# Cloudsmith: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 26 judge labels across 1 category by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudsmith

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Artifact and container registries](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/artifact-and-container-registries/index.md) | 3% | 8 | 4% | 26 |

## What the models said for it

- "For most mid-market B2B companies, Cloudsmith is the best default" (Perplexity Sonar, Artifact registries)
- "Cloudsmith is my default pick for a mid-market B2B company" (GPT-6 Luna, Artifact registries)
- "Self-hosted control, lighter footprint, strong proxy & caching, growing team | Sonatype Nexus (Pro) or Cloudsmith (Enterprise)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Artifact registries)
- "Cloudsmith | Cloud-native teams wanting zero-maintenance SaaS | Smaller ecosystem; newer to enterprise market" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Artifact registries)

## And against it

- "Managed SaaS with a free tier, but paid plans begin around $149/month." (Perplexity Sonar, Artifact registries)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Cloudsmith, from 65 of the 72 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 38
- sonatype.com: 28
- dev.to: 27
- jfrog.com: 24
- cloudrepo.io: 23
- ciopages.com: 22
- gane.ai/index: 19
- thectoclub.com: 18
- cloudsmith.com: 17 (its own site)
- container-registry.com: 17

### Pages cited

- https://dev.to/wenping/how-to-choose-an-artifact-repository-nexus-artifactory-and-self-hosted-angusrepo-by-team-size-5f4g: 26
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Artifact-Repository-Manager/blob/main/README.md: 25
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/container-registry-artifact-management: 22
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Artifact-Repository-Manager: 21
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-artifact-repository-tools: 18
- https://container-registry.com/compare: 16
- https://jfrog.com/artifactory: 14
- https://sonatype.com/products/sonatype-nexus-repository: 14

## In its own words

What Cloudsmith's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Cloud-native artifact management platform (https://cloudsmith.com/)
- For: enterprise (https://cloudsmith.com/)
- Price stated: Core $0/month; Pro $149/month; Ultra Custom; Enterprise Custom (https://cloudsmith.com/pricing)
- Starting price: 0 (https://cloudsmith.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Start a free trial (https://cloudsmith.com/)
- Certifications: ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: 600 points of presence worldwide
- Customers named: PagerDuty, Thrivent, Font Awesome, Carta, The New England Center for Children, ConstructConnect, DataHub

## What it publishes

Every page cloudsmith.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 9999 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 372 pages, 11 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-01
- case study: 18 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 58 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-06-04
- conference or event: 55 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-08-21
- report or ebook: 12 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- comparison: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-16
- template or tool: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-19
- glossary or explainer: 27 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-12-08
- news or press: 39 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-10-01 blog: Everything cloudsmith shipped in q3 2026 https://cloudsmith.com/blog/everything-cloudsmith-shipped-in-q3-2026
- Recent: 2026-09-28 report or ebook: Getting started https://docs.cloudsmith.com/guides/getting-started
- Recent: 2026-09-28 report or ebook: Managing permissions https://docs.cloudsmith.com/guides/managing-permissions
- Recent: 2026-09-28 report or ebook: Network allowlist https://docs.cloudsmith.com/guides/network-allowlist
- Recent: 2026-09-28 report or ebook: Setting up your cloudsmith account and workspace https://docs.cloudsmith.com/guides/setting-up-your-cloudsmith-account-and-workspace
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: How continuous risk detection replaces point in time scans with real time monitoring https://cloudsmith.com/blog/how-continuous-risk-detection-replaces-point-in-time-scans-with-real-time-monitoring

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.