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Free accounts have a daily downstream quota; every account, free or paid, has a monthly Basic Transfer Quota, and 'Connected Apps share 25% of this daily allowance — up to 5 GB per day for all Connected Apps combined'. Downstream counts playback and previews, not just downloads.","metered":true},"interface":["rest","rclone"],"interface_detail":"rest","tooling":"Tier 1 rclone backend since v1.62, read-only for uploads? No — backend supports read and write per rclone's table (ModTime R, hash md5). This is the crucial detail: rclone is classified as a 'Connected App', so it inherits the 5 GB/day cap.","chaining":"10 TB per paid account is the largest single-unit paid capacity found in this slot, and it is the only one where the transfer cap (5 GB/day via Connected Apps / 20 GB/day general downstream) is stricter than the storage cap. Sharding accounts multiplies storage but not the per-account daily egress.","limits":[{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"20 GB/day","source":"https://mypikpak.com/en-US/help-center/file_management/space/insufficient_cloud_storage_space"},{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"5 GB/day","source":"https://mypikpak.com/en-US/help-center/file_management/space/insufficient_cloud_storage_space"},{"kind":"write-gated","value":"reviews and online playback burn downstream quota, so scrape-style read patterns drain","source":"https://mypikpak.com/en-US/help-center/file_management/space/insufficient_cloud_storage_space"}],"limits_note":"per-ip-shaping / pull-count hybrid: 20 GB/day downstream on free, 5 GB/day for all Connected Apps combined, monthly transfer quota on top. Free tier 6 GB storage. This provider is the cleanest illustration that quota and egress must be scored separately.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"email","country":null},"reliability_note":"Transfer accounting is aggressive: previews and online playback burn downstream quota, so scrape-style read patterns drain it without any download. Price differs by region (US $4.99/mo Premium, Japan JPY 700, 'Global Premium' $9.99/mo).","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"One page read moves it to documented.","evidence":[{"url":"https://mypikpak.com/en-US/help-center/file_management/space/insufficient_cloud_storage_space","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Free accounts include 6 GB of storage, and Premium includes 10 TB'"},{"url":"https://mypikpak.com/en-US/help-center/premium/premium_features/space_expansion","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Premium includes 10 TB of base storage. You can purchase additional storage on PikPak Web'"},{"url":"https://mypikpak.com/en-US/connect-apps-faq","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'a daily downstream limit of 20 GB... Apps share 25% of this daily allowance — up to 5 GB per day for all Connected Apps combined'"},{"url":"https://mypikpak.com/en-US/help-center/transfer_quota/transfer_quota_basics/why-limit","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Downstream quota covers all data delivered from PikPak to your device or Connected Apps, including online playback, previews, and file downloads'; separate 'Monthly Basic Transfer Quota'"},{"url":"https://rclone.org/pikpak/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"native backend, added v1.62, Tier 1"},{"url":"https://apppricelens.com/app/pikpak-cloud-storage-saver-1616861537","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"Premium monthly USD 4.99 US; Global Premium USD 9.99 per apppriceatlas.com"},{"url":"https://pikpak.jp/en/blog-free-trial.html","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'started for free with 6GB of storage... 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