# Sonatype Nexus Repository alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 189 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Sonatype Nexus Repository 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/sonatype-nexus-repository/alternatives/

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

- GitHub Packages: 26
- JFrog Artifactory: 21
- Google Artifact Registry: 14
- Azure Container Registry: 11
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: 9
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: 8

## Artifact and container registries

**Small business**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Sonatype Nexus Repository (Sonatype Nexus Repository is #5 of 12 at 5%).

- GitHub Packages: first choice in 26 of those 73
- GitLab Package Registry: first choice in 5 of those 73
- Docker Hub: first choice in 4 of those 73
- Harbor: first choice in 4 of those 73
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 4 of those 73
- DigitalOcean Container Registry: first choice in 3 of those 73
- AWS ECR: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 2 of those 73

**Mid-market**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Sonatype Nexus Repository (Sonatype Nexus Repository is #2 of 16 at 11%).

- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 7 of those 70
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 7 of those 70
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 7 of those 70
- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 7 of those 70
- Amazon ECR: first choice in 5 of those 70
- AWS ECR: first choice in 4 of those 70
- Cloudsmith: first choice in 4 of those 70
- Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS: first choice in 4 of those 70

**Enterprise**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Sonatype Nexus Repository (Sonatype Nexus Repository is #2 of 13 at 21%).

- JFrog Artifactory: first choice in 14 of those 46
- Google Artifact Registry: first choice in 5 of those 46
- Azure Container Registry: first choice in 4 of those 46
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 46
- Artifactory: first choice in 2 of those 46
- Harbor: first choice in 2 of those 46
- JFrog Artifactory / JFrog Container Registry: first choice in 2 of those 46
- AWS ECR: first choice in 1 of those 46

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