# Nexus: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 3 categories by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/nexus

## 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) | 0% | 54 | 25% | 4 |
| [Data center infrastructure management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/data-center-infrastructure-management/index.md) | 0% | 33 | 0% | 1 |
| [Data center networking](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking/index.md) | 0% | 120 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Offers low entry-level pricing for small device counts with built-in 3D rack layout" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, DCIM)

## And against it

- "Validate exactly which Nexus, ACI, management, and licensing components you are buying; Cisco's broad portfolio can be confusing" (Perplexity Sonar, Data center networking)
- "Self-hosted or cloud registries with poor config (e.g., ... Nexus, Artifactory, Harbor, ACR, GCR, ECR)" (Grok 4.20, Artifact registries)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Nexus, from 17 of the 21 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 7
- paloaltonetworks.com: 4
- reddit.com: 4
- cloudrepo.io: 3
- docs.cloud.google.com: 3
- docs.docker.com: 3
- g2.com: 3
- harness.io: 3
- learn.microsoft.com: 3
- railway.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Artifact-Repository-Manager: 3
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Artifact-Repository-Manager/blob/main/README.md: 3
- https://paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/pan/en_US/assets/pdf/ebooks/container-security-definitive-guide.pdf: 3
- https://railway.com/guides/best-container-registries-2026: 3
- https://servicenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/magic_quadrant_for_data_cent_networking_278427.pdf: 3
- https://bluelight.co/blog/how-to-choose-a-container-registry: 2
- https://cloudrepo.io/articles/best-nexus-alternatives: 2
- https://csoonline.com/article/575157/thousands-of-misconfigured-container-and-artifact-registries-expose-sensitive-credentials.html: 2

## 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.