Comparison

Cloudsmith vs Pulp

On the evidence we track, Cloudsmith leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Cloudsmith full profile →Pulp full profile →

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★Cloudsmith63

Pulp49

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CloudsmithLeader	Pulp
vioscaleAI score	63 / 100medium · 52%	49 / 100low · 45%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	20	2
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=pulpcore&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	65
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	609
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	61
Release
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	GPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Cloudsmith63 / 100medium · 52%

Pulp49 / 100low · 45%

Pricing

Free tier

Cloudsmith–

Pulp✓

Model

Cloudsmithcommercial

Pulpopen_source

Price level

Cloudsmith–

Pulpfree

Transparent

Cloudsmith–

Pulp✓

Integrations

Count

Cloudsmith20

Pulp2

Security

Disclosure policy

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp–

Gdpr

Cloudsmith–

Pulp✓

Iso27001

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp–

Soc2

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp–

Vulnerabilities

Cloudsmith–

PulpCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=pulpcore&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Cloudsmith–

Pulp65

Github stars

Cloudsmith–

Pulp609

Activity

Commits last 30d

Cloudsmith–

Pulp61

Release

History

Cloudsmith–

Pulp20 items

License

Spdx

Cloudsmith–

PulpGPL-2.0

Language

Primary

Cloudsmith–

PulpPython

Market

Availability

CloudsmithAvailable worldwide

PulpAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Content

Faq

Cloudsmith5 items

Pulp7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Container Registries
Capability	Cloudsmith	Pulp
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud + self-hosted
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	None
UX
Web UI / console	✓	✓
Ops
High-availability deployment	✓	✗

Deployment

Hosting

CloudsmithCloud only

PulpCloud + self-hosted

Standards

OCI Distribution Spec compliant

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✓

Scope

Artifact types

CloudsmithUniversal (images + language packages)

PulpUniversal (images + language packages)

Security

Built-in vulnerability scanning

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✗

Image signing (Cosign/Notation)

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✗

SBOM generation / storage

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✗

Access

Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✓

Private repositories

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✓

Distribution

Geo-replication / mirroring

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✓

Pull-through cache / proxy

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✗

Integration

Native cloud IAM integration

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✗

Pricing

Pull-rate limits

CloudsmithTiered by plan

PulpNone

Web UI / console

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✓

Ops

High-availability deployment

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✗

What each one is

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

Cloudsmith

Leader

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.

Independently observed

Pulp

Pulp is an open-source platform that enables you to mirror, host, and manage repositories of software packages and content. It allows you to organize content promotion across multiple repositories and enforce access controls through flexible content guards.

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

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Pulp

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-16verify ↗

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	Pulp
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✓

CLI

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Cloudsmith✓

Pulp✗

Self-hosted

Cloudsmith✗

Pulp✓

Integrations

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

Cloudsmith

Leader

38 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
+14 more

Independently observed

Pulp

2 total

OpenAI API
GitHub

Independently observed

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