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Nexus Mods Storage

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www.nexusmods.com · Game-mod repository — unlimited hosting, GB-scale files · storage/nexus-mods · JSON · compare

Free tierVendor help page states it outright: 'Unlimited storage and distribution for mods and images that you create. Unlimited file hosting for mods and images that you've created and uploaded.' Their own wiki table: Maximum Storage 'Unrestricted', Upload Limitations 'Unlimited (20GB limit through the browser, contact us for larger uploads)'.
unit mixed; metered on stored-bytes
Pricenone stated
Per-object capper-object-cap 20 GB (20000000000 bytes)
Retentionnot stated
EgressFree, no egress quota — but per-IP shaped (see reliability_note). No Cloudflare in front of the file CDN; downloads come from their own edge.
Identityemail email
Limits
  • per-ip-shaping 1 MB/s source
  • per-ip-shaping 1.5 MB/s source
  • per-object-cap per-object-cap 20 GB source
per-object-cap 20 GB via browser, larger by request. per-ip-shaping is the binding number: ~1 MB/s regular, ~1.5 MB/s with an adblocker, 3 MB/s Supporters; uncapped only for Premium (paid). Resumable downloads are free only on files >500 MB.
Bindingper-object-cap the per-object cap sets the shard size and therefore the object count; it bounds the total more tightly than any headline quota
Interfacerest Web upload + REST API v1 (api.nexusmods.com, users/validate.json returned 401 unauthenticated = live and auth-gated, not dead). Free API key issued per account.
ToolingREST + a maintained community uploader (Digitalroot.ModUploader, supports nexusmods commands).
Composes withUnlimited storage makes it a candidate cold-archive shard: 20 GB/object with no aggregate cap is the best per-object-to-quota ratio in this dossier after Printables. No hot-link story — downloads require a session/API key, so it is archive-tier, not serving-tier.
ReliabilityThe 1–1.5 MB/s un-premium cap is the real constraint — ~3.5–5 GB/hour per stream, so per-IP-shaping governs, not storage. Files are virus-scanned and quarantined on false positives (WinRAR .rar especially).
NotesVendor help page states it outright: 'Unlimited storage and distribution for mods and images that you create. Unlimited file hosting for mods and images that you've created and uploaded.' Their own wiki table: Maximum Storage 'Unrestricted', Upload Limitations 'Unlimited (20GB limit through the browser, contact us for larger uploads)'.
Evidence rungreported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers
  • $.limits[0].value limit:per-ip-shaping 1.0 MB
  • $.limits[1].value limit:per-ip-shaping 1.5 MB
  • $.limits[2].value limit:per-object-cap 20.0 GB
Evidence (5)
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-21help.nexusmods.com/article/42-what-are-the-benefits-of-creat'Unlimited storage and distribution' and 'Unlimited file hosting' as free Basic benefits
2026-10-21wiki.nexusmods.com/index.php/List_of_online_hosting_sitesNexus Mods row: Maximum Storage Unrestricted, Upload Limitations 20GB via browser
2026-10-21help.nexusmods.com/article/96-download-speed-caps-adblockersspeed cap table: ~1.5MB/s adblock, 3MB/s Supporter, uncapped Premium
2026-10-21help.nexusmods.com/article/170-resumable-downloadsresumable downloads free only on files over 500MB, still in beta
2026-10-21api.nexusmods.com/v1/users/validate.json401 (endpoint alive, auth required); www.nexusmods.com itself 403s plain curl (Cloudflare)
Unknown or withheld values (4)
  • $.free_tier.notes process
  • $.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
  • $.retention.notes not-extracted
  • $.retention.stated not-extracted