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Box (free developer plan) Storage

fails: quotainstitutionno cardRper-object-cap

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Free tier	10 GB storage, 250 MB file upload limit, 1 file version unit objects; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	250 MB per file (250000000 bytes)
Retention	not stated
Egress	Bandwidth is fair-use monitored per account and per shared link, with a monthly reset; exceeding it can disable uploads/downloads.
Identity	institution derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: age, 250 MB file upload limit, 1 file version Excellent API, useless quota: 250 MB/file and a fair-use bandwidth cap make 500 GB/day serving impossible. 10 GB x unlimited free dev
Limits	per-ip-shaping 500 GB/day source per-object-cap 250 MB per file source per-object-cap 250 MB/file source 250 MB per file; 1,000 AI units/month; monthly bandwidth fair-use cap; some endpoints paid-only.
Binding	per-object-cap the per-object cap sets the shard size and therefore the object count; it bounds the total more tightly than any headline quota
Interface	rest, rclone rest
Tooling	Native rclone backend 'box' (Tier 1); full REST API with OAuth2 / JWT / Client Credentials Grant on the free dev plan.
Composes with	10 GB x unlimited free developer accounts (email + app registration). 250 MB per file forces sharding of any real dataset.
Reliability	Excellent API, useless quota: 250 MB/file and a fair-use bandwidth cap make 500 GB/day serving impossible.
Notes	10 GB storage, 250 MB file upload limit, 1 file version
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[0].value` limit:per-ip-shaping 500.0 GB / day `$.limits[1].value` limit:per-object-cap 250.0 MB `$.limits[2].value` limit:per-object-cap 250.0 MB

Evidence (2)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	developer.box.com/guides/getting-started/free-developer-plan	'10 GB storage, a 250 MB file upload limit, and 1 file version'
2026-10-21	support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044194313-Understanding	'Box monitors Bandwidth for fair use purposes on an account basis and a shared link basis... Exceeding the Box Bandwidth limit may limit or disable uploads and downloads'

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "10 GB storage, 250 MB file upload limit, 1 file version",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (5)

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