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Notion (free plan) - file blocks & Files property

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Sibling records disagree:

Free allowance
No total storage cap: 'Unlimited file uploads' on Free, but each file is capped at 5 MiB on Free (5 GiB on paid).
Verdict
caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
Cost
free tier
Identity
institution?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit
per-object-cap5 MiB per file
Evidence
reported4 sources; a third party said so
Freshness
stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
Free tierNo total storage cap: 'Unlimited file uploads' on Free, but each file is capped at 5 MiB on Free (5 GiB on paid). Block limit is unlimited for a single-member Free workspace.
unit GiB; metered on stored-bytes
Pricenone stated
Limits
  • per-ip-shaping 1 TB/day source
  • per-object-cap (binding) 5 MiB per file source
5 MiB per file on Free (hard, enforced by API); 20 MiB per single-part API upload; parts must be 5-20 MiB; 600 requests/min per workspace (avg 10/s) shared across all connections; only whitelisted MIME types (audio/document/image/video/CAD) - arbitrary binary is rejected
Identityinstitution (inferred, not read) not published
EgressFree; Notion serves via S3/presigned URLs on Cloudflare-fronted notion.com. File objects return 'An authenticated HTTP GET URL... valid for one hour', so links must be re-minted - no CDN you can pin a cache to without re-signing.
Per-object cap5 MiB per file (5242880 bytes)
Retentionnot stated
Interfacerest, rclone rest
ToolingOfficial Notion API file-upload endpoints (single-part <=20 MiB, multi-part above with 5-20 MiB parts) + PlakarKorp/integration-notion and many notion-backup repos for bulk extraction; no rclone backend
Composes withPer-record unlimited: 5 MiB x unlimited files x unlimited blocks x unlimited free workspaces.
ReliabilityThe MIME whitelist is the killer: no generic octet-stream blobs, so archival datasets must be packed as .zip/.7z/.tar which Notion does accept. Signed URLs expire in one hour, so serving 1 TB/day out of Notion means re-minting continuously.
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
  • per-ip-shaping 1 TB / day
  • per-object-cap 5 MiB
Evidence 4
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-21developers.notion.com/guides/data-apis/working-with-files-an'Free workspaces are limited to 5 MiB (binary megabytes) per file'; 'Files larger than 20 MiB must be split into parts'; supported-types table lists .zip, .7z, .tar, .bz2, .rar
2026-10-21www.notion.com/pricing'Unlimited file uploads'; 'On the Free plan, you can upload images, videos and file attachments up to 5MB each. Upgrade to a paid plan for unlimited file uploads with a ~5GB max per file.'
2026-10-21developers.notion.com/reference/file-object'An authenticated HTTP GET URL to the file. The URL is valid for one hour.'
2026-10-21api.notion.com/v1/usersprobe: GET -> HTTP 401 (API live, auth-gated)
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

notion (free workspace as file store)

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Sibling records disagree:

Free allowance
5 MiB per file on Free (API and UI), and every Notion-hosted file URL is a signed S3 URL valid for one hour — 'Don't cache or statically reference these URLs'.
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
reported3 sources; a third party said so
Freshness
stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
Free tier5 MiB per file on Free (API and UI), and every Notion-hosted file URL is a signed S3 URL valid for one hour — 'Don't cache or statically reference these URLs'. Unlimited blocks on a…
unit none; metered on none
Pricenone stated
Identityemail (placeholder) not published
Egressnot recorded
Interfaceunknown
Toolingnot recorded
Evidence 3
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-21developers.notion.com/guides/data-apis/working-with-files-anthe text of Free tier, above
2026-10-21developers.notion.com/reference/file-objectcited as the basis of the rejection: 5 MiB per file on Free (API and UI), and every Notion-hosted file URL is a signed S3 URL valid for one hour — 'Don't cache or statically reference these URLs'. Unlimited blocks on a single-o
2026-10-21www.notion.com/help/understanding-block-usagecited as the basis of the rejection: 5 MiB per file on Free (API and UI), and every Notion-hosted file URL is a signed S3 URL valid for one hour — 'Don't cache or statically reference these URLs'. Unlimited blocks on a single-o
More fields 1
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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