Ravenstash
Comparison and migration guide

Ravenstash vs AWS CodeArtifact

Free your packages from AWS billing and IAM setup. Run private packages across clouds with unlimited data transfer, package-focused charts, and a single CLI workflow for developers and CI.

Last reviewed: 2026-09-08

Why Ravenstash

More value from your package registry

Free your packages from AWS billing and IAM setup. Run private packages across clouds with unlimited data transfer, package-focused charts, and a single CLI workflow for developers and CI.

Pricing comparison

Three workloads. A lower Ravenstash price in each.

Move terabytes of packages to developers and CI without a bandwidth bill. Ravenstash costs less in all three internet-transfer workloads below.

Monthly estimates in USD, before tax. The same workload on both sides.

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Monthly cost estimates for Ravenstash and AWS CodeArtifact
Monthly workloadRavenstashAWS CodeArtifactYou save
Product team3 users · 50 GB stored1,000 GB data transfer30,000 package downloads$34.00Team · monthly billing$83.80US East · storage, requests + internet transfer$49.8059% less
Busy CI pipelines10 users · 100 GB stored1,500 GB data transfer60,000 package downloads$93.00Team · monthly billing$131.80US East · storage, requests + internet transfer$38.8029% less
Large package distribution20 users · 500 GB stored5,000 GB data transfer90,000 package downloads$243.00Team · monthly billing$467.30US East · storage, requests + internet transfer$224.3047% less

AWS US East (N. Virginia): $0.05/GB-month storage and $0.05 per 10,000 API requests, applying the 2 GB storage and 20,000-request free allowances. Internet transfer is modeled at $0.09/GB after the shared 100 GB free allowance, assumed fully available. Scenarios use 100,000, 200,000, and 300,000 total AWS API requests respectively. Same-region AWS traffic is outside these internet-transfer scenarios.

Illustrative workloads with the same users, stored bytes, and monthly downloads on both sides. Users and storage remain constant for the full cycle; downloads are complete package-file or blob responses. USD before tax; Ravenstash uses monthly billing and managed storage. GB and TB are decimal; GiB-priced services use the equivalent bytes. Prices cover the named plans and usage, without optional add-ons or negotiated discounts.

Rates reviewed 2026-09-08. Sources: AWS CodeArtifact pricing · AWS US East rate card · AWS internet transfer rates. Ravenstash plan details.

The everyday difference

One CLI changes the whole workflow.

Sign in once. Select a repository. Keep the package tools you already know. rvs handles temporary authentication for your native clients, so developers spend less time managing registry configuration and credentials.

Use the same workflow with pip, uv, npm, pnpm, Maven, Gradle, Docker, Helm, and more. CI jobs use dedicated automation tokens with the same wrappers.

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Sign in. Select. Install.shell
rvs auth login
rvs art select acme/packages
rvs pip install internal-sdk
rvs npm install @acme/ui
rvs mvn verify
More than a lower bill

The package tools your team needs, together.

Private PyPI, npm, Maven, Container, and Helm repositories with security, visibility, and control. Advanced metrics, organization audit, custom remotes, and BYOS follow your plan's feature availability.

Free bandwidth, worldwide

Unlimited data transfer and a network spanning 300+ locations keep packages close to developers and CI. Built for low latency on small packages and high throughput on large downloads.

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Give every token a precise job

Fine-grained automation tokens let you scope access to the resources and actions each job needs. Rotate or revoke a CI credential independently of developer sign-in.

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Catch risky dependencies

Review malware and dependency-vulnerability findings for PyPI, npm, and Maven packages. Protected mirrors and minimum package-age controls help keep risky new dependencies out of builds.

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Keep control of your storage

Choose managed storage or bring your own supported object storage. Keep the convenience of a managed registry with the storage ownership your organization needs.

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Why teams switch

Why teams choose Ravenstash over AWS CodeArtifact

Run private packages across clouds with unlimited data transfer, package-focused charts, and a single CLI workflow for developers and CI.

Keep bandwidth spikes off your bill with unlimited data transfer to developer machines and CI in any cloud.

See download and storage charts alongside your packages, and review organization audit activity without building a separate cloud monitoring workflow.

Use protected PyPI, npm, and Maven upstreams, customer-defined remotes, and integrated malware and dependency-vulnerability findings.

Feature comparison

Ravenstash and AWS CodeArtifact side by side

AreaRavenstashAWS CodeArtifact
Data transferUnlimited · freeRegional internet transfer charges
Metrics and auditPackage charts and organization audit in RavenstashCloudWatch metrics and CloudTrail logs
Developer workflowBrowser sign-in, repository selection, and native-client wrappers with rvsAWS CLI, IAM permissions, and expiring repository tokens
Storage ownershipManaged storage or BYOSService-managed storage
Container and Helm OCIIncluded alongside PyPI, npm, and MavenSeparate Amazon ECR service
Custom remote sourcesCustomer-defined PyPI, npm, and Maven sourcesExternal connections use a fixed list of public repositories

Sources: AWS CodeArtifact pricing · AWS US East rate card · AWS internet transfer rates · AWS monitoring · AWS audit logging · AWS repository tokens · AWS external sources.

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What changes

URLs, sign-in, and CI credentials

  • Package clients move from CodeArtifact repository endpoints to Ravenstash PyPI, npm, or Maven URLs.
  • CI jobs use Ravenstash automation tokens through `rvs`.
  • Repository ownership moves from AWS domains/accounts to a Ravenstash personal account or organization.
Developer authentication

Sign in through the browser with rvs

Developers run rvs auth login, approve the sign-in in their browser, and use their Ravenstash repositories without copying a reusable token into local configuration. CI and release jobs use dedicated automation tokens that can be rotated or revoked independently.

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Migration path

How to move from AWS CodeArtifact

Start with one package ecosystem, validate publish and install paths, then repeat the same process for the remaining repositories.

  1. 1Inventory CodeArtifact domains, repositories, formats, and the CI jobs that publish to each repository.
  2. 2Design Ravenstash repositories around ownership or release boundaries, then enable the matching ecosystems.
  3. 3Create Ravenstash automation tokens for CI and release jobs.
  4. 4Move each ecosystem to its Ravenstash target through `rvs`.
  5. 5Enable a private mirror where builds need approved public dependencies.
Migration complete

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