Stream Chat

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Stream Chat (GetStream) free/Maker plan Storagefails: quotainstitutionno cardR
stream chat free plan as bulk storage Storagefails: quotaemail?card?R

Stream Chat (GetStream) free/Maker plan Storage

fails: quotainstitutionno cardR

getstream.io/chat/docs/node/storage-and-bandwidth/ · messaging · storage/stream-chat-free-maker-plan · JSON · compare

Free tier	No free storage allowance stated as a byte figure on the storage page; instead 'Stream applies fair-usage limits to storage, bandwidth, and API calls on every Chat plan' with overage rates once exceeded. unit none; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	Metered past the fair-use allowance — 'You only start to pay extra for storage and bandwidth after you exceed these fair usage limits'. Attachments are served from Stream's CDN but are tied to channel membership/auth.
Identity	institution derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: tream applies fair-usage limits to storage, bandwidth, and API calls on every Chat plan' with overage rates once exceeded. No deletion cliff, but a billing cliff: exceeding fair u
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
Tooling	stream-chat SDKs (JS/React/Node/Python); server-side client can upload attachments to a channel. No bulk/opaque-object API — attachment shape is image/file on a message.
Composes with	Fails the multiplication test: fair-use storage caps plus per-GB overage means more accounts is the only lever, and each account is a SaaS tenant with its own MAU billing.
Reliability	No deletion cliff, but a billing cliff: exceeding fair use converts free storage into an invoice rather than an error, which is worse for a fixed-budget client.
Notes	No free storage allowance stated as a byte figure on the storage page; instead 'Stream applies fair-usage limits to storage, bandwidth, and API calls on every Chat plan' with overage rates once exceeded.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (2)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	getstream.io/chat/docs/node/storage-and-bandwidth/	read live: 'Stream applies fair-usage limits to storage, bandwidth, and API calls on every Chat plan. You only start to pay extra for storage and bandwidth after you exceed these fair usage limits.'
2026-10-21	getstream.io/chat/pricing/	read live: 'Chat Message Storage ... Additional usage costs when stored messages exceed the included amount'

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "egress",
  "why": "No free storage allowance stated as a byte figure on the storage page; instead 'Stream applies fair-usage limits to storage, bandwidth, and API calls on every Chat plan' with overage rates once exceeded.",
  "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

stream chat free plan as bulk storage Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?R

getstream.io/chat/docs/node/storage-and-bandwidth/ · rejected-provider · storage/stream-chat-free-plan-as-bulk-storage · JSON · compare

Free tier	Fair-usage storage ceiling with per-GB overage; converting free into an invoice is a fail, not a qualification. unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not recorded
Retention	not recorded
Egress	not recorded
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Composes with	not recorded
Reliability	Fair-usage storage ceiling with per-GB overage; converting free into an invoice is a fail, not a qualification.
Notes	Fair-usage storage ceiling with per-GB overage; converting free into an invoice is a fail, not a qualification.
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	getstream.io/chat/docs/node/storage-and-bandwidth/	Fair-usage storage ceiling with per-GB overage converting free into an invoice is a fail, not a qualification.

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Fair-usage storage ceiling with per-GB overage; converting free into an invoice is a fail, not a qualification.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (15)

$.chaining not-recorded
$.confidence_note withheld
$.egress.terms not-recorded
$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.interface interface-unknown
$.interface_detail withheld
$.limits_note process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-recorded
$.per_object_cap.stated not-recorded
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-recorded
$.tooling not-recorded