Rocket.Chat self-hosted

rocket.chat · Storage · 2 records · JSON

rocket.chat starter / community Storagepaidemail?card?R
Rocket.Chat self-hosted (Community / Starter) Storagefails: egressemail?card?R

rocket.chat starter / community Storage

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docs.rocket.chat/docs/our-plans · rejected-provider · storage/rocket-chat-starter-community · JSON · compare

Free tier	Both free tiers are self-managed/self-hosted: you supply the storage. Cloud Starter is a 30-day trial, not a free tier. No free hosted storage. 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	Both free tiers are self-managed/self-hosted: you supply the storage. Cloud Starter is a 30-day trial, not a free tier. No free hosted storage.
Notes	Both free tiers are self-managed/self-hosted: you supply the storage. Cloud Starter is a 30-day trial, not a free tier. No free hosted storage.
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	docs.rocket.chat/docs/our-plans	Both free tiers are self-managed/self-hosted: you supply the storage. Cloud Starter is a 30-day trial, not a free tier. No free hosted storage.

More fields (1)

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  "failure_class": "paid",
  "why": "Both free tiers are self-managed/self-hosted: you supply the storage. Cloud Starter is a 30-day trial, not a free tier. No free hosted storage.",
  "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

Rocket.Chat self-hosted (Community / Starter) Storage

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docs.rocket.chat/docs/our-plans · messaging · storage/rocket-chat-self-hosted · JSON · compare

Free tier	No storage quota. Per-file ceiling is a single setting: 'Maximum File Upload Size (in bytes) ... Use -1 to remove the limit.' unit mixed; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	Your own infrastructure. Cloud-hosted workspaces have a storage limit visible in the admin panel, but self-managed does not.
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	s3, rest, webdav rest
Tooling	Rocket.Chat REST API `POST /api/v1/rooms.media/{rid}` + `rooms.mediaConfirm`. Storage backends: GridFS (MongoDB, default), AmazonS3/MinIO, Google Cloud Storage, WebDAV, FileSystem — the WebDAV and S3 backends make it pluggable into anything.
Composes with	N workspaces x unlimited rooms. The WebDAV backend is the interesting bit: it turns Rocket.Chat into a front-end over any WebDAV store, so it chains rather than multiplies.
Reliability	Solid; the default GridFS backend stores blobs inside MongoDB, which is a poor choice at TB scale (the docs themselves recommend S3/MinIO). Files can be JWT-protected or public per workspace setting.
Notes	No storage quota. Per-file ceiling is a single setting: 'Maximum File Upload Size (in bytes) ... Use -1 to remove the limit.'
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	docs.rocket.chat/docs/file-upload	'Maximum File Upload Size (in bytes) ... Use -1 to remove the limit.'
2026-10-21	docs.rocket.chat/docs/file-upload	'Storage Type ... GridFS ... AmazonS3 ... Google Cloud Storage ... WebDAV ... FileSystem. We recommend Amazon S3, Minio, or Google Cloud Storage.'
2026-10-21	docs.rocket.chat/docs/our-plans	'Starter \| Up to 50 users \| Self-managed and self-hosted'; 'Community \| Up to 100 concurrent users \| Self-hosted only'

More fields (1)

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 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "No storage quota. Per-file ceiling is a single setting: 'Maximum File Upload Size (in bytes) ... Use -1 to remove the limit.'",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (8)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.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