# Software Distribution Built for Global Enterprises

## Self-hosted Distribution Can't Keep Pace with Global Demand
Cloudsmith's package distribution network gets your software to teams and customers everywhere, fast, without the infrastructure burden.

### Key Features

#### 600 Global Points of Presence
Your packages are served via hundreds of POPS, positioned to minimize latency.

#### Edge Caching
Intelligent edge caching means packages are served from nearest location.

#### Fault Tolerance
If network issues occur, traffic is routed to the nearest available region.

#### End-to-End Encryption
Packages are encrypted at rest and in transit to ensure your IP is protected.

# Powerful Features. Simple Control.

> When my engineers tell me that they love a vendor, then I know not to question further. **You can't get a harsher critic than an engineer, and our engineers love Cloudsmith**  
> Saju Pillai  
> Senior VP of Engineering

### Business Case: Kong
**Before**  
Kong was dealing with a cumbersome, self-managed solution for software distribution, hindering their ability to serve customers and limiting market agility.

**With Cloudsmith**  
- Tooling re-configured to use Cloudsmith  
- Artifacts moved to Cloudsmith  
- Complete migration in 5 months

**Results**  
- Instant drop in escalations and problems  
- High-speed package delivery to 40,000+ global customers  
- Estimated 3 headcount unlocked

## Maintain Your Competitive Edge and Ship Software Quickly
Self-hosted distribution means patching, scaling, and uptime sit on your team. Cloudsmith runs on fully managed, globally distributed infrastructure, so migrating off self-hosted tools means your packages stay available and fast without your team managing a single server.

- No servers to configure and manage  
- Packages synchronize across our global infrastructure  
- Requests handled by 600+ points of presence  
- Intelligent edge caching  
- SLAs available to Enterprise customers

## Scale Your Operations Automatically
Cloudsmith scales automatically, up and down, so you never touch infrastructure, even as you distribute software on behalf of the world's largest enterprises.

## Delight Customers and Teams with Our Flexible Suite of Distribution Tools
Cloudsmith's entitlement tokens give each customer fine-grained, read-only access to only the artifacts they're entitled to. Audit logs show you exactly who pulled what.

## Build Your Brand with Cloudsmith Broadcasts
Cloudsmith Broadcasts gives you a branded, self-service portal for every release, ensuring customers always know where to get your software.

- Publish your software to a customized web portal  
- Point your domain at Cloudsmith Broadcasts  
- Promote your work to customers and users  
- Monitor usage and gain valuable insights into usage

## Get Control Over OSS Packages Flowing Into Your Teams
Cloudsmith proxies and caches every remote registry, so you can apply policy before packages reach your teams.

- Replace direct pulls from OSS registries with Cloudsmith  
- Apply policies and checks on OSS packages before they reach teams  
- Speed up your build times with Cloudsmith’s global availability

### Protect Your Teams
Cloudsmith verifies every artifact before it reaches your build, scanning, providing package insights, and enforcing rules automatically.

### End to End Visibility of Your Software Supply Chain
Cloudsmith provides end-to-end observability, provenance, logging, and audit trails, so you always know what shipped and where it came from.

## Frequently Asked Questions
1. **What is a software distribution network?**  
A software distribution network is the infrastructure that gets your packages, containers, and releases to customers and internal teams reliably and quickly, wherever they are.

2. **Can I migrate from a self-hosted artifact repository to Cloudsmith?**  
Yes. Teams running self-managed distribution can move their tooling and artifacts to Cloudsmith without building or maintaining their own infrastructure.

3. **How does Cloudsmith secure packages before distribution?**  
Cloudsmith scans and verifies every artifact before it reaches your build or your customers, enforcing policy automatically.

4. **Can I control who accesses my distributed software?**  
Yes. Entitlement tokens give each customer fine-grained, read-only access to only the artifacts they're entitled to.

# Get Started with Cloudsmith
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