Comparison

Google Artifact Registry vs Kraken

On the evidence we track, Google Artifact Registry 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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★Google Artifact Registry66

Kraken48

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Google Artifact RegistryLeader	Kraken
vioscaleAI score	66 / 100medium · 54%	48 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	free	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.6
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://github.com/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fuber%2Fkraken&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	1
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	6,743
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	29
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	14
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Google Artifact Registry66 / 100medium · 54%

Kraken48 / 100medium · 72%

Pricing

Free tier

Google Artifact Registry✓

Kraken✓

Model

Google Artifact Registryfree

Krakencommercial

Price level

Google Artifact Registryfree

Krakenfree

Transparent

Google Artifact Registry✓

Kraken✓

Integrations

Count

Google Artifact Registry–

Kraken5

Security

Disclosure policy

Google Artifact Registry–

Kraken✓

Scorecard

Google Artifact Registry–

Kraken4.6

Trust center

Google Artifact Registry–

Krakenhttps://github.com/security

Vulnerabilities

Google Artifact Registry–

KrakenCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fuber%2Fkraken&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Google Artifact Registry✓

Kraken✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Google Artifact Registry–

Kraken1

Github stars

Google Artifact Registry–

Kraken6,743

Activity

Commits last 30d

Google Artifact Registry–

Kraken29

Release

Cadence days

Google Artifact Registry–

Kraken14

History

Google Artifact Registry–

Kraken20 items

License

Spdx

Google Artifact Registry–

KrakenApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Google Artifact Registry–

KrakenGo

Market

Availability

Google Artifact RegistryAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Kraken–

Content

Faq

Google Artifact Registry5 items

Kraken6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Container Registries
Capability	Google Artifact Registry	Kraken
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Self-hosted only
Standards
OCI Distribution Spec compliant	-	-
Scope
Artifact types	Universal (images + language packages)	Container images only
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	-	-
UX
Web UI / console	✓	-
Ops
High-availability deployment	-	✓

Deployment

Hosting

Google Artifact RegistryCloud only

KrakenSelf-hosted only

Standards

OCI Distribution Spec compliant

Google Artifact Registry-

Kraken-

Scope

Artifact types

Google Artifact RegistryUniversal (images + language packages)

KrakenContainer images only

Security

Built-in vulnerability scanning

Google Artifact Registry-

Kraken-

Image signing (Cosign/Notation)

Google Artifact Registry-

Kraken-

SBOM generation / storage

Google Artifact Registry-

Kraken-

Access

Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts

Google Artifact Registry✓

Kraken-

Private repositories

Google Artifact Registry✓

Kraken✓

Distribution

Geo-replication / mirroring

Google Artifact Registry-

Kraken✓

Pull-through cache / proxy

Google Artifact Registry-

Kraken-

Integration

Native cloud IAM integration

Google Artifact Registry✓

Kraken-

Pricing

Pull-rate limits

Google Artifact Registry-

Kraken-

Web UI / console

Google Artifact Registry✓

Kraken-

Ops

High-availability deployment

Google Artifact Registry-

Kraken✓

What each one is

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

Google Artifact Registry

Leader

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

Kraken

A peer-to-peer based Docker registry system designed for high-throughput distribution of container images across large clusters and hybrid cloud environments with built-in support for multi-cluster replication.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Google Artifact Registry

Leader

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 ↗

Kraken

Open source

as of 2026-09-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Google Artifact Registry	Kraken
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Google Artifact Registry✓

Kraken✗

CLI

Google Artifact Registry✗

Kraken✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Google Artifact Registry✓

Kraken✓

Self-hosted

Google Artifact Registry✗

Kraken✓

Hybrid

Google Artifact Registry✗

Kraken✓

Integrations

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

Google Artifact Registry

Leader

Not documented yet.

Kraken

5 total

S3
GCS
ECR
HDFS
Harbor

Independently observed

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