Features |
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Cloudsmith |
|---|---|---|
| Software Supply Chain Security |
Native integration with Sonatype Repository Firewall & Lifecycle inside the Nexus One platform to deliver malicious component blocking, policy automation, and deeper OSS intelligence.
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Basic vulnerability/malware scanning, limited policies, less mature, and not integrated with broader supply chain governance.
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| Format Support |
20+ formats across Java, JavaScript, containers/OCI, Python, Go, Ruby, RPM/DEB, Helm, and more backed by proven workflows for staging, promotion, and cleanup.
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Strong breadth across formats, but workflow depth (promotion, staging, approvals) is less mature for teams that are growing quickly.
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| Scalability |
Scales with you as you add more teams, services, and repos. Choose to be in the cloud or opt for architecture that supports complex needs over time.
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Scales only within Cloudsmith’s SaaS footprint.
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| Staging & Build Promotion |
Built-in staging and build promotion let you move artifacts through dev → test → release repos with CI-driven quality gates, so only approved builds ever hit “release.”
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Offers package promotion between repos, but workflows are more generic. There’s no opinionated, lifecycle-aware staging model tied to build pipelines in the same way.
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| Fine-Grained Access to Repo Content |
Content selectors let you expose only specific paths/namespaces inside a repo to certain teams or roles, so you can safely share infrastructure without cloning repos or over-provisioning access.
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Strong workspace/repo-level RBAC, but access is generally scoped at repo boundaries; there’s no equivalent to Nexus Repository’s path-based content selectors for carving up a single repo by namespace.
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| Import / Export & Portability |
Supports import/export of repositories, blob stores, and formats, making it straightforward to move whole repos between environments, rebuild labs, or recover from incidents without re-seeding from scratch.
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Can push and pull via native package tools and API, but less oriented around lifting and shifting entire repositories between different infrastructure footprints as your architecture evolves.
|
| Features | |
|---|---|
| Software Supply Chain Security |
Native integration with Sonatype Repository Firewall & Lifecycle inside the Nexus One platform to deliver malicious component blocking, policy automation, and deeper OSS intelligence.
|
| Format Support |
20+ formats across Java, JavaScript, containers/OCI, Python, Go, Ruby, RPM/DEB, Helm, and more backed by proven workflows for staging, promotion, and cleanup.
|
| Scalability |
Scales with you as you add more teams, services, and repos. Choose to be in the cloud or opt for architecture that supports complex needs over time.
|
| Staging & Build Promotion |
Built-in staging and build promotion let you move artifacts through dev → test → release repos with CI-driven quality gates, so only approved builds ever hit “release.”
|
| Fine-Grained Access to Repo Content |
Content selectors let you expose only specific paths/namespaces inside a repo to certain teams or roles, so you can safely share infrastructure without cloning repos or over-provisioning access.
|
| Import / Export & Portability |
Supports import/export of repositories, blob stores, and formats, making it straightforward to move whole repos between environments, rebuild labs, or recover from incidents without re-seeding from scratch.
|
Cloudsmith
| Features | |
|---|---|
| Software Supply Chain Security |
Basic vulnerability/malware scanning, limited policies, less mature, and not integrated with broader supply chain governance.
|
| Format Support |
Strong breadth across formats, but workflow depth (promotion, staging, approvals) is less mature for teams that are growing quickly.
|
| Scalability |
Scales only within Cloudsmith’s SaaS footprint.
|
| Staging & Build Promotion |
Offers package promotion between repos, but workflows are more generic. There’s no opinionated, lifecycle-aware staging model tied to build pipelines in the same way.
|
| Fine-Grained Access to Repo Content |
Strong workspace/repo-level RBAC, but access is generally scoped at repo boundaries; there’s no equivalent to Nexus Repository’s path-based content selectors for carving up a single repo by namespace.
|
| Import / Export & Portability |
Can push and pull via native package tools and API, but less oriented around lifting and shifting entire repositories between different infrastructure footprints as your architecture evolves.
|
Need Growth-Ready Scale and Security?
Sonatype Delivers What Cloudsmith Can’t
Sonatype Nexus Repository is built for teams that plan to grow — more services, contributors, and scrutiny — without losing control. It becomes your long-term system of record and artifact backbone of Nexus One, with structure and governance that Cloudsmith struggles to match.
GROW INTO FULL GOVERNANCE
Sonatype Nexus Repository gives you robust artifact management on day one and is designed to be the artifact backbone of Nexus One when you’re ready for more automated policy enforcement, SBOM workflows, and malware blocking.
Cloudsmith focuses on hosting and moving packages with controls designed around accessing their service, not running your repository as a truly governed system of record.
COMPLETE CONTROL WITH SONATYPE
Sonatype Nexus Repository turns your artifacts into a single, auditable source of truth. Role-based access control, SAML/SSO, TLS, immutable artifacts, and detailed audit logs give you tight control over who can publish, promote, and consume binaries.
Cloudsmith SaaS delivery is convenient, but you get far less say in how performance, scaling, and resiliency are shaped around the way your engineering org actually works.
ACCELERATE BUILDS WITH SONATYPE
Sonatype Nexus Repository keeps builds quick and predictable as you add more services, repos, and teams: smart caching, proxying, cleanup policies, and proven HA/DR patterns keep pipelines moving instead of collapsing under their own weight.
Cloudsmith remains a standalone hosted repo. There’s no comparable, integrated path from “just a repo” to full software supply chain governance as your requirements mature.
