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Archiva vs JFrog Artifactory vs Sonatype Nexus Repository comparison

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As of June 2025, in the Repository Managers category, the mindshare of Archiva is 17.5%, down from 25.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JFrog Artifactory is 39.4%, up from 35.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sonatype Nexus Repository is 32.6%, down from 33.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Matthew Iijima - PeerSpot reviewer
Stores all our artifacts, allows users to manage permissions for their data, and is very stable
We're looking for something that has additional reporting capabilities on data growth and data aging. This goes back to storage lifecycle management so that the actual Artifactory itself can provide these reports to either the administrators or the users. I don't know if it has those capabilities. That's something we have to look into regarding the self-service dashboard, but the tool itself having those capabilities would be great rather than trying to do it at the underlying storage hardware layer. We moved from the internal Derby DB to the Postgres database last year or the year before. Because of the size and amount of objects in our instance, we were probably going to exceed the recommended number of objects for the default Derby DB. So, we moved to Postgres. The other option was MySQL. There weren't a lot of options. It could've been better. I felt that there wasn't a lot of knowledge base or support available to help with that migration for us. We had reached up to Artifactory support to see if they had a professional services type of engagement to do that, and they didn't have anything of that nature. So, we were left to our own devices to manage that database migration.
CuneytGurses - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable solution that provides a central platform for storing build artifacts, saving us significant maintenance and hardware costs.
Particularly concerning OSF-type licenses, while they support a multitude of features, there's room for improvement in the single point transform, especially for grouping. It appears that currently, the grouping functionality is not robust, particularly for Docker images within a group. The support for this aspect seems to be contingent on the license type. For instance, with the Voss license type, there is a noticeable absence of support for this feature. This is an area that could benefit from enhancement in the upcoming updates.
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
18%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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What needs improvement with JFrog Artifactory?
Sometimes the documentation was sort of messy because there are many possibilities for where and how to install Artif...
What is your primary use case for JFrog Artifactory?
The main use case was to store the artifacts, store the binaries, basically. And then we used it as a container regis...
What do you like most about Sonatype Nexus Repository?
Primarily, the extensive support for a wide range of packages is a crucial factor. The effectiveness of new-age packa...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sonatype Nexus Repository?
I use the open-source version of the product, which is free of cost.
What needs improvement with Sonatype Nexus Repository?
Particularly concerning OSF-type licenses, while they support a multitude of features, there's room for improvement i...
 

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