Comparison

Cloudsmith vs Harbor

No clear leader: Cloudsmith (66.4) and Harbor (63.4) 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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Cloudsmith66
Harbor63
Score
Vioscale score
Cloudsmith66 / 100medium · 52%updating
Harbor63 / 100high · 77%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Model
Cloudsmithcommercial
Price level
Cloudsmith
Harborfree
Transparent
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Integrations
Count
Cloudsmith37
Harbor4
Security
Disclosure policy
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Iso27001
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Scorecard
Cloudsmith
Harbor8.1
Soc2
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Reliability
Status page
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cloudsmith
Harbor31
Github stars
Cloudsmith
Harbor29,236
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cloudsmith
Harbor62
Release
Cadence days
Cloudsmith
Harbor2
History
Cloudsmith
Harbor20 items
License
Spdx
Cloudsmith
Language
Primary
Cloudsmith
HarborGo
Market
Availability
Harbor

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Hosting
CloudsmithCloud only
HarborSelf-hosted only
Standards
OCI Distribution Spec compliant
Cloudsmith
Harbor-
Scope
Artifact types
CloudsmithUniversal (images + language packages)
Harbor-
Security
Built-in vulnerability scanning
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Image signing (Cosign/Notation)
Cloudsmith
Harbor
SBOM generation / storage
Cloudsmith
Harbor-
Access
Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts
Cloudsmith-
Harbor-
Private repositories
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Distribution
Geo-replication / mirroring
Cloudsmith
Harbor-
Pull-through cache / proxy
Cloudsmith
Harbor-
Integration
Native cloud IAM integration
Cloudsmith
Harbor-
Pricing
Pull-rate limits
CloudsmithTiered by plan
Harbor-
UX
Web UI / console
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Ops
High-availability deployment
Cloudsmith-
Harbor-

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

Harbor

Harbor is an open source registry that secures artifacts with policies and role-based access control, ensures images are scanned and free from vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted.

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.

Harbor

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Cloudsmith
Harbor
CLI
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cloudsmith
Harbor
Self-hosted
Cloudsmith
Harbor

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

Harbor

4 total
  • Trivy
  • Cosign
  • Redis
  • Valkey
Independently observed

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