7 FlashXSonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: Harbor, JFrog Artifactory
MiniMax M2.5Sonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, GitHub Packages, Google Artifact Registry, JFrog Artifactory
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Cloudsmith leads by five points.
Cloudsmith5%#4 of 13Azure Container Registry0%#11 of 13
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Azure Container Registry leads at mid-market.
Azure Container Registry5%#6 of 15
Cloudsmith3%#8 of 15Enterprise
Azure Container Registry leads by seven points.
Azure Container Registry7%#3 of 16
Cloudsmith0%#9 of 16What the models said about Azure Container Registry
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“you should still: Ensure they are properly configured and not publicly exposed unless necessary.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Not to be *avoided*, but cautious about relying on them as your only registry.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best default for most mid-sized B2B companies: AWS ECR, ACR, or Artifact Registry depending on your cloud.” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Azure Container Registry (ACR) or GitHub Container Registry (GHCR)” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Cloud provider registries (ECR, ACR, GAR) | Recommended – built-in security features” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Cloudsmith
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Managed SaaS with a free tier, but paid plans begin around $149/month.” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Cloudsmith is the best default” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Cloudsmith is my default pick for a mid-market B2B company” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
“Self-hosted control, lighter footprint, strong proxy & caching, growing team | Sonatype Nexus (Pro) or Cloudsmith (Enterprise)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.