1Cloud File
- Free allowance
- Uploading and downloading are 100% free; free or non-account files are kept 20 days and each file must be under 10 GB.
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- anonymousno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- retention-clampedfiles are kept 20 days on both free and premium
- Evidence
- documented4 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04
| Free tier | Uploading and downloading are 100% free; free or non-account files are kept 20 days and each file must be under 10 GB. unit unlimited; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits | |
| Binding | retention-clamped Files are removed after 20 days on every tier, so nothing stored here outlasts a month. |
| Identity | anonymous The FAQ states limits for free or non-account uploads, and the home page has a no-registration upload route. Premium is a paid account. |
| Egress | Premium: $4.99 for 1 month, $13.99 for 3 months, $49.99 for the longest period listed; benefits are direct downloads with no waiting and no advertising. No free download volume is published. free allowance: not published |
| Per-object cap | 10 GB per file for free or non-account uploads and for premium |
| Retention | 20 days for free or non-account files and for premium files (20 days) |
| Interface | rest Web upload and an API page linked from the footer; the API was not read. |
| Tooling | Browser upload; the footer links an API page that was not read. |
| Composes with | Premium does not extend retention: both tiers keep files 20 days, so the paid tier buys speed and no waiting, not storage time. |
| Reliability | The vendor pages answered HTTP 403 to the page reader while still returning their full content. |
| Notes | Cheapest paid tier is the $4.99 one-month premium. |
| Evidence note | documented FAQ and upgrade page read through a page reader that received HTTP 403 with the page body. The registration form fields are unread. |
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Evidence 4
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | 1cloudfile.com/faq | the cap is 10 GB per file on free and on premium |
| 2026-11-03 | 1cloudfile.com/faq | retention is 20 days on both tiers |
| 2026-11-03 | 1cloudfile.com/upgrade | the 1-month premium period costs $4.99 |
| 2026-11-03 | 1cloudfile.com/upgrade | the 3-month premium period costs $13.99 |