# Cloudsmith vs Google Artifact Registry

| Attribute | Cloudsmith | Google Artifact Registry |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 63 (52% (medium)) | 65.9 (54% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A cloud-hosted system that secures your software supply chain by scanning all artifacts for vulnerabilities and policy violations, blocking risky items, and providing comprehensive audit trails of what's deployed where. It is indexed under Container Registries.","source":"https://cloudsmith.com","question":"What is Cloudsmith?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cloudsmith supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://cloudsmith.com","question":"What platforms does Cloudsmith support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Cloudsmith, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://cloudsmith.com","question":"Can Cloudsmith be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 38 integrations for Cloudsmith, including AWS CodeBuild, Aikido, Ansible, Argo CD, Azure AD SSO, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket Pipelines and Buildkite, plus 30 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://cloudsmith.com","question":"What does Cloudsmith integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for Cloudsmith. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cloudsmith not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.cloudsmith.com","question":"What security certifications does Cloudsmith have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Container Registries.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","question":"What is Google Artifact Registry?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Artifact Registry offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Storage, Data Transfer and Vulnerability Scanning. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","question":"Is Google Artifact Registry free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Google Artifact Registry. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","question":"What platforms does Google Artifact Registry support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Google Artifact Registry, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","question":"Can Google Artifact Registry be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Artifact Registry is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","question":"Where is Google Artifact Registry available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-native platform for centralizing, securing, and distributing software artifacts in 30+ formats, featuring built-in vulnerability scanning, malware detection, and policy-based access controls. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"rbac":true,"web_ui":true,"hosting":"cloud","sbom_support":true,"image_signing":true,"oci_compliant":true,"private_repos":true,"artifact_types":"universal","cloud_iam_native":true,"pull_rate_limits":"tiered","high_availability":true,"pull_through_cache":true,"replication_mirroring":true,"vulnerability_scanning":true}` | `{"rbac":true,"web_ui":true,"hosting":"cloud","private_repos":true,"artifact_types":"universal","cloud_iam_native":true}` |
| integrations.count | 20 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS CodeBuild"},{"name":"Aikido"},{"name":"Ansible"},{"name":"Argo CD"},{"name":"Azure AD SSO"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"Bitbucket Pipelines"},{"name":"Buildkite"},{"name":"Chainguard"},{"name":"Chef"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"Codefresh"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Dependabot"},{"name":"Drone CI"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"GitHub Secret Scanning"},{"name":"GitLab CI/CD"},{"name":"Google SSO"},{"name":"Harness"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"JumpCloud SSO"},{"name":"Kusari"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Octopus Deploy"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"OneLogin SSO"},{"name":"Ping Identity"},{"name":"Puppet"},{"name":"Roadie"},{"name":"Semaphore CI"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Terraform Provider"},{"name":"Travis CI"},{"name":"VS Code Extension"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"GridLight"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Storage","summary":"Free 0–0.5 GiB/mo; $0.000136986/GiB/hr above","features":["Regional repositories","Multi-regional repositories","Standard and remote repositories"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.000136986,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"At-rest artifact storage","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"0.5 GiB/month free"}},{"free":true,"name":"Data Transfer","summary":"$0–$0.15/GiB depending on region; free within same location/continent","features":["Free same-location transfers","Free same-continent transfers","Metered cross-region pricing"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","note":"US/Canada inter-region","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","note":"Europe inter-region","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","note":"Asia inter-region","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","note":"Cross-continent","amount":0.08,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gibibyte"},"kind":"metered","note":"Oceania","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Outbound traffic from repositories","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"data_transfer_free":"Same location, same continent"}},{"free":false,"name":"Vulnerability Scanning","summary":"See Artifact Analysis pricing documentation","features":["Automatic vulnerability scanning","On-Demand Scanning"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"Automatic and on-demand container scanning","contactSales":false}],"summary":"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.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:22:08.459Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | free |
| pricing.price_level | - | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (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 | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:02:25.993Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*