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- Free allowance
- 'MorphoSource is able to subsidize or support free contribution of data for most users with 100GB or less.' 100 GB–1 TB is case-by-case (may be fully free); >1 TB is $3.47/GB + $30.
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- institution?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- write-gatedapplication-gated
- 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 | 'MorphoSource is able to subsidize or support free contribution of data for most users with 100GB or less.' 100 GB–1 TB is case-by-case (may be fully free); >1 TB is $3.47/GB + $30. unit TB; metered on unstated |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - write-gated (binding) application-gated source
per-object-cap: none published; the binding cap is a per-identity total of 100 GB free (100 GB–1 TB discretionary). Retention: 'retain all data ... for as long as MorphoSource continues to exist' — no expiry but no endowment either. Contributor status is application-gated. |
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| Identity | institution (inferred, not read) not published |
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| Egress | 'users are never charged for data consumption. Whether that means viewing or downloading data, there are no costs associated with using data.' |
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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 | Web upload + batch submission tooling (Duke wiki 'Batch Submission'); no public upload API. Read side serves media files over HTTPS per-record. |
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| Composes with | Per-user total contribution is tracked ('these data size limits apply to the total contribution of data by a user or institution'), so 100 GB is per identity, not per record — multiple contributor identities multiply it. Read side free regardless. |
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| Reliability | Funding-dependent: the docs themselves state the free 100 GB subsidy is time-limited and will likely fall to ~15 GB within 2–5 years. Treat the current number as decaying. |
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Evidence 1
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "'MorphoSource is able to subsidize or support free contribution of data for most users with 100GB or less.' 100 GB–1 TB is case-by-case (may be fully free); >1 TB is $3.47/GB + $30.","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