Artifact and container registries · October 2026 Edition
JFrog Artifactory vs Cloudsmith
Two of fourteen models named JFrog Artifactory first on the direct prompt; five named Cloudsmith. JFrog Artifactory was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Cloudsmith by ten and JFrog Artifactory carries 48 labels and Cloudsmith 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
First-choice share14%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate23%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels4821A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, JFrog Artifactory reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sonatype Nexus Repository was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. JFrog Artifactory vs Sonatype Nexus Repository · JFrog Artifactory vs Amazon Elastic Container Registry · JFrog Artifactory vs Amazon ECR
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the artifact and container registries page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
JFrog ArtifactoryFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCloudsmith
Direct254 against JFrog Artifactory
Paraphrase00
Comparative201 against JFrog Artifactory
Budget-constrained004 against JFrog Artifactory · 2 against Cloudsmith
Scale-constrained70
Negative002 against JFrog Artifactory
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, JFrog Artifactory and Cloudsmith were named in the same answer forty-nine times, of the 154 answers naming JFrog Artifactory and the 64 naming Cloudsmith. In those answers Cloudsmith took the first choice five times and JFrog Artifactory twenty-two.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where JFrog Artifactory and Cloudsmith stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
JFrog Artifactory Cloudsmith first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, JFrog Artifactory on the left and Cloudsmith on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where JFrog Artifactory and Cloudsmith stood in it.
JFrog Artifactory first, Cloudsmith an alternative
2 of 14 modelsCloudsmith was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarJFrog Artifactory alternatives: Cloudsmith, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Qwen 3.7 FlashJFrog Artifactory alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Sonatype Lifecycle
Cloudsmith first, JFrog Artifactory an alternative
5 of 14 modelsJFrog Artifactory was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, GitLab Package Registry, Google Artifact Registry, Sonatype Lifecycle
Grok 4.1 FastCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact
Mistral SmallCloudsmith alternatives: AWS, Google Cloud, Packagecloud
Llama 4 MaverickCloudsmith alternatives: Packagecloud
GPT-6 LunaCloudsmith alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniSonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, JFrog Artifactory
DeepSeek V4 FlashSonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: Azure Artifacts, Cloudsmith
GLM 4.7 FlashXSonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: Cloudsmith, Harbor, JFrog Artifactory
MiniMax M2.5Sonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Cloudsmith, JFrog Artifactory
Muse Glimmer 30BSonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: CloudRepo, Cloudsmith, JFrog Artifactory
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Kimi K2GitHub Packages alternatives: AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Sonatype Nexus Repository
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
JFrog Artifactory leads by three points.
JFrog Artifactory6%#3 of 12Cloudsmith3%#7 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
JFrog Artifactory leads by six points.
JFrog Artifactory14%#1 of 16Cloudsmith8%#4 of 16Enterprise
JFrog Artifactory leads by forty points.
JFrog Artifactory40%#1 of 13Cloudsmith0%#9 of 13What the models said about JFrog Artifactory
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Note: Avoid JFrog Artifactory if you have a tight budget.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“generally not recommended for mid-market B2B companies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for limited budgets - costs escalate quickly” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“JFrog Artifactory is positioned as a universal repository manager that supports a wide range of artifact types... Both are viable for a 500-person company.” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · first choice
“Artifact registries like JFrog Artifactory and Google Artifact Registry are more comprehensive, supporting a broader range of package formats” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“JFrog is widely considered the top choice for mid-market companies today... It is the safest bet for a growing mid-market engineering team.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Cloudsmith
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Skip cloud-hosted options (like JFrog Cloud or Cloudsmith)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Cons: Can get expensive with high usage” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Cloudsmith - a natural fit for engineering teams at scaling startups and mid-size companies that want enterprise-grade artifact management” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Cloudsmith stands out as a particularly strong choice for engineering teams at scaling startups and mid-size companies” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for SaaS & Multi-Language Stacks: Cloudsmith ... is the standout choice” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.