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MG-RAST

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MG-RAST (metagenomics, Argonne National Laboratory) Storage

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Free tierNo published per-account byte or sequence-count quota; described as 'an open source, open submission web application server' and 'one of the biggest repositories for metagenomic data'. Public datasets are CC0.
unit mixed; metered on unstated
Pricenone stated
Per-object capnot stated
Retentionnot stated
EgressFree. 'Data publicly available in MG-RAST is available without restrictions (CC0 license)', with an API site at api.mg-rast.org for programmatic access.
Identityinstitution (placeholder) inferred from the category 'academic'; the source record states no identity cost, so this is a class assumption, not evidence
Limits
  • retention-clamped delete non-public data sets after 120 days source
  • write-gated application server' and 'one of the biggest repositories for metagenomic data' source
Retention is the trap: 'We reserve the right to delete non-public data sets after 120 days' — only PUBLIC deposits persist.
Bindingretention-clamped a clock, not a quota: bytes leave whether or not the client is finished with them
Interfacerest rest
ToolingDocumented REST API (api.mg-rast.org/api.html) for submission and retrieval; web upload; standard metagenome formats (FASTA/FASTQ) with automatic phylogenetic/functional annotation.
Composes withUnlimited public datasets per account; no published aggregate cap, so the unit is the dataset.
ReliabilityBest-effort service with an explicit no-guarantee clause ('we cannot guarantee correctness of results, integrity of data, or privacy') and a 120-day deletion right on private data; funded by NIH/NSF grants, so continuity tracks grant cycles.
NotesNo published per-account byte or sequence-count quota; described as 'an open source, open submission web application server' and 'one of the biggest repositories for metagenomic data'. Public datasets are CC0.
Evidence rungreported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Evidence (2)
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-21www.mg-rast.org/legal.html'We reserve the right to delete non-public data sets after 120 days'; 'Data publicly available in MG-RAST is available without restrictions (CC0 license)'
2026-10-21www.mg-rast.org/'open source, open submission web application server'; API at api.mg-rast.org
Unknown or withheld values (6)
  • $.free_tier.notes process
  • $.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