# Google Artifact Registry: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 41 judge labels across 1 category by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-artifact-registry

## 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) | 5% | 7 | 10% | 41 |

## What the models said for 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, Artifact registries)
- "Google Artifact Registry or AWS ECR are common picks, but the cloud you already use should decide it." (GPT-5.4 mini, Artifact registries)
- "Top Recommendation: Google Artifact Registry (if you're cloud-agnostic or on GCP/multi-cloud)" (Grok 4.20, Artifact registries)
- "Cloud provider registries (ECR, ACR, GAR) | Recommended – built-in security features" (MiniMax M2.5, Artifact registries)

## And against it

- "public registries like Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry (GHCR), or Google Artifact Registry ... they pose high risks" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Artifact registries)
- "you should still: Ensure they are properly configured and not publicly exposed unless necessary." (Mistral Small, Artifact registries)
- "Not to be *avoided*, but cautious about relying on them as your only registry." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Artifact registries)
- "egress and storage costs scale unpredictably for mid-size teams" (Kimi K2, Artifact registries)

## 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 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Google Artifact Registry, from 102 of the 122 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 47
- container-registry.com: 37
- ciopages.com: 33
- guptadeepak.com: 29
- jfrog.com: 28
- g2.com: 27
- harness.io: 26
- sonatype.com: 25
- dev.to: 23
- gane.ai/index: 23

### Pages cited

- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/container-registry-artifact-management: 33
- https://container-registry.com/compare: 33
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-8-container-registries-2026: 29
- https://dev.to/wenping/how-to-choose-an-artifact-repository-nexus-artifactory-and-self-hosted-angusrepo-by-team-size-5f4g: 22
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Artifact-Repository-Manager/blob/main/README.md: 18
- https://jfrog.com/blog/what-is-artifactory-jfrog: 14
- https://jfrog.com/artifactory: 13
- https://sonatype.com/products/sonatype-nexus-repository: 13

## 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.