# GitHub Packages alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 143 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where GitHub Packages holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/github-packages/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- JFrog Artifactory: 43
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: 16
- Azure Container Registry: 12
- Google Artifact Registry: 9
- Harbor: 7
- AWS ECR: 5

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 24 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Packages (GitHub Packages is #1 of 13 at 50%).

- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 4 of those 24
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 2 of those 24
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 2 of those 24
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 2 of those 24
- AWS ECR: first choice in 1 of those 24
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 1 of those 24
- Docker Hub: first choice in 1 of those 24
- GitHub: first choice in 1 of those 24

**Mid-market**: 45 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Packages (GitHub Packages is #4 of 15 at 5%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 6 of those 45
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 5 of those 45
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 4 of those 45
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 45
- Harbor: first choice in 3 of those 45
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 45
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 2 of those 45
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 1 of those 45

**Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Packages (GitHub Packages is #15 of 16 at 0%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 37 of those 74
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 11 of those 74
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 5 of those 74
- CloudRepo: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Harbor: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Red Hat Quay: first choice in 3 of those 74
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 74

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