Comparison

Cloudsmith vs Google Artifact Registry

No clear leader: Google Artifact Registry (70.2) and Cloudsmith (66.4) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Cloudsmith full profile →Google Artifact Registry full profile →

Machine formatsJSON Markdown GraphQLor send Accept: application/json

Cloudsmith66

Google Artifact Registry70

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Cloudsmith	Google Artifact Registry
Vioscale score	66 / 100medium · 52%updating	70 / 100medium · 54%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	free
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	37	-
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ GB	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Cloudsmith66 / 100medium · 52%updating

Google Artifact Registry70 / 100medium · 54%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Cloudsmith–

Google Artifact Registry✓

Model

Cloudsmithcommercial

Google Artifact Registryfree

Price level

Cloudsmith–

Google Artifact Registryfree

Transparent

Cloudsmith–

Google Artifact Registry✓

Integrations

Count

Cloudsmith37

Google Artifact Registry–

Security

Disclosure policy

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry–

Iso27001

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry–

Soc2

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry–

Reliability

Status page

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry✓

Market

Availability

CloudsmithAvailable worldwide · HQ GB

Google Artifact RegistryAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Container Registries
Capability	Cloudsmith	Google Artifact Registry
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

CloudsmithCloud only

Google Artifact RegistryCloud only

Standards

OCI Distribution Spec compliant

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry-

Scope

Artifact types

CloudsmithUniversal (images + language packages)

Google Artifact RegistryUniversal (images + language packages)

Security

Built-in vulnerability scanning

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry-

Image signing (Cosign/Notation)

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry-

SBOM generation / storage

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry-

Access

Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts

Cloudsmith-

Google Artifact Registry✓

Private repositories

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry✓

Distribution

Geo-replication / mirroring

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry-

Pull-through cache / proxy

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry-

Integration

Native cloud IAM integration

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry✓

Pricing

Pull-rate limits

CloudsmithTiered by plan

Google Artifact Registry-

Web UI / console

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry✓

Ops

High-availability deployment

Cloudsmith-

Google Artifact Registry-

What each one is

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

Cloudsmith

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

Google Artifact Registry

A cloud-based package manager that stores, secures, and distributes various types of build artifacts, including container images and language-specific packages, with support for multiple package formats and registries.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Cloudsmith

Pricing not documented yet.

Google Artifact Registry

Usage-basedFree tier

Usage-based. Free tier: 0.5 GiB storage/month. Metered storage $0.000136986/GiB/hr, data transfer $0–$0.15/GiB, vulnerability scanning per Artifact Analysis docs.

StorageFree
- Regional repositories
- Multi-regional repositories
- Standard and remote repositories
Data TransferFree
- Free same-location transfers
- Free same-continent transfers
- Metered cross-region pricing
Vulnerability ScanningSee Artifact Analysis pricing documentation
- Automatic vulnerability scanning
- On-Demand Scanning

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Cloudsmith	Google Artifact Registry
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry✓

CLI

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Cloudsmith✓

Google Artifact Registry✓

Integrations

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

Cloudsmith

37 total

AWS CodeBuild
Aikido
Ansible
Argo CD
Azure AD SSO
Azure DevOps
Bitbucket Pipelines
Buildkite
Chainguard
Chef
CircleCI
Codefresh
Datadog
Dependabot
Drone CI
GitHub Actions
GitHub Secret Scanning
GitLab CI/CD
Google SSO
Harness
Jenkins
JumpCloud SSO
Kusari
Microsoft Teams
+13 more

Independently observed

Google Artifact Registry

Not documented yet.

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