Artifactory Alternatives: 11 Options Compared

1. Sonatype Nexus Repository

Sonatype’s pricing page (read 2026-11-04) lists Nexus Repository Community Edition at $0, Pro Cloud at $1,950 a year plus consumption, and Pro Self-Hosted from $7,500 a year.

How usage counts. On Pro Cloud, consumption is the month’s storage plus everything downloaded, with 25 GB included. Above that it is $1.10 a GB up to 1,000 GB and $0.90 a GB from 1,001 to 2,500 GB, with a quote above that. The FAQ says new customer contracts are consumption-based, cloud and self-hosted alike.

The free edition. Sonatype’s usage documentation (read 2026-11-04) limits Community Edition to 40,000 total components or 100,000 requests a day. Over either limit, users cannot add new components. Sonatype’s feature matrix (read 2026-11-04) marks SAML, high availability, staging and build promotion, and component tagging as Pro features.

Formats. The feature matrix lists 24 formats on every edition, including Maven, npm, PyPI, NuGet, Docker and Helm.

Good fit if you want to run the server yourself, or your team already knows Nexus.

Watch for the work of running it: servers, storage, backups, upgrades and patches. Our Nexus pricing guide works through those costs.

2. Cloudsmith

Cloudsmith’s pricing page (read 2026-10-20) lists four plans.

Pricing your whole team for a year? Open the ROI calculator

It also offers a free open-source plan, with 50 GB of artifact data and 200 GB of delivery, for public repositories with a valid open-source license.

How usage counts. The page’s FAQ says uploads are free and every successful download, including partial downloads, counts toward package delivery. On-demand usage is “charged in blocks”: use 0.1 GB and you are charged for the full 1 GB.

Formats. The page says “30+ formats supported”.

Good fit if you want a hosted service with a broad format list.

Watch for the included amounts. Pro includes 5 GB of artifact data and 25 GB of delivery a month, so a CI-heavy team will pay the $1.50 rate quickly.

3. GitHub Packages

If your code lives on GitHub, GitHub Packages keeps packages next to it. GitHub’s documentation (read 2026-11-04) says public packages are free and private packages use a quota by plan:

Above the quota, GitHub’s pricing calculator (read 2026-11-04) uses $0.25 a GB a month for storage and $0.50 a GB for transfer. Downloads by GitHub Actions that sign in with a GITHUB_TOKEN do not count against the repository owner’s transfer. The container registry is “currently free”, with at least a month’s notice before that changes.

Formats. GitHub’s introduction (read 2026-11-04) lists registries for npm, RubyGems, Maven, Gradle, Docker and NuGet, plus a container registry. It lists no PyPI registry.

Good fit if your builds run in GitHub Actions and your private package volume is modest.

Watch for the quotas, and for the fact that your packages then depend on one platform.

4. AWS CodeArtifact

AWS’s CodeArtifact pricing page (read 2026-11-04) says you pay for the size of the artifacts stored, the number of requests, and the data transferred out of an AWS Region. Data in from the internet, and transfer to other AWS services in the same Region, are free. Every package CodeArtifact fetches from a public repository counts as a request, and there is a monthly free tier for storage and requests.

For US East (N. Virginia), AWS’s price list (read 2026-11-05) gives:

• Storage: $0.05 a GB each month
• Requests: $0.05 per 10,000 requests

Data transfer out to the internet is billed at AWS’s general rate. AWS’s price list (read 2026-11-05) gives $0.09 a GB for the next 10 TB each month.

Formats. AWS’s features page (read 2026-11-04) lists npm, Maven, PyPI, RubyGems and NuGet as public sources, and lists the clients npm, pip, yarn, twine, Maven, NuGet, gem, Bundler and SwiftPM. It lists no Docker registry.

Good fit if you are AWS-native and want pay-as-you-go pricing.

Watch for the request charges on busy pipelines, and for transfer out of the Region.

5. CloudRepo

CloudRepo is a managed artifact repository. It supports Maven, npm, Python (PyPI), and Docker/OCI repositories. Gradle and sbt use a Maven repository, which also serves raw files over HTTP, and Helm charts are stored over OCI in a Docker repository. You create repositories and push artifacts. We run the servers, the upgrades and the patching.

Pricing your whole team for a year? Open the ROI calculator

Prices are from our pricing page, and there is no per-user fee.

If you go over your transfer allowance, we reach out first. There are no automatic charges, and sustained overage is $120 per TB, rounded down in your favor.

Good fit if you want to stop running a repository server, and you want a bill you can predict.

Watch for what we do not offer. We are a smaller, bootstrapped, founder-led company, and we have no built-in vulnerability scanning, so use your existing scanner.

We host Maven, PyPI, npm and Docker/OCI, not the 60+ package types JFrog lists. CloudRepo is a managed service only, with no edition to run on your own servers.

6. GitLab

GitLab’s package registry is part of every GitLab tier, on GitLab.com and on a GitLab you run yourself. GitLab’s documentation (read 2026-11-04) says not every format is ready for production use, and marks each one:

• Generally available: Maven, npm, NuGet, PyPI, Helm and generic packages
• Beta: Composer and Conan
• Experiment: Cargo, Debian, Go and Ruby gems

Container images go in GitLab’s container registry, which sits beside the package registry.

Pricing. GitLab’s pricing page (read 2026-11-04) lists Free at $0, Premium at $29 per user a month billed annually, and Ultimate by quote.

Good fit if your code and CI already run on GitLab.

Watch for the per-user price, which a team buying only package hosting pays for every person, and the formats GitLab marks beta or experiment.

7. Azure Artifacts

Microsoft’s Azure Artifacts documentation (read 2026-11-04) lists NuGet, npm, Python, Maven, Cargo and Universal Packages, and gives each Azure DevOps organization 2 GiB of storage free.

Pricing. Azure DevOps pricing (read 2026-11-04) charges for storage above the free 2 GiB: $2 a GiB from 2 to 10 GiB, $1 to 100 GiB, $0.50 to 1,000 GiB, and $0.25 a GiB above that.

Good fit if you build .NET or already run your pipelines in Azure DevOps.

Watch for formats. Microsoft’s list has no Docker or container format.

8. Google Artifact Registry

Google’s list of supported formats (read 2026-11-04) covers Docker images and Helm charts in OCI format, Maven, npm, Python, Apt, Yum, Go, Kubeflow pipeline templates and generic files, with Ruby and Conda in preview.

Pricing. Google’s pricing page (read 2026-11-04) gives each billing account 0.5 GiB of storage free, then charges $0.10 a GiB a month. Data transfer out is priced by where it goes, and vulnerability scanning is billed when it is turned on.

Good fit if you build and run on Google Cloud.

Watch for transfer charges when your builds run outside Google Cloud.

9. ProGet

Inedo’s ProGet page (read 2026-11-04) describes self-hosted, cross-platform software for .NET (NuGet), Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Java, Chocolatey, PowerShell and Linux (RPM, Debian, Alpine) packages, plus Docker containers.

Pricing. Inedo’s pricing page (read 2026-11-04) lists a Free Edition, Basic at $2,395 a year, Enterprise Essentials at $11,995 a year, and Enterprise Complete from $29,995 a year. A license covers one server for a year, every edition has unlimited users and feeds, and a test or development server needs its own license. A Cloud Edition with managed services starts at $4,895 a year.

Good fit if you want software you run yourself at a published price, especially for .NET and Windows.

Watch for the work of hosting it, and a license for every server, test servers included.

10. Harbor

Harbor’s site (read 2026-11-04) describes an open-source registry, a Cloud Native Computing Foundation Graduated project, that scans and signs images. You install it on Kubernetes or on a server with Docker. Its README lists support for container images and Helm charts.

Pricing. Harbor is free software. You pay for the servers and storage it runs on, and the time to run it.

Good fit if you need a private container registry that you run yourself.

Watch for formats. Harbor lists container images and Helm charts only, so Maven, npm or Python packages need a second tool.

11. Artifact Keeper

Artifact Keeper’s GitHub page (read 2026-11-04) describes an MIT-licensed registry you host yourself. It lists 45+ package formats, security scanning with Trivy, SSO, replication and a migration tool for Artifactory, all in the open-source release. Its releases begin with v1.0.0-a2 on 2026-02-09, and v1.11.11 came out on 2026-11-03.

Pricing. Artifact Keeper is free software. You pay for the servers and storage it runs on, and the time to run it.

Good fit if you want open-source software that aims to cover what Artifactory and Nexus do.

Watch for its age. It is the newest project in this list, first released in February 2026, and you run and upgrade it yourself.

Cost Comparison: Real-World Scenarios

What the options in these tables cost for three team sizes, at list prices for the stated usage. The rest of the list prices by user (GitLab), by server (ProGet) or by storage at cloud rates (Azure Artifacts, Google Artifact Registry), or is free software you host (Harbor, Artifact Keeper); their sections above have their prices.

Each vendor’s figures come from the pages cited above, on the days shown there. GitHub’s seat price is from its pricing page, read November 5, 2026.

Scenario 1: Small Team (5 developers, 50GB storage, 100GB monthly transfer)

Scenario 2: Medium Team (15 developers, 200GB storage, 500GB monthly transfer)

Scenario 3: Large Team (50 developers, 800GB storage, 3TB monthly transfer)

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AWS figures are before AWS’s free tiers: the first 100 GB of data transfer out each month and CodeArtifact’s 2 GB of storage and 100,000 requests.

How to choose

If your main problem is running a server. Pick a managed service: CloudRepo, Cloudsmith, GitHub Packages or GitLab, or your cloud’s own registry (AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts or Google Artifact Registry). Self-hosted Nexus, ProGet, Harbor and Artifact Keeper bring the hosting work with them.

If your main problem is an unpredictable bill. Look at how each option charges. Nexus Pro, Cloudsmith and GitHub Packages charge per GB above an allowance. The three cloud registries charge for storage, and AWS and Google also charge for transfer out. GitLab charges per user and ProGet per server. CloudRepo charges a flat plan price with a transfer allowance.

If you need the most formats. Artifact Keeper lists 45+, Cloudsmith 30+ and Nexus 24. CloudRepo hosts Maven, PyPI, npm and Docker/OCI.

If you live in GitHub, GitLab or one cloud. The registry that comes with it fits, within its quotas and prices.

If you only need containers. Harbor is a free registry for images and Helm charts that you run yourself.

Migration: Making the Switch

Switching repository managers isn’t as hard as it might seem. Most migrations follow this pattern:

1. Set up the new repository - Create your repos and credentials
2. Configure upstream proxying - Point new repos at your old ones during transition
3. Update build configs - Point your build tools at the new repository
4. Migrate artifacts: Copy existing artifacts (optional, many teams start fresh)
5. Cut over CI/CD - Update pipeline configs to use new endpoints
6. Decommission old system - Cancel after confirming everything works

If your Artifactory server holds local Maven repositories, one command does step 4 for them and checks every file it moves. Install our migration tool, then do a dry run, which lists what would move and uploads nothing.

pipx install cloudrepo-migrate
cloudrepo-migrate artifactory --artifactory-url https://artifactory.example.com/artifactory --org your-org --dry-run

Without --dry-run, cloudrepo-migrate artifactory moves an Artifactory server’s local Maven repositories and reads each file back from CloudRepo to check it. It reads your Artifactory token from ARTIFACTORY_ACCESS_TOKEN and your CloudRepo token from CLOUDREPO_TOKEN: set them in your shell, never on the command line. The Artifactory migration guide has the steps. Copy other formats with the commands you already use, such as twine upload, npm publish and docker push.

Most teams complete migrations in a few hours to a few days, depending on the number of repositories and complexity of their CI/CD setup.

The Bottom Line

Artifactory does a great deal: federation across sites, scanning and distribution from one vendor, and 60+ package types. A team that uses all of it may find the larger plans worth the price.

If you mostly store and serve packages for your builds, start from what you pay JFrog today, consumption included, and set it beside the options above. Each section links the vendor’s own page, so you can check every figure.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who competes with JFrog?

The main JFrog Artifactory competitors are Sonatype Nexus Repository, Cloudsmith, GitHub Packages, GitLab, AWS CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts, Google Artifact Registry, ProGet, Harbor, Artifact Keeper and CloudRepo. Each section above says how you get it and how it charges.

Can GitHub replace Artifactory?

For a team whose code and builds live on GitHub, it can. GitHub Packages hosts npm, RubyGems, Maven, Gradle, Docker and NuGet packages and runs a container registry, within the quota your GitHub plan includes. PyPI is not on its list, and every download counts against your quota unless GitHub Actions makes it with a GITHUB_TOKEN.

Is there a free version of JFrog Artifactory?

Yes, for servers you run yourself. JFrog’s feature comparison matrix (read 2026-11-04) lists three free licenses: Artifactory OSS (Maven, Gradle, Ivy, SBT and generic files), JFrog Container Registry (Docker, Helm, OCI and generic files) and Artifactory Community Edition for C/C++ (Conan and generic files). Our Artifactory OSS guide covers what the free edition can host. JFrog’s cloud plans start with a 14-day free trial, and cloud Pro lists at $150/month with 25 GB of consumption included. Above that, consumption is billed at $1.25 a GB for the first tier.

Prices come from each vendor’s own pricing page. Each figure shows the day we read it. Sonatype’s pages were read again on November 4, 2026, and their figures had not changed. JFrog’s figures are from the web archive’s copy of October 25, 2026. Saved copies of the pages this guide quoted on October 6, 2026: JFrog’s pricing (archived), JFrog’s Pro checkout (archived), JFrog’s free trial (archived), Sonatype’s pricing (archived), GitHub Packages billing (archived), GitHub’s rate data (archived) and AWS CodeArtifact’s pricing (archived). Vendors change prices and plans, so check each page before you decide.