Alternative to Sonatype Nexus
Cloudsmith is a fully-managed, infinitely-scalable alternative to Sonatype Nexus
Switching to Cloudsmith from Nexus is realistic and achievable. We have a proven playbook to help you migrate.
With SonatypeYou can incur significant maintenance costs in operating and managing Nexus nodes and instances, and will be required to regularly update to the latest release to get access to new features, bug fixes, improvements, and other security patches.
With CloudsmithCloudsmith is fully-managed SaaS. Our pricing is simple and transparent. Switching to Cloudsmith unlocks your engineering resources, best spent on shipping novel software.
With SonatypeRequires significant infrastructure and maintenance costs, and full testing before implementing in production. High availability is only available with Sonatype Nexus Repository Pro. You'll need in-house expertise in load balancers, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Docker, and cloud infrastructure.
With CloudsmithCloudsmith scales automatically based on the needs of your teams and pipelines. You never need to add or manage additional nodes, replicate databases. Uptime is publicly available on our status page.
With SonatypeSecurity is handled via separate products that aren't included with Nexus Repository, like Sonatype Lifecycle and Sonatype Repository Firewall. These products charge per-user seat license fees and have required dependencies.
With CloudsmithYou get enterprise-ready continuous security and policy management tools. Policy management tools use OPA and industry-standard Rego, with no per-seat pricing. Everything flowing through Cloudsmith passes through our policy checks.
With SonatypeWhen it comes to getting support from Sonatype your mileage may vary.
With CloudsmithWe work with you at every stage of your migration to Cloudsmith. Once you become a customer, you get support directly from our engineers. We pride ourselves on efficiency and friendliness.
Sonatype Nexus to Cloudsmith Migration Guide
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We’ve compiled a no-pressure guide to help you assess a migration project. While every migration is driven by a bespoke support plan, this guide breaks down the key steps involved in most migrations.
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Technical documentation
Technical documentation to support your migration
We’ve compiled a range of technical resources to enable your migration to Cloudsmith.
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