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iroh.computer · Egress and tunnels, Storage · 7 records · JSON

iroh public relays Egress and tunnelscaveatanonymousno cardDper-ip-shaping
iroh public relays (n0.computer) Storagecaveatanonymousno cardRper-ip-shaping
iroh n0 public relays Storagefails: egressemail?card?R
iroh Services — Community (free tier) Storagefails: egressemailno cardR
iroh Shared relay Egress and tunnelsfails: quotaemailno cardDvolume-quota
ipfs / shipyard (the 'ipfs-like service' the client half-remembers) Storagefails: quotaemail?card?R
n0 hosted blob pinning / storage service Storagefails: quotaemail?card?R

iroh public relays Egress and tunnels

caveatanonymousno cardDper-ip-shaping

docs.iroh.computer/relays/rate-limiting · relay (hosted, unmetered by claim) · egress/iroh-public-relay · JSON · compare

Free tier	four public relay regions, no authentication, rate-limited per connection unit unlimited; metered on downloaded-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not applicable: a stream
Retention	not applicable
Egress	no byte quota; a per-connection rate limit that is retuned
Identity	anonymous no authentication on the public relays
Limits	per-ip-shaping per connection, value not published and retuned as needed source
Binding	per-ip-shaping
Interface	unknown the n0 public relay preset, spoken over QUIC
Tooling	iroh
Composes with	a zero-cost relay for the connections that fail to hole-punch, which makes it a redundancy layer rather than a capacity layer.
Reliability	the documentation says not to rely on the public relays for production
Notes	A relay that transits bytes is metered by definition, and this one meters rate rather than volume. No number, so no capacity claim.
Evidence rung	documented
Checked	2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-22

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	docs.iroh.computer/relays/rate-limiting	'The exact rate limits aren't published today, as they get tuned as needed', plus the warning that public relays are not for production workloads

More fields (3)

{
 "stale_after_days": 180,
 "bytes_transit": "yes",
 "transit_note": "a relay that transits bytes when hole-punching fails, at a per-connection rate it does not publish"
}

Unknown or withheld values (1)

$.interface interface-unknown

iroh public relays (n0.computer) Storage

caveatanonymousno cardRper-ip-shaping

docs.iroh.computer/iroh-services/relays/public · relay/P2P — SIGNALLING with encrypted fallback transport · storage/iroh-public-relays · JSON · compare

Free tier	No storage. Free, no account, no card. Public relays are rate-limited per connection but the rate limits are deliberately unpublished. The paid Shared tier is the only one with published figures: 100 GB relayed egress/month then $0.09/GB, 5 MB/s, 10,000 concurrent connections. unit GB; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	Free public relays, rate-limited. Self-hosting a relay is free and unlimited (open licence) — the cost moves to your own bandwidth.
Identity	anonymous anonymous
Limits	per-ip-shaping 5 MB/s source per-ip-shaping 10,000 concurrent connections source Not a storage provider. Only relayed bytes hit the operator, hence the per-connection rate limit rather than a byte quota.
Binding	per-ip-shaping one stream is shaped, and a user's throughput is the shaped rate times the number of streams
Interface	unknown QUIC over TLS 1.3; Rust crate `iroh`, bindings for other languages
Tooling	`iroh` crate; relay is a library, not a service with an upload endpoint
Composes with	This is SIGNALLING, not relaying, in the normal case: 'roughly 9 out of 10 connections go direct; the relay is only a fallback'. The relay carries bytes only when hole punching fails, which is what makes the free tier viable at all.
Reliability	'The exact rate limits aren't published today, as they get tuned as needed' and 'Do not rely on it for production workloads' — the free tier is explicitly capacity-unstable by design.
Notes	No storage. Free, no account, no card. Public relays are rate-limited per connection but the rate limits are deliberately unpublished. The paid Shared tier is the only one with published figures: 100 GB relayed egress/month then $0.09/GB, 5 MB/s, 10,000 concurrent connections.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[0].value` limit:per-ip-shaping 5.0 MB

Evidence (5)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	docs.iroh.computer/about/faq	'In practice, roughly 9 out of 10 connections go direct; the relay is only a fallback'; relays are stateless and cannot read traffic (QUIC/TLS 1.3)
2026-10-21	docs.iroh.computer/relays/rate-limiting	'The exact rate limits aren't published today, as they get tuned as needed ... applied per connection'; 'Do not rely on it for production workloads'
2026-10-21	www.iroh.computer/pricing	Free: 'Rate limited' / 'Variable'; Pro $19/mo: 10,000 connections, shared relays, 5 MB/s; Dedicated $199/mo/region: unlimited
2026-10-21	docs.iroh.computer/iroh-services/relays/shared	'100 GB of relay egress per month, then $0.09/GB'; 'A 5 MB/s rate limit'
2026-10-21	www.iroh.computer/blog/shared-relays	worked example: 2,000 users x 10 GB/mo; 'if 98% of the traffic could travel directly ... only the remaining 2% (400 GB) would pass through'

Unknown or withheld values (6)

$.free_tier.notes process
$.interface interface-unknown
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted

iroh n0 public relays Storage

fails: egressemail?card?R

docs.iroh.computer/relays/rate-limiting · rejected-provider · storage/iroh-n0-public-relays · JSON · compare

Free tier	Free tier is 'rate-limited traffic' with 'No uptime guarantees' and the exact limits are deliberately unpublished ('The exact rate limits aren't published today, as they get tuned as needed' 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	Free tier is 'rate-limited traffic' with 'No uptime guarantees' and the exact limits are deliberately unpublished ('The exact rate limits aren't published today, as they get tuned as needed'
Notes	Free tier is 'rate-limited traffic' with 'No uptime guarantees' and the exact limits are deliberately unpublished ('The exact rate limits aren't published today, as they get tuned as needed'
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	docs.iroh.computer/relays/rate-limiting	Free tier is 'rate-limited traffic' with 'No uptime guarantees' and the exact limits are deliberately unpublished ('The exact rate limits aren't published today, as they get tuned as needed'
2026-10-21	www.iroh.computer/pricing	cited as the basis of the rejection: Free tier is 'rate-limited traffic' with 'No uptime guarantees' and the exact limits are deliberately unpublished ('The exact rate limits aren't published today, as they get tuned as needed'
2026-10-21	docs.iroh.computer/iroh-services/relays/public	cited as the basis of the rejection: Free tier is 'rate-limited traffic' with 'No uptime guarantees' and the exact limits are deliberately unpublished ('The exact rate limits aren't published today, as they get tuned as needed'

More fields (1)

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 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "egress",
  "why": "Free tier is 'rate-limited traffic' with 'No uptime guarantees' and the exact limits are deliberately unpublished ('The exact rate limits aren't published today, as they get tuned as needed'",
  "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

iroh Services — Community (free tier) Storage

fails: egressemailno cardR

www.iroh.computer/pricing · Hosted coordination service (relays + metrics + diagnostics) — NOT storage · storage/iroh-services-community · JSON · compare

Free tier	0 bytes of storage. Free plan = public relays in US/EU/Singapore, 7-day metrics retention, no auth, rate-limited traffic, no uptime guarantee. unit mixed; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	Free plan = public relays in US/EU/Singapore, 7-day metrics retention, no auth, rate-limited traffic, no uptime guarantee (7 days)
Egress	Variable / unpublished (inherits public relay limits).
Identity	email email
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 Dashboard at services.iroh.computer + `iroh-services` crate; account is username + email + password.
Tooling	`iroh_services::Client` pushes endpoint metrics on an interval; net-diagnostics can dial back into your endpoint (requires granting `Caps::net_diagnostics_get_any()`).
Composes with	Free tier covers signalling and discovery for an unlimited number of endpoints — which is exactly the part a self-hosted origin needs. It contributes nothing to bytes at rest or bytes served.
Reliability	Free tier requires an account only to see metrics; the relays themselves need no account at all.
Notes	0 bytes of storage. Free plan = public relays in US/EU/Singapore, 7-day metrics retention, no auth, rate-limited traffic, no uptime guarantee.
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	www.iroh.computer/pricing	plan table: Free/Pro $19/Dedicated $199 per region/Enterprise; rows are Connections, Relays, Rate limit, Egress, Auth, Custom DNS, Metrics, Support. No storage row exists.
2026-10-21	www.iroh.computer/services/hosting	Public free / Cloud $19+ / Open Source self-host. 'Hosting' here means relays and discovery.
2026-10-21	services.iroh.computer/	signup form is username + email + password (no card, no institution)

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "retention",
  "why": "0 bytes of storage. Free plan = public relays in US/EU/Singapore, 7-day metrics retention, no auth, rate-limited traffic, no uptime guarantee.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (6)

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

iroh Shared relay Egress and tunnels

fails: quotaemailno cardDvolume-quota

docs.iroh.computer/iroh-services/relays/shared · relay (metered, QUIC) · egress/iroh-shared-relay · JSON · compare

Free tier	100 GB relay egress per month, 10,000 concurrent connections, 5 MB/s rate unit GB; metered on downloaded-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not applicable: a monthly allowance
Retention	not applicable
Egress	metered at 100 GB/month, which is 3.3 GB/day free_allowance: 100 GB/month price_per_tb: USD 0.09/GB
Identity	email an n0 account and an API key
Limits	per-ip-shaping 5 MB/s per connection source the allowance is a byte volume over a period, which none of the six kinds names; the number is in egress.free_allowance and binding names per-ip-shaping as the nearest kind
Binding	volume-quota the monthly byte allowance in egress.free_allowance is what runs out, and no kind in the six-value vocabulary names a byte volume over a period counted per account. per-ip-shaping is the closest, because it is the only kind that bounds a volume, and its subject here is the account rather than the caller's address
Interface	unknown an iroh relay URL attached to a project, spoken over QUIC
Tooling	iroh
Composes with	the paid fallback for the 7-10% of iroh connections that fail to hole-punch; it composes with the transport and not with a free budget.
Reliability	the allowance is a 30-day trial rather than a persistent free tier
Notes	The free public relays are a separate product with deliberately unpublished limits.
Evidence rung	documented
Checked	2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-22
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[0].value` limit:per-ip-shaping 5.0 MB

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	docs.iroh.computer/iroh-services/relays/shared	up to 10,000 concurrent connections, 100 GB relay egress per month then USD 0.09/GB, a 5 MB/s rate limit, and a 30-day trial on Pro

More fields (3)

{
 "stale_after_days": 180,
 "bytes_transit": "yes",
 "transit_note": "the paid relay transits bytes, which is why it meters them at 100 GB per month"
}

Unknown or withheld values (1)

$.interface interface-unknown

ipfs / shipyard (the 'ipfs-like service' the client half-remembers) Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?R

www.iroh.computer/blog/iroh-global-content-discovery · rejected-provider · storage/ipfs-shipyard · JSON · compare

Free tier	The IPFS pinning lane is closing, not opening — and free IPFS pinning was already excluded at <=6 GB in earlier waves. iroh's own blog frames Mainline+blake3.net as the successor, which is w 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	The IPFS pinning lane is closing, not opening — and free IPFS pinning was already excluded at <=6 GB in earlier waves. iroh's own blog frames Mainline+blake3.net as the successor, which is w
Notes	The IPFS pinning lane is closing, not opening — and free IPFS pinning was already excluded at <=6 GB in earlier waves. iroh's own blog frames Mainline+blake3.net as the successor, which is w
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.iroh.computer/blog/iroh-global-content-discovery	The IPFS pinning lane is closing, not opening — and free IPFS pinning was already excluded at <=6 GB in earlier waves. iroh's own blog frames Mainline+blake3.net as the successor, which is w

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "The IPFS pinning lane is closing, not opening — and free IPFS pinning was already excluded at <=6 GB in earlier waves. iroh's own blog frames Mainline+blake3.net as the successor, which is w",
  "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

n0 hosted blob pinning / storage service Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?R

www.iroh.computer/pricing · rejected-provider · storage/n0-hosted-blob-pinning-storage-service · JSON · compare

Free tier	Does not exist. n0 sells coordination (relays, metrics, diagnostics) and never bytes at rest. Checked the pricing table, the hosting page, the services dashboard, the org's 100-repo listing, 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	Does not exist. n0 sells coordination (relays, metrics, diagnostics) and never bytes at rest. Checked the pricing table, the hosting page, the services dashboard, the org's 100-repo listing,
Notes	Does not exist. n0 sells coordination (relays, metrics, diagnostics) and never bytes at rest. Checked the pricing table, the hosting page, the services dashboard, the org's 100-repo listing,
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.iroh.computer/pricing	Does not exist. n0 sells coordination (relays, metrics, diagnostics) and never bytes at rest. Checked the pricing table, the hosting page, the services dashboard, the org's 100-repo listing,
2026-10-21	www.iroh.computer/services/hosting	cited as the basis of the rejection: Does not exist. n0 sells coordination (relays, metrics, diagnostics) and never bytes at rest. Checked the pricing table, the hosting page, the services dashboard, the org's 100-repo listing,
2026-10-21	docs.iroh.computer/iroh-services/relays/shared	cited as the basis of the rejection: Does not exist. n0 sells coordination (relays, metrics, diagnostics) and never bytes at rest. Checked the pricing table, the hosting page, the services dashboard, the org's 100-repo listing,

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Does not exist. n0 sells coordination (relays, metrics, diagnostics) and never bytes at rest. Checked the pricing table, the hosting page, the services dashboard, the org's 100-repo listing,",
  "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