See how much you save with flat-rate pricing as your team grows
| Team Size | Private Packagist | Cargoman Pro | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
3 developers | €59/mo | $29/mo | ~54% |
5 developers | €93/mo | $29/mo | ~71% |
10 developers | €178/mo | $29/mo | ~85% |
25 developers | €433/mo | $29/mo | ~94% |
50 developers | €858/mo | $29/mo | ~97% |
Private Packagist pricing based on publicly listed monthly rates: €59/mo base (3 users included) + €18/mo per additional user. Savings estimated using approximate currency conversion. Cargoman Pro is $29/mo flat with unlimited seats.
A detailed look at how the two registries compare
| Feature | Private Packagist | Cargoman |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing Model | €59/mo base (3 users) + €17/user above | Flat fee ($29/mo unlimited seats) |
| Self-Hosted Option | €3,900/year (Enterprise only) | $29/mo (Pro tier) |
| Seats | Pay per user | Unlimited |
| Bandwidth | Included | 1TB (effectively unlimited) |
| Composer v2 | Yes | Yes |
| Package Mirroring | Yes | Yes (Pro+) |
| Vulnerability Scanning | Enterprise only | Pro and above |
| Custom Domain | Enterprise only | Pro and above |
| SSO/LDAP | Enterprise only | Pro and above |
| API Access | REST only | REST + GraphQL |
| Performance | Good | 5x faster (Rust-powered) |
| Open Source Tier | No | Yes (Community edition) |
| Data Residency | EU (their servers) | Your choice (self-hosted) or EU (Cloud) |
Growing teams need predictable costs and full control over their infrastructure
With Private Packagist, every new hire increases your registry bill. With Cargoman, your entire team gets access for one flat fee. Scale from 5 to 50 developers without touching your billing.
Run Cargoman on your own infrastructure. Private Packagist charges €3,900/year for self-hosting and limits it to Enterprise customers. With Cargoman, you control your data from day one.
Selling Magento, WordPress, or Laravel packages? Cargoman includes subscription-based access control, customer management, and token-based auth designed specifically for commercial PHP vendors.
Credit where it's due. Private Packagist is a solid product.
Private Packagist has been around since 2016 and is maintained by the team behind Composer itself. It has a proven track record with thousands of teams.
Built by the Composer maintainers, Private Packagist has deep integration with the Composer ecosystem. Their package resolution is battle-tested.
With a base price of €59/mo (3 users included), Private Packagist is a proven choice for teams already invested in their ecosystem. The per-user cost decreases as teams grow.
Private Packagist charges per user (starting at €59/mo for 3 users, plus €18/additional user). Cargoman offers unlimited seats at a flat rate — $29/mo self-hosted or $59/mo cloud-managed.
Yes. Unlike Private Packagist which is cloud-only, Cargoman offers a self-hosted Pro tier ($29/mo) where you run the registry on your own infrastructure with full data control.
Yes. Cargoman implements the full Composer v2 repository protocol, so it works with any standard Composer client. No special plugins or configuration required.
Migration is straightforward. Point your Git webhooks to Cargoman, update the repository URL in your composer.json, and distribute new auth tokens. Your packages sync automatically.
Yes. You can proxy and cache public packages from packagist.org through your Cargoman instance, giving your CI/CD faster installs and protection against upstream outages.
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