Artifact and container registries · November 2026 Edition
GitHub Packages vs Azure Container Registry
Two of fourteen models named GitHub Packages first on the direct prompt; zero named Azure Container Registry. Both were named by all fourteen models and GitHub Packages carries 64 labels and Azure Container Registry 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.
GitHub Packages
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
Azure Container Registry
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
First-choice share5%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels6435A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, GitHub Packages 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 GitHub Packages · Sonatype Nexus Repository vs Azure Container Registry · JFrog Artifactory vs GitHub Packages
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.
GitHub PackagesFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAzure Container Registry
Direct201 against GitHub Packages
Paraphrase13
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative035 against GitHub Packages · 2 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, GitHub Packages and Azure Container Registry were named in the same answer seventy-six times, of the 163 answers naming GitHub Packages and the 104 naming Azure Container Registry. In those answers Azure Container Registry took the first choice eight times and GitHub Packages nineteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where GitHub Packages and Azure Container Registry stood in it.
| Model | DirectGPAC | ParaphraseGPAC | ComparativeGPAC | Budget-constrainedGPAC | Scale-constrainedGPAC | NegativeGPAC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | GP | GPAC | GP | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | GP | AC | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | GP | GPAC | GPAC | GP | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | GP | GPAC | GPAC | GP | ||
| Grok 4.20 | GP | AC | GP | GP | GPAC | |
| Mistral Small | GP | AC | GPAC | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | GP | GP | GPAC | GP | GP | GPAC |
| Llama 4 Maverick | GP | GP | GP | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | AC | GPAC | AC | GP | GPAC | |
| Kimi K2 | GP | GPAC | GPAC | GP | GPAC | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | AC | GP | GPAC | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | GP | GPAC | GP | AC | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | GPAC | GPAC | GP | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | AC | GP | GPAC |
GP GitHub PackagesAC Azure Container RegistryGP first choiceGP named as an alternativeGP argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, GitHub Packages on the left and Azure Container Registry on the right.
The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where GitHub Packages and Azure Container Registry stood in it.
GitHub Packages 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.Gemini 3.5 FlashGitHub Packages, GitLab Package Registry alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith, ECR, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
DeepSeek V4 FlashGitHub Packages, JFrog Artifactory alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith, Google Artifact Registry, 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.Claude Haiku 4.5Artifactory, Nexus Repository alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, GitHub Packages, GitLab Package Registry
Perplexity SonarCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, GitHub Packages, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Grok 4.20JFrog Artifactory alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith, GHCR, GitHub Packages, Harbor, ProGet, Sonatype Lifecycle
Llama 4 MaverickJFrog Artifactory alternatives: Amazon Elastic Container Registry, GitHub Packages, 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
MiniMax M2.5Sonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, GitHub Packages, Google Artifact Registry, JFrog Artifactory
Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniSonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, JFrog Artifactory
Mistral SmallJFrog Artifactory alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith, Google Artifact Registry, Harbor, Sonatype Nexus Repository
GLM 4.7 FlashXSonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: Harbor, JFrog Artifactory
GPT-6 LunaCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Muse Glimmer 30BJFrog Artifactory alternatives: Cloudsmith, Sonatype Nexus Repository
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
GitHub Packages leads by fifty points.
GitHub Packages50%#1 of 13
Azure Container Registry0%#11 of 13
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
GitHub Packages5%#4 of 15
Azure Container Registry5%#6 of 15
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
The order flips: Azure Container Registry leads at enterprise.
Azure Container Registry7%#3 of 16
GitHub Packages0%#15 of 16
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about GitHub Packages
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“public registries like Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry (GHCR), or Google Artifact Registry are convenient, they pose high risks” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“only if you're very GitHub-centric and your package format needs are modest, since it is narrower in scope” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · soft negative
“you should still: Ensure they are properly configured and not publicly exposed unless necessary.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“start with GitHub Packages (free with your plan) and migrate to JFrog Artifactory once you outgrow it” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Azure Container Registry (ACR) or GitHub Container Registry (GHCR)” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Start with GitHub Packages / GitLab if your stack is standard.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What 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
Also compared
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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.