Artifex vs Nexus
Maven hosting without the enterprise price tag. At 250 GB and 1 million requests a month, a year costs $99 on CodeSoh Artifex Pro and $17,520 on Sonatype Nexus Repository Cloud.
| Artifex | Nexus | |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud or self-hosted |
| Free plan | 5 GB | Self-hosted |
| Paid plans from | $19/year | $1,950/year |
| Data transfer | Free | Billed per GB |
| Seat fees | None | None |
| Maven Central proxy | ||
| Public repositories | Self-hosted only | |
| Custom domains | Plus and Pro | — |
| Package formats | Maven | About 30 |
— Nexus doesn't publish this.
What a year costs
At 250 GB of storage and 1 million requests a month
- Sonatype Nexus Repository Cloud$17,520
- Artifex Pro$99
List prices published September 26, 2026, in US dollars, before tax. Transfer is priced as leaving the provider's network.
Switch from Nexus
Add Nexus as an upstream
https://nexus.example.com/repository/maven-public/Sign in with a username and password or a user token. Your existing packages resolve through Artifex.
Point your builds at Artifex
One build at a time, while the rest keep using Nexus.
Remove the upstream
Artifex keeps every file that your builds fetched through it.
Or let a coding agent do it with the Set up with AI prompt.
Questions
Is there a limit on components?
Give your next build a repository
Create a free repositoryFacts about Sonatype Nexus Repository come from its documentation and prices, read October 24, 2026:
- Sonatype pricing
- Tiers and feature availability
- Usage center
- Nexus Repository Cloud
- Repository fields
- Anonymous access
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