Google Artifact Registry
Google Artifact Registry is an artifact and container registry from Google for teams that run primarily on Google Cloud · google.cn ↗
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%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
JFrog Artifactory is first at 51%.
Why models recommend it
“if you need a single platform for all types of software artifacts, consider an artifact registry like Google Artifact Registry, Azure Artifacts, or JFrog Artifactory”Mistral Small · Comparative question · first choice
“Google Artifact Registry or AWS ECR are common picks, but the cloud you already use should decide it.”GPT-5.4 mini · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Google Artifact Registry (if you're cloud-agnostic or on GCP/multi-cloud)”Grok 4.20 · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Cloud provider registries (ECR, ACR, GAR) | Recommended – built-in security features”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“public registries like Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry (GHCR), or Google Artifact Registry ... they pose high risks”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“you should still: Ensure they are properly configured and not publicly exposed unless necessary.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“Not to be *avoided*, but cautious about relying on them as your only registry.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“egress and storage costs scale unpredictably for mid-size teams”Kimi K2 · Paraphrase question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Google Artifact Registry, over the 122 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 35 | Compare → | |
| 89 | 23 | Compare → | |
| 89 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 79 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 70 | 0 | View → | |
| 53 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 39 | 4 | View → | |
| 36 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 34 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 32 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Google Artifact Registry →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Google Artifact Registry's own site, not checked by Gane.
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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 102 of the 122 answers that named Google Artifact Registry and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
275 of the 298 domain citations in answers naming Google Artifact Registry came from a third party's page. Twenty-three 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |