Artifact and container registries · RankedGitLab Package Registry
GitLab Package Registry is an artifact and container registry from GitLab · gitlab.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
GitHub Packages is first at 50%.
Sonatype Nexus Repository is first at 28%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
JFrog Artifactory is first at 51%.
Why models recommend it
“Start with GitHub Packages / GitLab if your stack is standard.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“The Integrated Choice: GitLab Package Registry ... The Downside: Governance features are less granular”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · alternative
“Best "All-in-One" Platform: GitLab Community Edition (Self-Hosted)”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“GitHub/GitLab Container Registry (Best for DevOps-Focused Teams)”MiniMax M2.5 · Paraphrase question · alternative
What gives them pause
“GitLab Container Registry — Only worth it if your entire CI/CD already lives in GitLab.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Paraphrase question · warning
“may lack the advanced security and compliance features of ECR or Harbor for regulated industries”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Paraphrase question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as GitLab Package Registry, over the 69 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 17 | View → | |
| 53 | 12 | View → | |
| 46 | 4 | View → | |
| 43 | 11 | View → | |
| 39 | 4 | View → | |
| 34 | 4 | View → | |
| 33 | 0 | View → | |
| 23 | 1 | View → | |
| 21 | 1 | View → | |
| 17 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of GitLab Package Registry →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on GitLab Package Registry's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- coming from a manually downloaded Omnibus package
- Also from GitLab
- GitLab CI, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab CI/CD variables, GitLab Container & Package Registry, GitLab Container Registry, GitLab Container Registry + Package Registry and 8 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 45 of the 69 answers that named GitLab Package Registry and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
128 of the 144 domain citations in answers naming GitLab Package Registry came from a third party's page. Sixteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |