# Google Artifact Registry alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 175 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Google Artifact 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/google-artifact-registry/alternatives/

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

- JFrog Artifactory: 33
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: 22
- GitHub Packages: 18
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: 7
- Cloudsmith: 4
- Harbor: 4

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Google Artifact Registry (Google Artifact Registry is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 18 of those 62
- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 4 of those 62
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 3 of those 62
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 3 of those 62
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 3 of those 62
- DigitalOcean Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Docker Hub: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Harbor: first choice in 2 of those 62

**Mid-market**: 59 of 84 answers did not name Google Artifact Registry (Google Artifact Registry is #9 of 16 at 3%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 8 of those 59
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 7 of those 59
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 4 of those 59
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 4 of those 59
- Sonatype Lifecycle: first choice in 3 of those 59
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 59

**Enterprise**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Google Artifact Registry (Google Artifact Registry is #4 of 13 at 4%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 21 of those 54
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 12 of those 54
- Harbor: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Artifactory: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Azure Artifacts: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 1 of those 54
- CloudRepo: first choice in 1 of those 54

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