gastropod vs. JFrog Artifactory + Xray
This page compares gastropod with the closest equivalent JFrog bundle: Artifactory, the registry, plus Xray, the security scanning layer. Gastropod ships both jobs in one product.
at a glance
| gastropod | JFrog Artifactory + Xray | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Artifact registry with built-in provenance verification, SBOM, and audit, as one product | Universal binary repository (Artifactory) plus SCA and scanning (Xray), part of the broader JFrog Platform |
| Best for | Teams that want a registry and supply-chain intelligence together, with every feature on every tier | Organizations that want a single, established vendor for the full platform |
| Pricing model | Published, tiered rates — Pro $50/mo, Business $450/mo, custom enterprise; every feature on every tier | Tiered: SaaS Pro from $150/mo list; security capabilities begin at Enterprise X, from $950/mo; self-hosted from $27,000/yr |
| Deployment | SaaS or self-hosted; HA clusters, edge | SaaS or self-hosted; HA clusters, edge |
why teams pick gastropod over Artifactory + Xray
- The security layer isn't behind an enterprise tier. Provenance verification, SBOM, OSV correlation, blast radius, intake blocking, full audit, and OIDC SSO are on gastropod's lowest tier. Matching that in the JFrog SaaS lineup means Enterprise X plus the Curation add-on.
- Your existing scanners' findings compound. Gastropod ingests results from Trivy, Grype, Snyk, Anchore, and other scanners, then correlates and pins them to an artifact's identity. A finding applies everywhere that artifact appears, instead of every team re-scanning the same package across every application.
- "Who pulled it, and where did it go?" has a fast answer. Every pull attributes to a principal on every tier. When an incident hits, the blast-radius graph and pull history turn a week of analysis into a ten-minute answer.
- Verification, not just detection. Gastropod checks upstream signatures and checksum databases (Go's h1 sums, npm signatures, Sigstore, signed apt) before serving an artifact, catching identity and provenance mismatches that scanners built to find known-bad content aren't built to see.
- Findings can cross organizational lines. Gastropod's enterprise tier federates with trusted circles while honoring privacy and embargo windows, built for ISACs, sector groups, supplier networks, or any group that wants to privately share vulnerability intelligence. Nothing in the Artifactory + Xray bundle addresses cross-org intelligence sharing.
- The bill is predictable. Published rates, metered reporting, and a configurable per-resource hard cap keep spend controllable. No quote is required until you're genuinely enterprise-sized.
capability comparison
| Capability | gastropod | JFrog Artifactory + Xray |
|---|---|---|
| Registry + security in one product | Every tier | Separate: Xray from Enterprise X (SaaS); Curation sold separately |
| Provenance verified at intake | Go h1 sums, npm signatures, Sigstore, signed apt, before an artifact is served | Scanning- and policy-centric; attestation features concentrated in higher tiers |
| SBOM | CycloneDX on demand, every tier | SPDX + CycloneDX (VEX), from Enterprise X on SaaS |
| Blast radius / transitive impact | Direct & transitive graph, every tier | Enterprise+ optional add-on |
| Per-pull attribution + audit | Every pull attributed; exportable audit log, every tier | Audit logging; deepest evidence tooling on Enterprise+ |
| Intake blocking | Block rules at intake, every tier | JFrog Curation, a paid add-on |
| SSO | OIDC, every tier | SaaS Pro: LDAP only; OIDC/SAML from Enterprise X |
| Cross-org findings sharing | Federation: trusted circles, embargoed findings | No equivalent |
| Pricing transparency | Full rate card ($50/mo Pro, $450/mo Business); meters; hard-cap option | Combined GB metering; quote-based beyond entry tiers |
| Package ecosystems | Go modules, npm, Debian/Ubuntu, OCI containers, Python (PyPI), Maven & Gradle, Alpine (apk), RHEL family (rpm), .NET (NuGet), Ruby (RubyGems), Helm charts, plus source proxies | 50+ formats (JFrog's figure) |
Based on public JFrog documentation and pricing pages as of July 2026. Verify current details at jfrog.com before relying on this table.
the pricing difference
Gastropod includes every feature on every tier — see published rates for Pro, Business, and Enterprise. Pro is $50/month with 25 GiB storage and 150 GiB/mo egress included, then $0.90/GiB-mo storage and $0.75/GiB egress beyond that. Business is $450/month with 125 GiB storage, 1 TiB/mo egress, lower rates ($0.75/GiB-mo storage, $0.60/GiB egress), and a 99.9% SLA; Enterprise is committed-use. Any resource can be hard-capped instead of billed for overage; annual billing is 15% off; open source runs free.
JFrog's SaaS Pro tier lists at $150/month with 25 GB of combined storage and transfer. Security capabilities — SCA, SBOM export, malicious-package detection — begin at Enterprise X, from $950/month, with Curation and Advanced Security priced as add-ons on top. Gastropod's Pro tier is $50/month with those capabilities already in it. For a registry that verifies, records, and can explain every artifact, that feature-gating gap is the comparison.
where Artifactory may be a better fit
Artifactory has been in production since 2008. If you need a single vendor for a full platform (SAST, secrets, IaC, runtime, IoT), JFrog's breadth is real. Gastropod deliberately does one layer, registry plus supply-chain intelligence, and adds cross-org federation on its enterprise tier. If you need an ecosystem gastropod doesn't support yet, contact us; new connectors typically ship in days, not quarters.
migrating from Artifactory
Both products speak the standard protocols your package managers already use, so they can run side by side: point one team, one ecosystem, or one CI pipeline at gastropod and compare before you commit.
FAQ
is gastropod a drop-in replacement for JFrog Artifactory?
For the ecosystems gastropod supports natively — Go modules, npm, Debian/Ubuntu, OCI containers, Python (PyPI), Maven & Gradle, Alpine (apk), RHEL family (rpm), .NET (NuGet), Ruby (RubyGems), and Helm charts — yes: standard clients point at gastropod with a one-line config change. That list covers what most teams run day to day and keeps growing. A format that isn't there yet can be requested; new connectors typically ship in days, not quarters.
does gastropod include vulnerability scanning like Xray?
Gastropod takes a different approach. It verifies upstream provenance at intake, correlates OSV advisories against every package version, and ingests findings from scanners you already run — Trivy, Grype, Snyk, Anchore, or your own. Gastropod doesn't replace your scanners; it makes their findings reusable everywhere an artifact appears.
how does gastropod pricing compare to Artifactory pricing?
Gastropod publishes its full rate card — Pro at $50/month, Business at $450/month, and custom Enterprise — with every feature on every tier and a hard-cap option per resource; see gastropod.io/pricing for current rates. JFrog's SaaS Pro lists at $150/month, with security features starting at Enterprise X (from $950/month) and some capabilities sold as add-ons. Current JFrog pricing is at jfrog.com/pricing.
can I self-host gastropod the way I self-host Artifactory?
Yes. Gastropod's self-hosted deployment is a full-feature Enterprise-tier option.
can gastropod and Artifactory run at the same time?
Yes, and doing so is a good way to evaluate a switch. Point a single ecosystem or team at gastropod while Artifactory keeps serving everything else; both use the package managers' native protocols, so build tooling doesn't change twice.
See the full product overview, pricing, security, and federation pages.
Comparison based on public vendor documentation and pricing pages as of July 2026. JFrog, Artifactory, and Xray are trademarks of JFrog Ltd. Gastropod is not affiliated with JFrog. Product capabilities and pricing change; verify details against JFrog's current documentation before making decisions.