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Artifact and container registries · November 2026 Edition
Sonatype Nexus Repository vs Azure Container Registry
Four of fourteen models named Sonatype Nexus Repository first on the direct prompt; zero named Azure Container Registry. Sonatype Nexus Repository was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Azure Container Registry by fourteen and Sonatype Nexus Repository carries 38 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 share28%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3835A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Sonatype Nexus Repository 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 JFrog Artifactory · Sonatype Nexus Repository vs Amazon ECR · Sonatype Nexus Repository 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.
Sonatype Nexus RepositoryFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAzure Container RegistryDirect40
Paraphrase031 against Sonatype Nexus Repository
Comparative10
Budget-constrained120
Scale-constrained10
Negative031 against Sonatype Nexus Repository · 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, Sonatype Nexus Repository and Azure Container Registry were named in the same answer thirty-seven times, of the 117 answers naming Sonatype Nexus Repository and the 104 naming Azure Container Registry. In those answers Azure Container Registry took the first choice one time and Sonatype Nexus Repository three.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Sonatype Nexus Repository 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 |
Sonatype Nexus RepositoryAC Azure Container Registry first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Sonatype Nexus Repository on the left and Azure Container Registry on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Sonatype Nexus Repository and Azure Container Registry stood in it.
Sonatype Nexus Repository first, Azure Container Registry not the choice
4 of 14 modelsAzure Container Registry was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniSonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, JFrog Artifactory
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 the first choice, one was named
8 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
Perplexity SonarCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, GitHub Packages, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
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
GPT-6 LunaCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Muse Glimmer 30BJFrog Artifactory alternatives: Cloudsmith, 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
Grok 4.20JFrog Artifactory alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith, GHCR, GitHub Packages, Harbor, ProGet, Sonatype Lifecycle
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
Sonatype Nexus Repository leads by twelve points.
Sonatype Nexus Repository12%#2 of 13Azure Container Registry0%#11 of 13
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
Sonatype Nexus Repository leads by twenty-three points.
Sonatype Nexus Repository28%#1 of 15Azure Container Registry5%#6 of 15
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
Sonatype Nexus Repository leads by fifteen points.
Sonatype Nexus Repository22%#2 of 16Azure Container Registry7%#3 of 16
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about Sonatype Nexus Repository
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Avoid Nexus OSS for containers unless you have time to tune it.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“though it may require more setup and maintenance than JFrog or cloud-native options” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“The Best All-Around Free Solution: Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS ... widely considered the industry standard for cost-conscious companies.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Sonatype Nexus Repository Community Edition or Harbor are the best choices due to their comprehensive feature sets and zero cost” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“The best artifact repository for a company with a limited budget is Sonatype Nexus Community Edition, which is free and self-hosted.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget 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.