Google Colab (Storage)

colab.research.google.comIaaSstorage/google-colabJSON compare report an error provider JSON

Free allowance: No persistent disk at all.
Verdict: fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost: free tier
Identity: institutionno card, no phone
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported2 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	No persistent disk at all. Notebook files live in Drive; the VM disk is per-session. unit mixed; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Identity	institution not published
Egress	N/A — file hosting is outside the published allocation, so there is no serving path.
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	until the instance is recycled; not persistent
Interface	unknown wrapper-only
Tooling	`google.colab` Python package, Drive mount; no storage client because there is nothing to store to.
Composes with	None for storage.
Reliability	Confirmed both counts: file hosting is outside the published allocation AND zero persistence — the VM disk and the container are destroyed with the session.

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	research.google.com/colaboratory/faq.html	not published
2026-10-21	research.google.com/colaboratory/faq.html	'Virtual machines are deleted when idle for a while'; 'notebooks can run for at most 12 hours'

More fields 1

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "No persistent disk at all. Notebook files live in Drive; the VM disk is per-session.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown values 6

$.binding_note boilerplate
$.identity_cost.detail boilerplate
$.interface the access interface was not established
$.per_object_cap.notes the field may be stated in a source that was not read
$.per_object_cap.stated the field may be stated in a source that was not read
$.retention.notes the field may be stated in a source that was not read