# Sonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 158 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Sonatype Nexus Repository 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/sonatype-nexus-repository/alternatives

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

- GitHub Packages: 27
- JFrog Artifactory: 21
- Azure Container Registry: 16
- Google Artifact Registry: 11
- Amazon ECR: 9
- AWS ECR: 7

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Sonatype Nexus Repository (Sonatype Nexus Repository is #2 of 13 at 12%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 27 of those 62
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 5 of those 62
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 5 of those 62
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 4 of those 62
- CloudRepo: first choice in 3 of those 62
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 3 of those 62
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 3 of those 62
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 62

**Mid-market**: 53 of 84 answers did not name Sonatype Nexus Repository (Sonatype Nexus Repository is #1 of 15 at 28%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 8 of those 53
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 6 of those 53
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 5 of those 53
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 5 of those 53
- AWS ECR: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Harbor: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 53
- GCR: first choice in 2 of those 53

**Enterprise**: 43 of 84 answers did not name Sonatype Nexus Repository (Sonatype Nexus Repository is #2 of 16 at 22%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 13 of those 43
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 5 of those 43
- Harbor: first choice in 4 of those 43
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 3 of those 43
- Red Hat Quay: first choice in 3 of those 43
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 43
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 43
- CloudRepo: first choice in 2 of those 43

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