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archive.org forum '10gb per item' guidance
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- Free allowance
- 1 TB size limit per item page, recommended maximum 1000 files or 500 GB per item (help centre).
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- per-object-cap1 TB per item page; 500 GB or 1000 files per item (recommended maximum)
- Evidence
- documented7 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05
| Free tier | 1 TB size limit per item page, recommended maximum 1000 files or 500 GB per item (help centre). The forum answer of 7 Jun 2011 that gave 10 GB per item is superseded. unit TB; metered on unstated; the figure is per item page; the help page states no total per account |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - per-object-cap (binding) 1 TB per item page source
- per-object-cap (binding) 500 GB or 1000 files per item (recommended maximum) source
1 TB is the stated size limit for an item page; 500 GB or 1000 files per item is the recommended maximum because large items can break or time out in derive. |
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| Binding | per-object-cap the size limit applies per item page (1 TB hard, 500 GB recommended); the page states no total per account |
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| Identity | email email address (with an emailed code), screen name and password |
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| Egress | not recorded |
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| Per-object cap | 1 TB per item page; recommended maximum 500 GB or 1000 files per item |
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| Interface | unknown |
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| Tooling | not recorded |
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| Reliability | 10 GB per item is a 2011 forum answer, superseded by the help-centre limit of 1 TB per item page; items near the limit can break and time out in derive. |
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| Evidence note | documented The 2026-11-03 evidence rows read https://help.archive.org/help/uploading-tips/ (item page size limit and recommended maximum), https://archive.org/post/ (thread file-size-limit) (the 10GB answer posted Jun 7, 2011) and https://archive.org/account/signup (email, screen name, password). Every field that decides the verdict cites those captures. |
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| Parsed numbers | - has-free-tier 1
- per-object-cap 1 TB
- per-object-cap 500 GB
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Evidence 7
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "Decade-old staff answer; superseded. Real current limits are 1TB/item.","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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Unknown values 6
- chaining: no value was recorded for this field
- egress terms: no value was recorded for this field
- interface: the access interface was not established
- per object cap notes: no value was recorded for this field
- retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
- tooling: no value was recorded for this field