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Free allowance
500 MB per PDF (25 MB for non-PDF, converted via LibreOffice); no published account storage cap, but uploads require a manually verified account.
Verdict
fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost
free tier
Identity
anonymous?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit
noneno named constraint binds
Evidence
reported3 sources; a third party said so
Freshness
stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
Free tier500 MB per PDF (25 MB for non-PDF, converted via LibreOffice); no published account storage cap, but uploads require a manually verified account.
unit MB; metered on stored-bytes
Pricenone stated
Identityanonymous (inferred, not read) not published
EgressFree public document pages and a full REST API; funded by Knight Foundation so no egress billing, but it is journalism-only.
Per-object capnot stated
Retentionnot stated
Interfacerest rest
ToolingFull REST API at https://api.www.documentcloud.org/api plus python-documentcloud and a batch uploader github.com/MuckRock/dc_batch_upload.
Composes withGated at the identity layer: upload rights require 'account verification', so the account multiplier (the usual escape hatch) is closed here.
ReliabilityUpload is not self-serve; verification can be refused, and the funding model is explicitly in transition to paid.
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
Evidence 3
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-21www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2020/nov/10/release-notes-bet'PDF files have a much larger size limit of 500 MB'; non-PDF 'up to 25 MB'
2026-10-21www.documentcloud.org/help/faq/(redirects to help.muckrock.com) — 'if you are seeking to upload documents, you need to request account verification'; 'We are currently developing a paid model'
2026-10-21www.documentcloud.org/help/api/'All APIs ... are served from https://api.www.documentcloud.org/api'
More fields 1
dead end{"failure_class": "quota","why": "500 MB per PDF (25 MB for non-PDF, converted via LibreOffice); no published account storage cap, but uploads require a manually verified account.","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