Comparison

Google Artifact Registry vs Pulp

On the evidence we track, Google Artifact Registry leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. 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 Registry70

Pulp44

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Google Artifact RegistryLeader	Pulp
Vioscale score	70 / 100medium · 54%	44 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	free	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	2
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
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	-	586
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	49
Release
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	GPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Google Artifact Registry70 / 100medium · 54%

Pulp44 / 100medium · 60%

Pricing

Free tier

Google Artifact Registry✓

Pulp✓

Model

Google Artifact Registryfree

Pulpopen_source

Price level

Google Artifact Registryfree

Pulpfree

Transparent

Google Artifact Registry✓

Pulp✓

Integrations

Count

Google Artifact Registry–

Pulp2

Security

Gdpr

Google Artifact Registry–

Pulp✓

Vulnerabilities

Google Artifact Registry–

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

Google Artifact Registry✓

Pulp–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Google Artifact Registry–

Pulp65

Github stars

Google Artifact Registry–

Pulp586

Activity

Commits last 30d

Google Artifact Registry–

Pulp49

Release

History

Google Artifact Registry–

Pulp20 items

License

Spdx

Google Artifact Registry–

PulpGPL-2.0

Language

Primary

Google Artifact Registry–

PulpPython

Market

Availability

Google Artifact RegistryAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

PulpAvailable worldwide · HQ US

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	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	-	None
UX
Web UI / console	✓	✓
Ops
High-availability deployment	-	✗

Deployment

Hosting

Google Artifact RegistryCloud only

PulpCloud + self-hosted

Standards

OCI Distribution Spec compliant

Google Artifact Registry-

Pulp✓

Scope

Artifact types

Google Artifact RegistryUniversal (images + language packages)

PulpUniversal (images + language packages)

Security

Built-in vulnerability scanning

Google Artifact Registry-

Pulp✗

Image signing (Cosign/Notation)

Google Artifact Registry-

Pulp✗

SBOM generation / storage

Google Artifact Registry-

Pulp✗

Access

Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts

Google Artifact Registry✓

Pulp✗

Private repositories

Google Artifact Registry✓

Pulp✓

Distribution

Geo-replication / mirroring

Google Artifact Registry-

Pulp✗

Pull-through cache / proxy

Google Artifact Registry-

Pulp✗

Integration

Native cloud IAM integration

Google Artifact Registry✓

Pulp✗

Pricing

Pull-rate limits

Google Artifact Registry-

PulpNone

Web UI / console

Google Artifact Registry✓

Pulp✓

Ops

High-availability deployment

Google Artifact Registry-

Pulp✗

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

Pulp

Pulp enables developers and operators to fetch, upload, organize, and distribute software packages across on-premises infrastructure or cloud environments. It supports multiple content types through a plugin architecture and provides tools for repository management at scale.

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 ↗

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	Google Artifact Registry	Pulp
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Google Artifact Registry✓

Pulp✗

CLI

Google Artifact Registry✗

Pulp✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Google Artifact Registry✓

Pulp✓

Self-hosted

Google Artifact Registry✗

Pulp✓

On-premise

Google Artifact Registry✗

Pulp✓

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.

Pulp

2 total

OpenAI API
GitHub

Independently observed

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