Nexus Mods
- Free allowance
- Vendor help page states it outright: 'Unlimited storage and distribution for mods and images that you create.
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- per-object-capper-object-cap 20 GB
- Evidence
- reported5 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | Vendor help page states it outright: 'Unlimited storage and distribution for mods and images that you create. Unlimited file hosting for mods and images that you've created and uploaded.' Their own wiki table: Maximum Storage 'Unrestricted', Upload Limitations 'Unlimited (20GB limit through the browser, contact us for larger uploads)'. unit mixed; metered on stored-bytes |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
per-object-cap 20 GB via browser, larger by request. per-ip-shaping is the binding number: ~1 MB/s regular, ~1.5 MB/s with an adblocker, 3 MB/s Supporters; uncapped only for Premium (paid). Resumable downloads are free only on files >500 MB. |
| Identity | email email |
| Egress | Free, no egress quota — but per-IP shaped (see reliability_note). No Cloudflare in front of the file CDN; downloads come from their own edge. |
| Per-object cap | per-object-cap 20 GB (20000000000 bytes) |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | rest Web upload + REST API v1 (api.nexusmods.com, users/validate.json returned 401 unauthenticated = live and auth-gated, not dead). Free API key issued per account. |
| Tooling | REST + a maintained community uploader (Digitalroot.ModUploader, supports nexusmods commands). |
| Composes with | No hot-link story — downloads require a session/API key, so it is archive-tier, not serving-tier. |
| Reliability | The 1–1.5 MB/s un-premium cap is the real constraint — ~3.5–5 GB/hour per stream, so per-IP-shaping governs, not storage. Files are virus-scanned and quarantined on false positives (WinRAR .rar especially). |
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Evidence 5
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | help.nexusmods.com/article/42-what-are-the-benefits-of-creat | 'Unlimited storage and distribution' and 'Unlimited file hosting' as free Basic benefits |
| 2026-10-21 | wiki.nexusmods.com/index.php/List_of_online_hosting_sites | Nexus Mods row: Maximum Storage Unrestricted, Upload Limitations 20GB via browser |
| 2026-10-21 | help.nexusmods.com/article/96-download-speed-caps-adblockers | speed cap table: ~1.5MB/s adblock, 3MB/s Supporter, uncapped Premium |
| 2026-10-21 | help.nexusmods.com/article/170-resumable-downloads | resumable downloads free only on files over 500MB, still in beta |
| 2026-10-21 | api.nexusmods.com/v1/users/validate.json | 401 (endpoint alive, auth required); www.nexusmods.com itself 403s plain curl (Cloudflare) |
Unknown values 3
- 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
- retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read