Comparison

Chainguard Registry vs Cloudsmith

On the evidence we track, Cloudsmith leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Chainguard Registry58

★Cloudsmith66

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Chainguard Registry	CloudsmithLeader
Vioscale score	58 / 100medium · 72%	66 / 100medium · 52%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	quote	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	37
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · HQ GB

Score

Vioscale score

Chainguard Registry58 / 100medium · 72%

Cloudsmith66 / 100medium · 52%

Pricing

Free tier

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith–

Model

Chainguard Registryquote

Cloudsmithcommercial

Price level

Chainguard Registrylow

Cloudsmith–

Transparent

Chainguard Registry✗

Cloudsmith–

Integrations

Count

Chainguard Registry8

Cloudsmith37

Security

Disclosure policy

Chainguard Registry–

Cloudsmith✓

Fedramp

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith–

Gdpr

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith–

Hipaa

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith–

Iso27001

Chainguard Registry–

Cloudsmith✓

Pci

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith–

Soc2

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith✓

Reliability

Status page

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith✓

Market

Availability

Chainguard RegistryAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

CloudsmithAvailable worldwide · HQ GB

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container registries. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Container Registries
Capability	Chainguard Registry	Cloudsmith
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud only
Standards
OCI Distribution Spec compliant	-	✓
Scope
Artifact types	Universal (images + language packages)	Universal (images + language packages)
Security
Built-in vulnerability scanning	✓	✓
Image signing (Cosign/Notation)	-	✓
SBOM generation / storage	✓	✓
Access
Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts	-	-
Private repositories	✓	✓
Distribution
Geo-replication / mirroring	-	✓
Pull-through cache / proxy	-	✓
Integration
Native cloud IAM integration	-	✓
Pricing
Pull-rate limits	-	Tiered by plan
UX
Web UI / console	✓	✓
Ops
High-availability deployment	-	-

Deployment

Hosting

Chainguard RegistryCloud only

CloudsmithCloud only

Standards

OCI Distribution Spec compliant

Chainguard Registry-

Cloudsmith✓

Scope

Artifact types

Chainguard RegistryUniversal (images + language packages)

CloudsmithUniversal (images + language packages)

Security

Built-in vulnerability scanning

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith✓

Image signing (Cosign/Notation)

Chainguard Registry-

Cloudsmith✓

SBOM generation / storage

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith✓

Access

Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts

Chainguard Registry-

Cloudsmith-

Private repositories

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith✓

Distribution

Geo-replication / mirroring

Chainguard Registry-

Cloudsmith✓

Pull-through cache / proxy

Chainguard Registry-

Cloudsmith✓

Integration

Native cloud IAM integration

Chainguard Registry-

Cloudsmith✓

Pricing

Pull-rate limits

Chainguard Registry-

CloudsmithTiered by plan

Web UI / console

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith✓

Ops

High-availability deployment

Chainguard Registry-

Cloudsmith-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Chainguard Registry

Secure-by-default container images and open source libraries built from source with SLSA L3 compliance, designed to prevent AI attacks and minimize vulnerability surface in production environments.

Independently observed

Cloudsmith

Leader

Universal artifact management solution for controlling, securing, and distributing packages and containers in your software supply chain with supply chain security, observability, and analytics.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Chainguard Registry

HybridFree tier

Contact sales for quote. Free tier available with limited catalog access.

Catalog PricingContact sales
- Unlimited image catalog access
- All 10,000+ underlying packages
- Custom Assembly for image customization
- Private APK Repositories
- EOL Grace Period (6 months extended support)
Per-Image PricingContact sales
- Specific image selection
- Custom Assembly
- Private APK Repositories

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Cloudsmith

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Chainguard Registry	Cloudsmith
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith✓

CLI

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Chainguard Registry✓

Cloudsmith✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

GitHub Actions

Chainguard Registry

8 total - 7 not shared

Cursor
AWS Security Hub
Wiz
GitHub
npm
SAP Cloud Application Programming Model
Kubernetes

Independently observed

Cloudsmith

Leader

37 total - 36 not shared

AWS CodeBuild
Aikido
Ansible
Argo CD
Azure AD SSO
Azure DevOps
Bitbucket Pipelines
Buildkite
Chainguard
Chef
CircleCI
Codefresh
Datadog
Dependabot
Drone CI
GitHub Secret Scanning
GitLab CI/CD
Google SSO
Harness
Jenkins
JumpCloud SSO
Kusari
Microsoft Teams
Octopus Deploy
+12 more

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.