We were using the open-source and free version of Nexus. Prior to that we weren't using a competing solution. 

We liked most of the things that we got with the free version. The extra capabilities we got were things like being able to support multiple data centers, a better support structure around high-availability. In addition, the whole aspect of having support at all was also among the main reasons we went for the product. 

We didn't have any solution before Sonatype.

We did use Artifactory, it's a competitive product. Before, our division was part of a different organization and that organization had the ability to use outside, hosted repositories. So we could go to Maven hosted repositories outside of the network; truly open-source. Artifactory was only used certain solutions. It was a different scenario.

Nexus provides more capabilities when it comes to hosted and proxy repositories. This was the primary reason we switched.

We started off with several, local, self-deployed strategies like shared devices and web servers hosting some results. We even stored build results on a source code management system.

We have corporate licenses, for  SonarQube and Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle.

I am not sure how long we have had corporate licenses. Sonatype offers several products, including Nexus, Nexus Repo, and Nexus IQ, which I have worked with for a few years,  perhaps two, or three years.

I have worked on POCs for different products.

This tool was here when I joined the team.

In our team, we did not use another solution. Before adopting Nexus we used just static websites that we copied files to and indexed manually. There was no other solution before that.

In other parts of the organization they used Artifactory. They're switching because Sonatype is just more manageable. It offers more types of repositories that may not be supported in Artifactory, and the search facilities are better in Nexus.

They were using SharePoint sites, file folders on servers. We still using them to some degree. They switched to Sonatype because they wanted to get the increased security portion of Sonatype, known as Nexus IQ Server, but they had to purchase the repository first. They're just now getting the money for the rest of it.

They were using Artifactory before, and they were not happy.