# JFrog Artifactory alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 161 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where JFrog Artifactory 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/jfrog-artifactory/alternatives/

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

- GitHub Packages: 30
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: 8
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: 7
- GitLab Package Registry: 7
- Harbor: 7
- Cloudsmith: 6

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name JFrog Artifactory (JFrog Artifactory is #3 of 12 at 6%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 27 of those 71
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 7 of those 71
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 4 of those 71
- DigitalOcean Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Docker Hub: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Harbor: first choice in 3 of those 71
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 2 of those 71

**Mid-market**: 58 of 84 answers did not name JFrog Artifactory (JFrog Artifactory is #1 of 16 at 14%).

- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 6 of those 58
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 4 of those 58
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 4 of those 58
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 4 of those 58
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 58
- GitHub Packages: first choice in 3 of those 58
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 3 of those 58
- Harbor: first choice in 3 of those 58

**Enterprise**: 32 of 84 answers did not name JFrog Artifactory (JFrog Artifactory is #1 of 13 at 40%).

- Sonatype Nexus Repository: first choice in 6 of those 32
- Artifactory: first choice in 2 of those 32
- JFrog Artifactory / JFrog Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 32
- JFrog Artifactory Enterprise X / Enterprise+: first choice in 2 of those 32
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Azure Artifacts: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Harbor: first choice in 1 of those 32

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