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title: "Compare Cloudsmith vs GitHub Packages and Switch | Cloudsmith"
description: "Compare GitHub Packages vs Cloudsmith, and get help to switch from GitHub Packages to fully-managed, cloud-native Cloudsmith. Start your free trial."
canonical_url: "https://cloudsmith.com/switch/github-packages-form"
last_updated: "2026-03-16T14:42:56Z"
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# Compare Cloudsmith vs GitHub Packages and Switch | Cloudsmith

## We Love GitHub. But GitHub Packages is a feature, not a solution

Switch to Cloudsmith for a complete, long-term solution for package management

## Cloudsmith vs GitHub Packages. What's the most complete solution for your teams?

| Before | After |

| --- | --- |

| Limited package format support | Cloudsmith is future proof - we support 29+ package formats natively, with more coming on-stream every month. |

| No isolation from public upstreams | Cloudsmith proxies and caches public upstreams - protecting your team from upstream outages, dependency confusion, namesquatting, typosquatting, denial of service - by proxying and caching your upstreams |

| Limited observability | With Cloudsmith you get complete visibility and traceability of all software package usage |

| Small storage allowances | With Cloudsmith you get generous storage allowances, starting at 5GB, with affordable pricing plans to suit all teams |

## Getting started with Cloudsmith is simple