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Artifact and container registries · November 2026 Edition
JFrog Artifactory vs Azure Container Registry
Six of fourteen models named JFrog Artifactory first on the direct prompt; zero named Azure Container Registry. Both were named by all fourteen models and JFrog Artifactory carries 57 labels and Azure Container Registry 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Azure Container Registry
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
First-choice share22%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5735A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, JFrog Artifactory reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sonatype Nexus Repository was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Sonatype Nexus Repository vs JFrog Artifactory · Sonatype Nexus Repository vs Azure Container Registry · JFrog Artifactory vs Amazon ECR
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.
JFrog ArtifactoryFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAzure Container RegistryDirect601 against JFrog Artifactory
Paraphrase232 against JFrog Artifactory
Comparative10
Budget-constrained004 against JFrog Artifactory
Scale-constrained50
Negative031 against JFrog Artifactory · 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, JFrog Artifactory and Azure Container Registry were named in the same answer seventy-nine times, of the 180 answers naming JFrog Artifactory and the 104 naming Azure Container Registry. In those answers Azure Container Registry took the first choice nine times and JFrog Artifactory twenty-eight.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where JFrog Artifactory and Azure Container Registry 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 |
JFrog ArtifactoryAC Azure Container Registry first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, JFrog Artifactory on the left and Azure Container Registry on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where JFrog Artifactory and Azure Container Registry stood in it.
JFrog Artifactory first, Azure Container Registry an alternative
6 of 14 modelsAzure Container Registry was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.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
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
Muse Glimmer 30BJFrog Artifactory alternatives: Cloudsmith, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniSonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, JFrog Artifactory
Gemini 3.5 FlashGitHub Packages, GitLab Package Registry alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith, ECR, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Perplexity SonarCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, GitHub Packages, JFrog Artifactory, 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
GPT-6 LunaCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Neither was named
2 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
Kimi K2Sonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: Cloudsmith, GitHub Packages
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
JFrog Artifactory leads by two points.
JFrog Artifactory2%#8 of 13Azure Container Registry0%#11 of 13
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
JFrog Artifactory leads by seventeen points.
JFrog Artifactory22%#2 of 15Azure Container Registry5%#6 of 15
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
JFrog Artifactory leads by forty-four points.
JFrog Artifactory51%#1 of 16Azure Container Registry7%#3 of 16
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about JFrog Artifactory
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid JFrog for mid-market unless you specifically need its 60+ format support” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Expensive compared to native cloud registries; typically overkill unless you manage complex, multi-language library dependencies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“JFrog Artifactory: starts at $20k/year for the on-prem Pro tier. Free tier ("OSS") is severely feature-limited.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“the recommended container registry for a mid-sized B2B company would be JFrog Artifactory, as it is considered the best for enterprise artifact management” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If you are supporting a diverse product portfolio, JFrog Artifactory is usually worth the investment for the governance capabilities alone.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“JFrog Artifactory | Large enterprises needing broad format coverage + advanced security (Xray) | Complex pricing, consumption-based costs” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale 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.