# GitLab Package Registry alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 238 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where GitLab Package Registry 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/gitlab-package-registry/alternatives/

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

- JFrog Artifactory: 54
- GitHub Packages: 25
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: 23
- Google Artifact Registry: 17
- Azure Container Registry: 14
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: 10

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name GitLab Package Registry (GitLab Package Registry is #2 of 12 at 8%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 25 of those 75
- Docker Hub: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Harbor: first choice in 4 of those 75
- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 4 of those 75
- DigitalOcean Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 3 of those 75
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 2 of those 75

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name GitLab Package Registry (GitLab Package Registry is #11 of 16 at 3%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 11 of those 80
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 5 of those 80
- AWS ECR: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 4 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name GitLab Package Registry.

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 39 of those 83
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 16 of those 83
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 8 of those 83
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 7 of those 83
- AWS ECR: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Artifactory: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Harbor: first choice in 2 of those 83

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