Artifact and container registries · November 2026 Edition
JFrog Artifactory vs Cloudsmith
Six of fourteen models named JFrog Artifactory first on the direct prompt; two named Cloudsmith. JFrog Artifactory was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Cloudsmith by twelve and JFrog Artifactory carries 57 labels and Cloudsmith 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share22%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#8A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5726A 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 Cloudsmith · 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 modelsCloudsmith
Direct621 against JFrog Artifactory
Paraphrase202 against JFrog Artifactory
Comparative10
Budget-constrained004 against JFrog Artifactory · 1 against Cloudsmith
Scale-constrained50
Negative001 against JFrog Artifactory
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 Cloudsmith were named in the same answer sixty-four times, of the 180 answers naming JFrog Artifactory and the 72 naming Cloudsmith. In those answers Cloudsmith took the first choice three times and JFrog Artifactory twenty-three.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where JFrog Artifactory and Cloudsmith stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
JFrog Artifactory Cloudsmith first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, JFrog Artifactory on the left and Cloudsmith on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where JFrog Artifactory and Cloudsmith stood in it.
JFrog Artifactory first, Cloudsmith an alternative
6 of 14 modelsCloudsmith 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
Cloudsmith first, JFrog Artifactory an alternative
2 of 14 modelsJFrog Artifactory 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
5 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
Kimi K2Sonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: Cloudsmith, GitHub Packages
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
Neither was named
1 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
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 three points.
Cloudsmith5%#4 of 13JFrog Artifactory2%#8 of 13Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: JFrog Artifactory leads at mid-market.
JFrog Artifactory22%#2 of 15Cloudsmith3%#8 of 15Enterprise
JFrog Artifactory leads by fifty-one points.
JFrog Artifactory51%#1 of 16Cloudsmith0%#9 of 16What 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 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
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.