Sonatype Product Overview
You may have noticed that there is a difference between the names used on our website (solutions) and the names you will find on our help site (products).
In general, when we are talking about a solution, we are referring to a particular license (Nexus Lifecycle vs. Nexus Firewall or Nexus Repository OSS vs. Nexus Repository Pro) and the features it unlocks. In contrast, when we describe a product, we specifically mean the thing you will install Nexus Repository (Manager) and Nexus IQ (Server).
Of course, this can still be a bit confusing, so we've broken down the various solutions (licenses) available, and their corresponding product in the table below.
Solution (License) | Product (What's Installed) |
---|---|
Nexus Repository OSS 2 | Nexus Repository OSS 2 |
Nexus Repository Pro 2 | Nexus Repository Pro 2 |
Nexus Repository OSS 3 | Nexus Repository 3 |
Nexus Repository Pro 3 | Nexus Repository 3 |
Nexus Auditor | Nexus IQ Server |
Nexus Firewall | Nexus IQ Server |
Nexus Lifecycle | Nexus IQ Server |
Sonatype Cloud (Lifecycle and Firewall) | Nexus IQ Server (Installed in an AWS bucket by our vendor partner) |
As you may have noticed, in some cases the same product is installed regardless of the license. To help understand which features are unlocked by a particular license, we've included matrices to assist:
Repository Manager Feature Matrix