ImageShack

imageshack.com · Storage · 1 record · JSON

ImageShack Storage

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Free tier	Free account with no published image-count or total-byte cap; the metered axis is bandwidth, not storage. 'Paid subscriptions don't impose a fixed file-count limit', and free is the same shape. unit mixed; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	METERED: free 10 GB/month, Basic 100 GB/mo, Pro 1,000 GB/mo, Premium 4,000 GB/mo. Over-limit hotlinks are 'temporarily blocked until your usage resets'. Fails the free-egress filter for serving; fine for cold write. free_allowance: 10 GB per month
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	rest rest
Tooling	REST upload API plus ShareX/legacy clients, account-level API key. Historically the most-scripted image host (imageshack.us API since 2005).
Composes with	Unlimited free accounts x unmetered storage, but each throttled to 10 GB/mo egress — so shard accounts per serving shard if egress is the constraint.
Reliability	Survived the 2017 Photobucket-style breakage; still operating and still hosting free accounts in 2026. Bandwidth blocking is automatic and resets monthly.
Notes	Free account with no published image-count or total-byte cap; the metered axis is bandwidth, not storage. 'Paid subscriptions don't impose a fixed file-count limit', and free is the same shape.
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	imageshack.com/faq	'free account with basic features and a 10 GB monthly bandwidth limit'; 'Each image you upload must be no more than 25 megabytes in size'; 'Paid subscriptions don't impose a fixed file-count limit'
2026-10-21	imageshack.com/upgrade	'25MB file size per image' on paid tiers too

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "not-storage",
  "why": "Free account with no published image-count or total-byte cap; the metered axis is bandwidth, not storage. 'Paid subscriptions don't impose a fixed file-count limit', and free is the same shape.",
  "retry_when": "never; it is not storage",
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (7)

$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted