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figshare.com · 3 records in Storage · JSON
Records 3
- fails: quotafigshare (figshare.com free accounts)
Storagefree tieridentity institution?card?limit per-object-capevidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
- fails: quotafigshare+ (large-data tier)
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
- fails: quotafigshare for institutions
Storagefree tieridentity institution?card?evidence documentedstale on 2026-12-05
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- Free allowance
- 20 GB storage quota per account.
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- institution?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- per-object-cap5 GB per file
- Evidence
- reported3 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | 20 GB storage quota per account. Items 500, files per item 500, collections 100, projects 100. unit GB; metered on stored-bytes |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
20 GB total storage and 20 GB max single file; 500 items, 500 files per item, 50 versions; virus scan only up to 10 MB. Exceeding 20 GB requires figshare+ (paid) or an institutional subscription. |
| Identity | institution (inferred, not read) not published |
| Egress | Free and CDN-friendly. Download path: ndownloader.figshare.com -> 302 -> S3 object (Server: AmazonS3), with Accept-Ranges/Content-Range exposed. No egress metering on free accounts. |
| Per-object cap | 5 GB per file (5000000000 bytes) |
| Retention | Stable commercial service (Digital Science); the binding constraint is the 20 GB pool, and published items are permanent/citable, so it behaves more like a publication endpoint than a bucket. |
| Interface | rest, rclone rest |
| Tooling | figshare REST API v2 (live: GET api.figshare.com/v2/articles -> 200 JSON; per-file download_url at ndownloader.figshare.com). OAI-PMH available. figshare Python client (official, github.com/figshare/figshare-python). No rclone backend. |
| Composes with | 20 GB x unlimited free accounts. Weak multiplication within an account: the 20 GB is a single pool and the 500-item cap binds long before the bytes do at 20 GB/item. |
| Reliability | Stable commercial service (Digital Science); the binding constraint is the 20 GB pool, and published items are permanent/citable, so it behaves more like a publication endpoint than a bucket. |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | 'storage quota: 20GB', 'max individual file size: 20GB', 'max number of items: 500' |
| 2026-10-21 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/file-size-limits-and-storage/ | 'All figshare.com accounts are provided with 20GB of private storage and are able to upload individual files up to 20GB' |
| 2026-10-21 | ndownloader.figshare.com/files/69259858 | probe: GET -L -> 302 then 200, 1512608 bytes, Server: AmazonS3 |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "20 GB storage quota per account. Items 500, files per item 500, collections 100, projects 100.","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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Unknown values 2
- per object cap notes: 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
figshare+ (large-data tier)
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- Free allowance
- Paid, one-time data publishing charge ($875 per 250 GB per a third-party guide); requires a single publication/project, max 10 item DOIs, and all items submitted within 12 months.…
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- not stated
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported1 source; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | Paid, one-time data publishing charge ($875 per 250 GB per a third-party guide); requires a single publication/project, max 10 item DOIs, and all items submitted within 12 months.… unit none; metered on none |
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| Price | none stated |
| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | not recorded |
| Interface | unknown |
| Tooling | not recorded |
Evidence 1
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | info.figshare.com/figshare-plus/ | the text of Free tier, above |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "Paid, one-time data publishing charge ($875 per 250 GB per a third-party guide); requires a single publication/project, max 10 item DOIs, and all items submitted within 12 months.…","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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Unknown values 7
- 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
- per object cap stated: no value was recorded for this field
- retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
- tooling: no value was recorded for this field
figshare for institutions
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- Free allowance
- Free figshare.com accounts: 20GB private storage and 20GB per file.
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- institution?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- documented13 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 | Free figshare.com accounts: 20GB private storage and 20GB per file. Institutional repositories set their own private space and allow files up to 5TB; an individual has no self-serve route to that tier. Figshare+ is a paid, one-time-cost route for outputs above 20GB. unit GB; metered on stored-bytes |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Identity | institution (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | not recorded |
| Per-object cap | 20GB per file on figshare.com accounts; up to 5TB per file in institutional repositories. |
| Interface | unknown |
| Tooling | not recorded |
| Reliability | Institutional private space is set by each institution and is not published on the limits page; files up to 5TB are offered both in institutional repositories and through Figshare+ (a paid, one-time-cost route). |
| Notes | Raises file size to 5 TB and private space per institution, but only for users with an institutional figshare repository — no self-serve route for an individual. Institutional quotas are… |
| Evidence note | documented Documented from the vendor page https://info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ re-read on 2026-11-04: 20GB free private storage and file limit, 5TB files for institutions, institution-set private space, Figshare+ one-time cost. |
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Evidence 13
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | the text of Notes, above |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | a free figshare.com account has 20GB private storage and a 20GB file limit |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | the free allowance is stated in GB |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | the quota is a storage quota |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | institutional repositories allow files up to 5TB; figshare.com accounts 20GB |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | private space above the free quota is set by the institution |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | institutional space is institution-dependent |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | Figshare+ is a paid one-time-cost route for outputs above 20GB; the price is not on this page |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | the free quota is 20GB, below the need |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | part of the text of Reliability, above |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | files up to 5TB are also offered through Figshare+, which is not an institutional repository |
| 2026-11-03 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | institutional repositories also offer files up to 5TB |
| 2026-11-04 | info.figshare.com/user-guide/account-limits/ | a free figshare.com account has 20GB private storage and a 20GB file limit |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "Raises file size to 5 TB and private space per institution, but only for users with an institutional figshare repository — no self-serve route for an individual. Institutional quotas are…","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