DataverseNL

dataverse.nlNational Dataverse consortium (DANS)storage/dataversenlJSON compare report an error provider JSON

Free allowance: No quota defined (API); effectiveDatasetFileCountLimit=10000 — the highest file-count ceiling seen in the sweep
Verdict: fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
Cost: free tier
Identity: institutionno card, no phone
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported5 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	no quota defined (API); effectiveDatasetFileCountLimit=10000 — the highest file-count ceiling seen in the sweep unit unlimited; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Identity	institution institution — 'The institutions using DataverseNL are responsible for assigning permissions to user accounts'; users 'log in with their institutional account'. Prospective depositors without a partner institution are told to 'contact your institution' or find another repository.
Egress	free
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Interface	rest REST (works even though the HTML front end is behind Anubis proof-of-work)
Tooling	REST; note the HTML UI returns an Anubis 'Making sure you're not a bot' PoW page to non-browser clients
Composes with	none — account provisioning is manual per institution
Reliability	API fully usable anonymously for read; the wall is account provisioning, not transport.
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1

Evidence 5

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	dataverse.nl/api/dataverses/1/storage/quota?showInherited=tr	{"message":"No quota defined for this collection"}
2026-10-21	dataverse.nl/api/dataverses/1	'effectiveDatasetFileCountLimit':10000
2026-10-21	dataverse.nl/api/dataverses/1	(description) — 'contact your institution directly ... If your institution is not in this list, and you are looking for a repository to publish research data, please contact [DANS]'
2026-10-21	dans.knaw.nl/en/data-services/dataversenl/user-guide/	(search snippet) — 'The institutions using DataverseNL are responsible for assigning permissions to user accounts'
2026-10-21	dataverse.nl/	Anubis proof-of-work interstitial to non-browser clients

More fields 1

dead end	`{"failure_class": "quota","why": "no quota defined (API); effectiveDatasetFileCountLimit=10000 — the highest file-count ceiling seen in the sweep","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}`

Unknown values 4

per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read