--- title: "Cloudsmith x Skyscanner | Genuinely Cloud Native Artifact Management" description: "The perfect artifact and repository management solution for Skyscanner. A truly cloud native choice that scales in line with your requirements" canonical_url: "https://cloudsmith.com/loves/skyscanner" last_updated: "2026-03-13T13:15:21Z" --- # Cloudsmith x Skyscanner | Genuinely Cloud Native Artifact Management Cloudsmith + Skyscanner ## Truly cloud-native artifact management for Skyscanner Skyscanner’s "you build it, you run it" culture requires tools that scale with the explosive demand for global travel. Cloudsmith provides a genuinely cloud-native artifact management platform that removes infrastructure headaches and accelerates global delivery. [Book a demo](/book-a-demo) Why Cloudsmith? ## The missing piece of your cloud-native stack You process 1.5 billion daily API requests. Your artifact repository should be as elastic as your compute. Cloudsmith aligns with Skyscanner's goal to reduce cognitive load and technical debt. ### Universal registry for Backpack Consolidate your design system into a single source of truth. We provide native support for npm, Maven, and CocoaPods, ensuring cross-platform consistency for web and mobile squads. ### Branded portals for the community Use Public Broadcasts to showcase Skyscanner’s design language to the world. Build trust with a custom-branded portal that offers built-in analytics to track adoption across your 110+ market domains. ### Genuinely cloud-native by design Cloudsmith is built with the same AWS-first DNA as Skyscanner. We handle the elastic scaling and distributed storage logic so your CI pipelines just work, regardless of request volume. ### Invisible scaling and reliability Stop worrying about 503 SlowDown errors during build bursts. Our serverless architecture absorbs massive ingestion spikes from your microservices, supporting your decentralized accountability model. Switch to Cloudsmith ## Built for the future of travel Compare the operational weight of self-hosted binary repositories with the efficiency of a managed service that supports your global scale and "shift left" security goals. | Your current solution | With Cloudsmith | | --- | --- | | Patching JFrog Artifactory and managing S3-backed storage backends. | Genuinely cloud-native SaaS that scales with your traveler demand. | | Building and maintaining custom download pages for public-facing artifacts. | Branded Public Broadcast portals set up in seconds with zero maintenance. | | Risks created by long-lived AWS Access Key secrets in CI environments. | Native OIDC support for secure, passwordless authentication. | | Hidden costs in storage, egress, and engineering hours spent on maintenance. | Predictable, transparent pricing that supports your FinOps mandates | ## Solving the module caching bottleneck Your engineers shouldn't spend their time building custom scripts to zip build outputs for S3. Cloudsmith acts as a high-performance buffering layer, absorbing the massive ingestion spikes from your modular iOS architecture. By moving to Cloudsmith's global Package Delivery Network, you cut the latency that currently forces your mobile squads to wait on builds. - Artifact management that scales elastically with your needs - Eliminate the "leaky abstraction" of manual S3 caching - Reduced latency for global squads via edge-based distribution [Learn more about Cloudsmith's PDN](/product/global-software-distribution) ## Empowering the DevEx mandate Skyscanner’s culture values balancing technical logic with creative problem-solving. Maintaining artifact servers consumes mental stamina. Automating that maintenance with Cloudsmith frees your Developer Experience engineers to focus on the work of innovation, making your squads more productive and satisfied. - Standardized artifact workflows for over 300 microservices - Track community adoption of open source tools with Public Broadcast analytics - API-first architecture that integrates with Terraform and AWS CDK [Discover how Cloudsmith does it differently](/product/cloud-native-artifact-management) ## The security and governance enabler You prioritize the intersection of development and security. Cloudsmith supports this by eliminating secret sprawl, enforcing upstream proxying, and providing visibility into your software supply chain. Get a true view of your security standing and ensure only verified, policy-compliant packages reach production. - Rego-based policy-as-code to interpret threat signals automatically - Automated SBOM generation for every package and container - Integrated vulnerability scanning updated multiple times per hour ## Customers love Cloudsmith [Read reviews](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudsmith/reviews) ## Let's talk Artifact Management Hi Team Skyscanner, I’ve been following your engineering blog, specifically your journey toward effective observability and your "Open Source first" approach to building infrastructure. It’s clear that Skyscanner is building a world-class platform on a genuinely cloud-native foundation. However, many leading teams still anchor their modern AWS stack with legacy artifact tools that require constant maintenance. This creates "maintenance toil" that contradicts your mission of reducing cognitive load for your squads. Cloudsmith is built with the same cloud-native DNA as your stack. We can help you professionalize the distribution of projects like Backpack using our new Public Broadcasts, while freeing up your platform teams to focus on doubling ad revenue and optimizing the traveler experience. Let’s chat about how we can help you stop patching servers and start shipping. Speak soon, Alex [Book a demo](/book-a-demo)