Supports a wide variety of packages with robust security features but needs tighter cloud integration
What is our primary use case?
JFrog Artifactory is designed for software management. We used it for storing all assets and packages that were downloaded from external package systems, making them available for our development teams to use in their builds.
It primarily supported a fail-fast approach, where vulnerabilities were identified ahead of time, enabling us to alert our development team to use the latest packages without those vulnerabilities.
JFrog Artifactory proved very helpful in supporting a variety of package types for different projects.
What is most valuable?
The best features of JFrog Artifactory include the core functionality of package management and software management, along with scanning capabilities to prevent vulnerabilities from being introduced.
The metadata management feature was particularly useful for managing packages within JFrog Artifactory.
We utilized Xray integration with JFrog Artifactory, which was instrumental in managing vulnerabilities overall.
JFrog Artifactory has robust functionality in terms of access control, which helped us ensure minimal access to various artifacts.
I would rate it eight out of ten because it is a great product that is widely used in the industry. It has excellent features from an artifact management perspective and maintains good integrations.
What needs improvement?
JFrog could improve this product with tighter integration capabilities.
For how long have I used the solution?
I used JFrog Artifactory in the last twelve months.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate their support for JFrog Artifactory as seven out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
What other advice do I have?
I am no longer using JFrog Artifactory in my current role as I moved away from the team. The metadata management features were very useful, particularly for managing packages inside JFrog Artifactory. We were customers of JFrog. Based on my experience, I would rate JFrog Artifactory eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Perplexing Engineering
What do you like best about the product?
1. The unification of all the requirements for a DevOps team
2. Ability to support various out-of-the-box registry support
What do you dislike about the product?
1. It is difficult to get started and understand how to use CLI from your local environment to the cloud
2. Cloud Pro account requires business email but logging in from Github works with personal account (perplexing access policies)
3. JFrog CLI is separately downloadable and configurable, the use of which remains a big mystery since we can use cURL to do pretty much everything in Artifacts (again perplexing strategy)
4. Setting multiple Repositories is required for simple task of pulling packages from public registries
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Caching the public registries for speeding up the SDLC
JFrog for devops
What do you like best about the product?
Manages all major package types.
Scans for vulnerabilities across your artifacts.
Easy to use.
Works with Jenkins, GitHub Actions and other cicd.
Available on-prem, in the cloud, suitable for all types of deployments.
Tracks metadata, dependencies, and environment details for every build.
What do you dislike about the product?
Takes lot of time for initial setup.
Need to invest much time to learn about how things works in jFrog.
Complex to work compared to other tools
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Artifact management is the mostly used feature.
2. Container images repository.
3. Package management.
4. Backup repository for container images.
5. For federating other repositories.
My JFrog Experience
What do you like best about the product?
1. Provides end-to-end automation by integrating with Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, and other DevOps tools.
2. Supports hybrid cloud environments and is offered as SaaS or on-premises.
3. Easily integrates with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and other CI/CD tools to manage artifacts.
4. Stores build artifacts in a centralized, versioned including Docker images.
5. Supports a variety of package formats Maven, Gradle, and npm.
6. Serves as a private Docker registry for safely managing and storing container images.
What do you dislike about the product?
1. High Time taking for integration for the first time.
2. Comparatively high cost with other of same type
3. Customer support delays sometimes
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main things I use:
1. Artifact management in on-prem and cloud.
2. Storing artifacts in repos of jfrog
3. Seamless Integration with CICD
4. Global Federation with all other jfrog deployments
My Go-To Artifactory
What do you like best about the product?
Most Things I Like Includes:
1. Supports all major package types: Maven, npm, Docker, PyPI, NuGet, Helm, Go, and gz
2. Integrates with CI/CD tools and deployment systems.
3.Keeps track of all versions of artifacts and rollback support.
4. Very good access control.
5.Designed for large-scale enterprise use.
6.Available on-prem, in the cloud, or as a hybrid solution.
7. Automate everything from artifact uploads to repository management.
What do you dislike about the product?
1. integration issues in the begining
2. performance issues sometimes
3. time taken to leaning is high
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Artifactory management
2. Docor Repository
3. Package management
4. Version control for some external zip files
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JFrog Artifactory: The Backbone of Modern Software Delivery
What do you like best about the product?
It supports a wide range of package formats (like Maven, npm, Docker, PyPI, and more), making it a one-stop solution for managing all build artifacts across different tech stacks.
Integrates seamlessly with CI/CD tools
What do you dislike about the product?
I love how capable JFrog is, but I know for smaller teams it can feel a bit like climbing a mountain—both in cost and in getting up to speed. If they offered more wallet-friendly plans and guided new users through a gentler, more hands-on onboarding, it would make adopting JFrog a breeze for everyone.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
JFrog gives us a single, reliable home for all our binaries—complete with caching, versioning, and built-in security scans—so our builds run smoothly and releases happen faster and safer
Full Software Distribution Pipeline
What do you like best about the product?
I don’t know anyone who offers distribution, access, multi site replication at a single place.
What do you dislike about the product?
Artifactory Service would go down with no notice couple of times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use it store JAR to containers, Python and NodeJs modules at one place only. Artifactory is very helpful.
One of the best Artifactory that i use as a Devops Engineer
What do you like best about the product?
me as a devops engineer where i need to store, manage, and serve build artifacts and dependencies in DevOps and CI/CD workflows. and JFROG is the best software that i have used. must recomended
What do you dislike about the product?
the UI has two many options it might be overwhelming to new users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
JFrog helps me keep all my build artifacts organized in one place, which makes my deployments more consistent and reliable. Before, we struggled with version mismatches and slow builds — now everything is traceable and cached, so it saves us time and reduces headaches. It also makes it easier to promote builds between environments without rebuilding from scratch
DevOps
What do you like best about the product?
JFrog Artifactory provides a centralized, reliable, and scalable solution for managing artifacts across all stages of the software development lifecycle. I especially appreciate its support for multiple package types, seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines, and robust REST APIs that enable automation and DevOps best practices. The addition of JFrog Xray for security and license compliance is also a major advantage for maintaining secure and compliant releases.
What do you dislike about the product?
While JFrog offers powerful features, it can be complex to set up and manage, especially in multi-environment or hybrid cloud setups. The user interface, though improved, can still feel unintuitive at times. Additionally, the pricing model may not be cost-effective for small teams or organizations with basic artifact management needs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
JFrog is solving the challenge of managing and securing software artifacts across multiple teams and environments. It provides a centralized repository for storing Docker images, Helm charts, and other build artifacts, ensuring consistency, traceability, and version control across the CI/CD pipeline. With JFrog Xray, it also addresses security and license compliance by scanning artifacts for vulnerabilities before deployment. This improves our software delivery speed, strengthens security posture, and enhances collaboration between development and operations teams.
Once again, JFROG has totally tanked my artifactory account
What do you like best about the product?
When it works, its OK. Reasonable integration with gradle.
What do you dislike about the product?
They keep changing policies, pricing, features --> mostly trying to drive you to pay them more money.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sharing JAR files with all our teams and outside vendors
