# Harbor alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 173 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Harbor 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/harbor/alternatives/

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

- JFrog Artifactory: 32
- GitHub Packages: 24
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: 22
- Cloudsmith: 7
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: 5
- GitLab Package Registry: 5

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Harbor (Harbor is #4 of 12 at 5%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 22 of those 61
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 5 of those 61
- Docker Hub: first choice in 4 of those 61
- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 3 of those 61
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 3 of those 61
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Sonatype Nexus Repository Community Edition: first choice in 2 of those 61

**Mid-market**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Harbor (Harbor is #10 of 16 at 3%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 7 of those 56
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 6 of those 56
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 5 of those 56
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 4 of those 56
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 56
- GitHub Packages: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 2 of those 56

**Enterprise**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Harbor (Harbor is #6 of 13 at 1%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 22 of those 56
- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 13 of those 56
- Artifactory: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 2 of those 56
- JFrog Artifactory Enterprise X / Enterprise+: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Azure Artifacts: first choice in 1 of those 56

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