MorphoSource

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MorphoSource Storage

fails: quotainstitutionno cardRwrite-gated

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Free tier	'MorphoSource is able to subsidize or support free contribution of data for most users with 100GB or less.' 100 GB–1 TB is case-by-case (may be fully free); >1 TB is $3.47/GB + $30. unit TB; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	'users are never charged for data consumption. Whether that means viewing or downloading data, there are no costs associated with using data.'
Identity	institution derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: limits apply to the total contribution of data by a user or institution'), so 100 GB is per identity, not per record — multiple contributor identities multiply it. Read side free regardless.
Limits	write-gated application-gated source per-object-cap: none published; the binding cap is a per-identity total of 100 GB free (100 GB–1 TB discretionary). Retention: 'retain all data ... for as long as MorphoSource continues to exist' — no expiry but no endowment either. Contributor status is application-gated.
Binding	write-gated the write is a queue with a person or a rule in it, so the upload rate is set by somebody else
Interface	rest rest
Tooling	Web upload + batch submission tooling (Duke wiki 'Batch Submission'); no public upload API. Read side serves media files over HTTPS per-record.
Composes with	Per-user total contribution is tracked ('these data size limits apply to the total contribution of data by a user or institution'), so 100 GB is per identity, not per record — multiple contributor identities multiply it. Read side free regardless.
Reliability	Funding-dependent: the docs themselves state the free 100 GB subsidy is time-limited and will likely fall to ~15 GB within 2–5 years. Treat the current number as decaying.
Notes	'MorphoSource is able to subsidize or support free contribution of data for most users with 100GB or less.' 100 GB–1 TB is case-by-case (may be fully free); >1 TB is $3.47/GB + $30.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	duke.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MD/pages/274268722/Data+Depos	100 GB free, 1 TB discretionary, $3.47/GB above, 'likely around 15GB' future model

More fields (1)

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  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
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Unknown or withheld values (6)

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