UPGRADE TO CLOUDSMITH

The fully-managed alternative to self-hosted Nexus

Cloudsmith replaces self-hosted Nexus Repository, Nexus Firewall, and Nexus Lifecycle with a single platform.

Self-hosted Nexus puts upgrades, scaling, and uptime on your team

Nexus typically starts as single server in one region. As usage grows, every build comes to depend on it, no one owns its maintenance, and traffic exceeds its capacity. Teams respond by adding a bigger server, a CDN, or a second instance, but visibility into who’s pulling which packages doesn’t improve. Cloudsmith is a fully-managed alternative: no servers to patch, scale, or add capacity to. Talk to us before your next upgrade or renewal.

One fully-managed, cloud-native platform handles artifact management, security, and global delivery

Manage 30+ package formats, including containers and ML models, centralized, with multi-format repos
Serve artifacts from 750+ global points of presence, with high availability built in
Absorb peak build traffic without adding nodes, tuning caches, or standing up a second cluster
Configure everything as code with Terraform, and leave upgrades, patching and scaling to us

Every package is checked against your policies at ingestion so only trusted packages reach your builds

Prevent newly published packages from being consumed until a configurable time window elapses
Define usage policies via pre-set templates or in industry-standard OPA Rego
Detect malware at ingestion and quarantine it automatically

Continuously re-evaluate packages against the latest advisories, surfacing newly disclosed risks automatically.

Apply one set of policies to every package and container, across every format and repository
Continuously recheck existing packages against the latest malware and CVE data
Trigger policy actions automatically, from quarantine to alerts
Prioritize fixes by EPSS exploit probability, so your team works on what matters first

Before

Thrivent ran its artifacts on a single on-premise server from its previous vendor, hosted in its own data center. More than 200 applications and libraries in one monorepo depended on it, and it needed daily restarts, so every outage stalled builds and deploys of customer-facing apps. An upgrade didn't fix the underlying limits. Distributed teams got packages unreliably, repositories couldn't be split to scale CI/CD, and retention and cleanup were done by hand

With Cloudsmith

No databases, servers, or edge nodes to maintain. Failover and disaster recovery are handled by the platform
Repositories organized by application, team, and environment, managed with Terraform and GitHub Actions using short-lived tokens
Retention policies handle cleanup automatically, and edge caching serves packages to every team

Results

62% fewer artifact-related incidents
49M+ package downloads a month for 900+ developers
Python, Java, TypeScript, and Helm managed in one place, with predictable pricing

A dedicated customer success manager who plans your migration around your environment.
Engineer-led support for deeply technical assistance.
A shared Slack channel for support that fits in your workflows.

Every migration is different. You get a dedicated team that plans around your repos, pipelines and timelines, and stays with you after go-live.