# Docker Hub alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 237 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Docker Hub holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/docker-hub/alternatives/

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

- JFrog Artifactory: 54
- GitHub Packages: 27
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: 26
- Azure Container Registry: 13
- Google Artifact Registry: 13
- AWS ECR: 9

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Docker Hub (Docker Hub is #6 of 12 at 5%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 27 of those 75
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 7 of those 75
- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 4 of those 75
- DigitalOcean Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Harbor: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 3 of those 75
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 75

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Docker Hub (Docker Hub is #16 of 16 at 0%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 10 of those 80
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 6 of those 80
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 5 of those 80
- AWS ECR: first choice in 4 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Docker Hub (Docker Hub is #13 of 13 at 0%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 40 of those 82
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 16 of those 82
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 6 of those 82
- AWS ECR: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Artifactory: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Harbor: first choice in 2 of those 82
- JFrog Artifactory / JFrog Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 82

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