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getstream.io/chat/docs/node/storage-and-bandwidth/Messagingstorage/stream-chat-free-maker-planJSONcomparereport an error
- Free allowance
- No free storage allowance stated as a byte figure on the storage page; instead 'Stream applies fair-usage limits to storage, bandwidth, and API calls on every Chat plan' with overage rates once exceeded.
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- institution?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported2 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | No free storage allowance stated as a byte figure on the storage page; instead 'Stream applies fair-usage limits to storage, bandwidth, and API calls on every Chat plan' with overage rates once exceeded. unit none; metered on stored-bytes |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Identity | institution (inferred, not read) not published |
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| Egress | Metered past the fair-use allowance — 'You only start to pay extra for storage and bandwidth after you exceed these fair usage limits'. Attachments are served from Stream's CDN but are tied to channel membership/auth. |
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| Per-object cap | not stated |
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| Retention | not stated |
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| Interface | rest rest |
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| Tooling | stream-chat SDKs (JS/React/Node/Python); server-side client can upload attachments to a channel. No bulk/opaque-object API — attachment shape is image/file on a message. |
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| Composes with | Fails the multiplication test: fair-use storage caps plus per-GB overage means more accounts is the only lever, and each account is a SaaS tenant with its own MAU billing. |
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| Reliability | No deletion cliff, but a billing cliff: exceeding fair use converts free storage into an invoice rather than an error, which is worse for a fixed-budget client. |
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| Parsed numbers | |
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Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
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| 2026-10-21 | getstream.io/chat/docs/node/storage-and-bandwidth/ | read live: 'Stream applies fair-usage limits to storage, bandwidth, and API calls on every Chat plan. You only start to pay extra for storage and bandwidth after you exceed these fair usage limits.' |
| 2026-10-21 | getstream.io/chat/pricing/ | read live: 'Chat Message Storage ... Additional usage costs when stored messages exceed the included amount' |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "egress","why": "No free storage allowance stated as a byte figure on the storage page; instead 'Stream applies fair-usage limits to storage, bandwidth, and API calls on every Chat plan' with overage rates once exceeded.","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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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
getstream.io/chat/docs/node/storage-and-bandwidth/storage/stream-chat-free-plan-as-bulk-storageJSONcomparereport an error
- Free allowance
- Fair-usage storage ceiling with per-GB overage; converting free into an invoice is a fail, not a qualification.
- 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 | Fair-usage storage ceiling with per-GB overage; converting free into an invoice is a fail, not a qualification. unit none; metered on none |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
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| Egress | not recorded |
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| Interface | unknown |
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| Tooling | not recorded |
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Evidence 1
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "Fair-usage storage ceiling with per-GB overage; converting free into an invoice is a fail, not a qualification.","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