Sendbird Chat

sendbird.com · Storage · 2 records · JSON

Sendbird Chat (free plan) Storagefails: quotacountry-phoneno cardphoneR
sendbird free plan 'unlimited message storage' Storagefails: quotaemail?card?R

Sendbird Chat (free plan) Storage

fails: quotacountry-phoneno cardphoneR

sendbird.com/pricing · messaging · storage/sendbird-chat · JSON · compare

Free tier	Pricing page advertises 'Message storage: Unlimited' on the free tier — a number that is immediately contradicted by the retention row on the same page. unit unlimited; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	6-MONTH RETENTION, stated twice on the pricing page (180 days)
Egress	No per-GB egress line; file downloads go through Sendbird's API with an application ID and usually a session/access token.
Identity	country-phone derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: ng window, so total held bytes are bounded by write rate x 182 days. 6-MONTH RETENTION, stated twice on the pricing page. 'Unlimited' message storage is therefore a rate allowance, n
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	rest rest
Tooling	sendbird-platform-api + the Chat SDKs (JS/iOS/Android/Flutter). Solid SDK, wrong product shape for a filesystem.
Composes with	Does not chain: unlimited storage is real only inside a 6-month sliding window, so total held bytes are bounded by write rate x 182 days.
Reliability	Silent 6-month truncation on the free tier; the 'Unlimited' label on the same page as '6 months' is the single clearest example of the unlimited-that-isn't trap in this slot.
Notes	Pricing page advertises 'Message storage: Unlimited' on the free tier — a number that is immediately contradicted by the retention row on the same page.
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	sendbird.com/pricing	read live: 'Message storage ... Please note messages will be retained for a period of six months. Extended message retention is available on Enterprise plan.'; and separately 'Message retention 6 months' and 'Message storage ... Unlimited'

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "retention",
  "why": "Pricing page advertises 'Message storage: Unlimited' on the free tier — a number that is immediately contradicted by the retention row on the same page.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (5)

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

sendbird free plan 'unlimited message storage' Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?R

sendbird.com/pricing · rejected-provider · storage/sendbird-free-plan-unlimited-message-storage · JSON · compare

Free tier	Unlimited is a rate allowance; retention is 6 months and the same pricing page says so twice. Extended retention is the paid upsell. 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	Unlimited is a rate allowance; retention is 6 months and the same pricing page says so twice. Extended retention is the paid upsell.
Notes	Unlimited is a rate allowance; retention is 6 months and the same pricing page says so twice. Extended retention is the paid upsell.
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	sendbird.com/pricing	Unlimited is a rate allowance retention is 6 months and the same pricing page says so twice. Extended retention is the paid upsell.

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "retention",
  "why": "Unlimited is a rate allowance; retention is 6 months and the same pricing page says so twice. Extended retention is the paid upsell.",
  "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