# GitHub Packages alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 182 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where GitHub Packages 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/github-packages/alternatives/

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

- JFrog Artifactory: 42
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: 22
- Google Artifact Registry: 15
- Azure Container Registry: 13
- AWS ECR: 7
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: 7

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 37 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Packages (GitHub Packages is #1 of 12 at 33%).

- Harbor: first choice in 3 of those 37
- DigitalOcean Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Docker Hub: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Sonatype Nexus Repository Community Edition: first choice in 2 of those 37
- AWS ECR: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 1 of those 37
- CloudRepo: first choice in 1 of those 37

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Packages (GitHub Packages is #7 of 16 at 5%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 8 of those 67
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 7 of those 67
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 6 of those 67
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 5 of those 67
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 5 of those 67
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 5 of those 67
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 5 of those 67
- AWS ECR: first choice in 3 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name GitHub Packages (GitHub Packages is #12 of 13 at 0%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 34 of those 78
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 15 of those 78
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 6 of those 78
- AWS ECR: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 78
- Artifactory: first choice in 2 of those 78
- Harbor: first choice in 2 of those 78

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