MEGA
mega.io · 3 records in Storage · JSON
Records 3
- ★ qualifiesMEGA S4 (object storage)USD 4.18/TB-month
Storageidentity cardevidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
- caveatMEGA
Storagefree tieridentity email?card?limit retention-clampedevidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
- deadmega pro i/ii/iii as a per-tb play
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedchecked 2026-10-21
MEGA S4 (object storage)
Storage- Free allowance
- No upper limit. Base 3 TB included from EUR 15/mo; EUR 3.50 per additional TB.
- Verdict
- ★ qualifiesusable as stated; the read path was probed
- Cost
- USD 4.18/TB-monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- cardcard required, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported8 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | No upper limit. Base 3 TB included from EUR 15/mo; EUR 3.50 per additional TB. unit TB; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | $4.94/TB at 5 TB (EUR 22.00 = $24.71); $4.18/TB at 20 TB (EUR 74.50 = $83.69) |
| Identity | card the MEGA account is created with an email address and a password, confirmed by a link MEGA emails, and the vendor's guide lists no phone field, so whether the form asks a phone number is unverified. MEGA S4 is sold on the Pro Flexi plan, and the upgrade takes Visa or Mastercard, Google Pay, Bitcoin or a UnionPay bank card |
| Egress | not published free allowance: 100 TB per month |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | s3-compatible, rclone, cli S3-compatible (SigV4). Endpoint probed live: https://s3.eu-amsterdam-1.megas4.com/ returns HTTP 400 with {Code:InvalidRequest, Message:'Please use AWS Signature Version 4 for authentication'} — a real, correctly-implemented S3 endpoint, not a marketing page. |
| Tooling | rclone (first-party guide), AWS CLI, Synology Hyper Backup, TrueNAS, Duplicacy, MSP360, Cyberduck, Terraform |
| Composes with | Native S3 -> any S3 client; first-party Cloudflare CDN guide documented at help.mega.io/megas4/setup-guides/cloudflare-setup-guide-for-mega-s4 |
| Reliability | MEGA has run since 2013; S4 is a newer product line (2025) so the durability record on S4 itself is short. Brand-level: no mass data-loss event. Note the 2013 MEGA breach was credential/architecture, not storage loss. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 8
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | mega.io/objectstorage | 'EUR 3.50 per TB a month on our pay-as-you-grow plan, with 3 TB included from EUR 15. 5x free egress, no API charges and no minimum storage period.' |
| 2026-10-21 | s3.eu-amsterdam-1.megas4.com/ | HTTP 400 SigV4 error, endpoint live |
| 2026-10-21 | help.mega.io/megas4/setup-guides/rclone-setup-guide-for-mega | first-party rclone guide |
| 2026-10-21 | mega.io/objectstorage/developer-automation-storage | 'MEGA S4 allows up to 5x of the average monthly stored data as free egress' |
| 2026-11-01 | help.mega.io/plans-storage/payments-billing/how-to-upgrade | the paid plan is bought with a Visa or Mastercard, whatever the free account needs |
| 2026-11-01 | help.mega.io/accounts/create-account/how-to-create-a-mega-ac | the MEGA account is created with an email address and a confirmation link |
| 2026-11-01 | mega.io/objectstorage | S4 is sold on the Pro Flexi plan, so the paid rail is the identity cost |
| 2026-11-01 | mega.io/objectstorage | MEGA S4 is a paid plan, so a card is needed |
More fields 1
| price verbatim | $4.94/TB at 5 TB (EUR 22.00 = $24.71); $4.18/TB at 20 TB (EUR 74.50 = $83.69) |
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Unknown values 5
- egress metered: egress metering was not published
- 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
MEGA
Storage- Free allowance
- 20 GB free at signup, plus stacking achievements of 5 GB each (desktop app, mobile app, per invite, VPN trial, Pass trial) valid 365 days
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- retention-clampedexpire after 365 days
- Evidence
- reported4 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 free at signup, plus stacking achievements of 5 GB each (desktop app, mobile app, per invite, VPN trial, Pass trial) valid 365 days unit GB; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
Achievements expire after 365 days. Zero-knowledge encryption means every client re-encrypts. |
| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | Not metered per GB, but free/non-account downloads are throttled by a transfer quota computed on your IP over the past six hours. Paid users are metered per account instead and can grant a slice of their quota to link downloaders (25% default). |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | Achievements expire after 365 days (365 days) |
| Interface | s3-compatible, rest, rclone, cli rest |
| Tooling | Native rclone backend 'mega' (Tier 2, v1.41+); official MEGAcmd CLI; MEGA S4 (S3-compatible) is the paid object store. |
| Composes with | 20 GB + N x 5 GB achievements per account, x unlimited free accounts. Achievement bonuses are per-account and do NOT compound within one account beyond one of each, so the multiplication is accounts, not achievements. |
| Reliability | Does not lose data; throttles hard per IP and per link. Accounts with no login for ~3 months are at risk of quota cuts. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 4
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | mega.io/storage | 'Get 20 GB free storage with MEGA's secure encrypted cloud storage' (meta description) and body 'MEGA offers 20 GB of free storage' |
| 2026-10-21 | mega.io/achievements | (archive 20260215) — 'Get 5 GB of free storage when you install our MEGA app... Valid for 365 days' for each of desktop, mobile, invite, VPN trial, Pass trial; 'Achievement bonuses stack' |
| 2026-10-21 | help.mega.io/plans-storage/space-storage/transfer-quota | (archive 20250519) — 'For free account holders or non-MEGA users... The limit is based on the amount of data downloaded from your IP address over the past six hours.' |
| 2026-10-21 | rclone.org/mega/ | native Mega backend, Tier 2 |
Unknown values 3
- 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
- Free allowance
- Pro III is 16 TB for EUR 29.99/mo, and MEGA's own comparison strip advertises 'MEGA 1.25*…
- Verdict
- deadthe offer or the service no longer exists
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported2 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- checked 2026-10-21checked 2026-10-21 (inherited)
| Free tier | Pro III is 16 TB for EUR 29.99/mo, and MEGA's own comparison strip advertises 'MEGA 1.25*… unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | not recorded |
| Interface | unknown |
| Tooling | not recorded |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | mega.io/pricing | Pro III is 16 TB for EUR 29.99/mo, and MEGA's own comparison strip advertises 'MEGA 1.25* pe |
| 2026-10-21 | www.capterra.com/p/232384/MEGA/pricing/ | Pro III is 16 TB for EUR 29.99/mo, and MEGA's own comparison strip advertises 'MEGA 1.25* pe |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "dead-service","why": "Pro III is 16 TB for EUR 29.99/mo, and MEGA's own comparison strip advertises 'MEGA 1.25*…","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