4TU.ResearchData

4tu.nl · Storage · 1 record · JSON

4TU.ResearchData Storage

fails: quotaemailno cardR

data.4tu.nl · Dutch multi-university Dataverse/Invenio · storage/4tu-researchdata · JSON · compare

Free tier	5 GB per researcher per year free, then a one-off €4.50/GB (~$4,900/TB). Some sources cite 10 GB for non-4TU institutions. unit GB; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	free
Identity	email email — explicitly open: 'Anyone from science, engineering and design can use 4TU.ResearchData to upload and publish their research data and software' and 'I am not affiliated with one of the 4TU's, can I deposit my data? Anyone ... can upload'. The identity gate is genuinely zero; the quota gate is what kills it.
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	rest REST, OAI-PMH
Tooling	REST
Composes with	none at a user's scale
Reliability	pricing is per-GB one-off, so cost scales linearly with volume — no bulk escape.
Notes	5 GB per researcher per year free, then a one-off €4.50/GB (~$4,900/TB). Some sources cite 10 GB for non-4TU institutions.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	data.4tu.nl/info/about-4turesearchdata/frequently-asked-ques	(Wayback 20251018113714) — 'I am not affiliated with one of the 4TU's, can I deposit my data? Anyone from science, engineering and design can use 4TU.ResearchData to upload and publish their research data and software'
2026-10-21	data.4tu.nl/info/en/use/publish-cite/upload-your-data-in-our	(search snippet) — 'Every researcher can upload up to 5 GB of data per year ... free of charge'; larger uploads charged a one-off fee
2026-10-21	community.data.4tu.nl/frequently-asked-questions/	(search snippet) — 'we charge a one-off €4.50 per GB'

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "5 GB per researcher per year free, then a one-off €4.50/GB (~$4,900/TB). Some sources cite 10 GB for non-4TU institutions.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (6)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted