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Pro: no limit; Prepaid: EUR 4/TB/month metered.","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":4},"record":{"topic":"storage","slug":"pixeldrain","provider":"Pixeldrain","url":"https://pixeldrain.com","category":"anonymous-dump","free_tier":{"stated":"Free plan: storage 'No limit' for regular uploads (2 TB limit only on the paid filesystem product). Pro: no limit; Prepaid: EUR 4/TB/month metered.","unit":"TB","metered_on":"stored-bytes","source_url":"https://pixeldrain.com/","read_on":"2026-10-21","notes":null},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not stated","source_url":"https://pixeldrain.com/","notes":"not stated"},"retention":{"stated":"Files expire 60 days after last download; a download only counts if >10% of the file was transferred in one request, and the timer only updates once per 24h","days":60,"source_url":"https://pixeldrain.com/","notes":"not stated"},"egress":{"terms":"Free egress capped at 6 GB/day per IP address (sliding 24h window, IP-bound even when logged in); over the cap the speed drops to 1 MiB/s and max 3 concurrent downloads. Pro: 4 TB per 30 days. Prepaid: EUR 1/TB metered. So free egress is metered, not unusable — 6 GB/day x N IPs.","metered":false,"price_per_tb":"EUR 1/TB"},"interface":["rest","rclone"],"interface_detail":"rest","tooling":"Full REST API at /api with HTTP Basic (api key as password). rclone has no official backend; the API is simple enough that wrappers abound (Atlas electron/downloads/hosts/pixeldrain.js). PUT https://pixeldrain.com/api/file/ with -u :APIKEY.","chaining":"API keys are free and per-account, but the real multiplier is IP: the 6 GB/day download cap is per IP, so egress scales with egress IPs (proxies/CF Workers) not accounts. Storage itself is 'No limit' on free, which is the interesting half.","limits":[{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"6 GB/day","source":"https://pixeldrain.com/"},{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"1 MiB/s","source":"https://pixeldrain.com/"},{"kind":"retention-clamped","value":"expire 60 days","source":"https://pixeldrain.com/"}],"limits_note":"Free uploads require an API key (anonymous server-side PUT returned 401 authentication_required). 6 GB/day/IP download cap; 1 MiB/s throttle and 3 concurrent downloads after that. Files expire 60 days after last download; a download only counts if >10% of the file was transferred in one request, and the timer only updates once per 24h. Hotlinking not supported on free.","identity_cost":{"kind":"institution","detail":"derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: tier unless fronted by something that fans out across IPs. API keys are free and per-account, but the real multiplier is IP: the 6 GB/day download cap is per IP, so egress scales wit","country":null},"reliability_note":"Operator states plainly that free-plan 'unlimited' is not for storage: 'If you are (ab)using pixeldrain for free storage, you should not be surprised when the rules change at some point and all your stuff suddenly disappears.' The 6 GB/day free cap and 10%-of-file rule make this a poor serving tier unless fronted by something that fans out across IPs.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"One page read moves it to documented.","evidence":[{"url":"https://pixeldrain.com/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"pricing table: Free 'Storage: No limit'; 'Egress transfer limit - 6 GB per day ... linked to your IP address'; 'When the download limit is exceeded the download speed is reduced to 1 MiB/s. You can have at most three concurrent downloads'"},{"url":"https://pixeldrain.com/about","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Files will be removed if they have not been accessed for 60 days ... This only happens when someone downloads more than 10% of the whole file in a single request'"},{"url":"https://pixeldrain.com/api","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'All methods which create, modify or delete a resource require an API key'; base URL /api, Basic auth"},{"url":"https://pixeldrain.com/api/file/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: PUT (no key) -> 401 {\"success\":false,\"value\":\"authentication_required\"}"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"Free plan: storage 'No limit' for regular uploads (2 TB limit only on the paid filesystem product). Pro: no limit; Prepaid: EUR 4/TB/month metered.","extras":{},"binding":"retention-clamped","binding_note":"a clock, not a quota: bytes leave whether or not the client is finished with them"},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":2,"unit":"TB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:per-ip-shaping","num":6,"unit":"GB","per":"day","currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:per-ip-shaping","num":1,"unit":"MiB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[2].value","kind":"limit:retention-clamped","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.free_tier.notes","process"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","not-extracted"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-extracted"],["$.retention.notes","not-extracted"]],"history":[],"drift":[{"kind":"duplicate-disagrees","subject":"storage/pixeldrain","other":"storage/pixeldrain-2","field":"verdict","a":"qualifies-with-caveat","b":"fails-quota","detail":null},{"kind":"duplicate-disagrees","subject":"storage/pixeldrain","other":"storage/pixeldrain-2","field":"identity_kind","a":"institution","b":"email","detail":null}]}