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Every tier carries the same 'Upload up to 20 GB' line","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":0,"free_unit":"GiB"},"record":{"topic":"netdisk-pan","slug":"shadow-drive","provider":"Shadow Drive (Blade, France)","url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","category":"hosted Nextcloud, freemium","free_tier":{"stated":"20 GB free; Basic 200 GB at EUR 2.99/month; Premium 2 TB at EUR 6.99/month. Every tier carries the same 'Upload up to 20 GB' line","unit":"GiB","metered_on":"stored-bytes","source_url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","read_on":"2026-10-21"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"20 GB per upload on every plan, including the 2 TB one","bytes":20000000000,"source_url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","notes":"the vendor writes 20 GB; the decimal figure is used as stated"},"retention":{"stated":"Until deleted. No retention clock published","days":null,"source_url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/"},"egress":{"terms":"Not metered in the offer table","metered":false,"free_allowance":null,"price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/"},"interface":["webdav","rest","rclone"],"tooling":"rclone webdav against /remote.php/webdav/, which answers 401 with a Basic realm of 'Shadow Drive'. Standard Nextcloud clients","chaining":"The cheapest Enterprise-build Nextcloud in Europe at EUR 2.99 for 200 GB, so it is a candidate small shard. The 20 GB per-file cap is uniform across tiers and does not scale, which stops it being an archive target","limits":[{"kind":"per-object-cap","value":"20 GB per upload on every tier including 2 TB","source":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/"}],"identity_cost":{"kind":"card","detail":"a card, and a billing address in one of twelve countries: France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Spain","country":"FR, GB, BE, CH, LU, DE, NL, AT, IT, SE, DK, ES"},"reliability_note":"Signup is geo-fenced to twelve countries. Encryption at rest is still listed as not implemented. The price rose from EUR 4.99 to EUR 6.99 for 2 TB since the 2024 announcement while press coverage still quotes the old figure","confidence":"reported","evidence":[{"url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Free 20 GB ... Upload up to 20 GB', 'Basic 200 GB ... 2.99 EUR/month', 'Premium 2 TB ... 6.99 EUR/month', all three with the same 20 GB upload line, and 'Shadow Drive is already available in 12 countries: France, UK, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Spain'"},{"url":"https://drive.shadow.tech/status.php","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"HTTP 200, version 27.1.11.4, versionstring '27.1.11 Enterprise', productname Nextcloud"},{"url":"https://drive.shadow.tech/remote.php/dav/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"OPTIONS returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=\"Shadow Drive\""},{"url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"the Basic plan is a 200 GB offer","capture":"sha256:ca530d4fabc396c1f36fc76cccb340a9ae0763e619b54fa5f93d031ce7f041bb","quote":"<strong><span>200 GB</span></strong>"},{"url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"the Premium plan is a 2 TB offer","capture":"sha256:ca530d4fabc396c1f36fc76cccb340a9ae0763e619b54fa5f93d031ce7f041bb","quote":"<strong><span>2 TB</span></strong>"},{"url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"the Basic plan button reads Subscribe at 2.99 per month","capture":"sha256:ca530d4fabc396c1f36fc76cccb340a9ae0763e619b54fa5f93d031ce7f041bb","quote":"Subscribe at 2.99"},{"url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"the Premium plan button reads Subscribe at 6.99 per month","capture":"sha256:ca530d4fabc396c1f36fc76cccb340a9ae0763e619b54fa5f93d031ce7f041bb","quote":"Subscribe at 6.99"},{"url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"the product page offers 20 GB free for life","capture":"sha256:4edf5ad86b62a3cb7ffcf4a6b1371b94ed99340361dee229313e84d78cb21cbe","quote":"Enjoy 20 GB free (for life!)"},{"url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"the FAQ lists the twelve countries where Shadow Drive can be subscribed","capture":"sha256:7af5fc4777b4b6d25d917556400c1b7a5ed078d75356a884096d4cb0aa4b975f","quote":"Shadow Drive is already available in 12 countries: France, UK, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Spain."},{"url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"the FAQ still says encryption at rest is being worked on","capture":"sha256:7af5fc4777b4b6d25d917556400c1b7a5ed078d75356a884096d4cb0aa4b975f","quote":"At rest: Shadow Drive Teams are currently working on encryption at rest to strengthen the overall security of our solution."},{"url":"probe:https://drive.shadow.tech/status.php","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"the drive host answers the Nextcloud 27.1.11.4 status JSON, installed and not in maintenance","capture":"sha256:263ef38322034768118919a7c300d79ba2da5e2dc9b9b1b26ece124593fb3ad4","quote":"\"version\":\"27.1.11.4\""},{"url":"probe:https://drive.shadow.tech/remote.php/dav/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"the WebDAV endpoint answers a SabreDAV NotAuthenticated error, a live auth-gated WebDAV server","capture":"sha256:4ad43d022695535b35e042e186b21a160f37829e8d7404d74c8ff0085d7a4c3b","quote":"Sabre\\DAV\\Exception\\NotAuthenticated"},{"url":"https://shadow.tech/eu/drive/offers/","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"every plan on the offers page carries the Upload up to 20 GB line","capture":"sha256:ca530d4fabc396c1f36fc76cccb340a9ae0763e619b54fa5f93d031ce7f041bb","quote":"Upload up to 20 GB"}],"verdict":"fails-quota","verified_at":"2026-11-04T00:20:59.761Z","binding":"per-object-cap","binding_note":"Either number alone stops it; the cap is the one that would still bind at 2 TB.","confidence_note":"What would raise it is a live re-read of the offers page, because this provider has already moved its price once.","notes":"The free 20 GB is real and it is the same Enterprise build as the paid tiers, so it works as a cheap test endpoint. It fails as capacity on size, and it fails on a per-file cap that never improves.","extras":{"access_mode":"registration-gated","free_tier_exists":true,"geo_fenced_countries":12,"per_file_cap_bytes_derived":20000000000,"nextcloud_version":"27.1.11 Enterprise"}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier","kind":"has-free-tier","num":1.0,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":20.0,"unit":"GB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:per-object-cap","num":20.0,"unit":"GB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[],"history":[],"drift":[]}]}