Storj

storj.io · Storage · 5 records · JSON

Storj DCS StoragetrialcardcardRper-object-cap
Storj Storagefails: egresscardcardR
storj dcs standard Storagefails: egressemail?card?R
storj object storage (paid) Storagefails: egressemail?card?Rdisagrees
Storj Object Storage — Standard Storagefails: egresscardcardRdisagrees

Storj DCS Storage

trialcardcardRper-object-cap

www.storj.io/pricing · cloud-drive · storage/storj-dcs · JSON · compare

Free tier	No free tier left. Current page: 'Free trial — $0 — Free for 30 days ... No credit card required'. agentdeals records the removal as effective 2025-07-01 with a $5/month minimum fee. unit GB; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	per-object-cap: '50 KB (50000 bytes)
Retention	retention: 'objects have a minimum storage retention period of 30 days' on Standard, with an early-deletion fee (30 days)
Egress	metered: '$7/TB' on Standard, plus a '$5' monthly minimum invoice floor that 'is not a usage credit'. price_per_tb: $7/TB
Identity	card derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: No free tier left. Current page: 'Free trial — $0 — Free for 30 days ... No credit card required'. a
Limits	retention-clamped retention: 'objects have a minimum storage retention period of 30 days source retention-clamped deleted within 45 days source per-object-cap per-object-cap: '50 KB source per-object-cap: '50 KB minimum per object. Objects under 50 KB are billed as 50 KB'. retention: 'objects have a minimum storage retention period of 30 days' on Standard, with an early-deletion fee. request-rate: none. The binding constraint is the $5 monthly invoice floor plus metered egress.
Binding	per-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
Interface	s3, rclone, cli s3
Tooling	Native rclone backend ('storj', rclone.org/storj/), S3 gateway, uplink CLI.
Composes with	Nothing to chain — the free dimension is a 30-day clock, not an identity. Accounts paying in USDC or STORJ token are exempt from the $5 minimum, which is the only standing lever on the page.
Reliability	Accounts with a $0 balance and no active storage 'will be suspended and then deleted'; opting out of the 2026 repricing means 'your account will be frozen and data deleted within 45 days'.
Notes	No free tier left. Current page: 'Free trial — $0 — Free for 30 days ... No credit card required'. agentdeals records the removal as effective 2025-07-01 with a $5/month minimum fee.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[2].value` limit:per-object-cap 50.0 KB

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.storj.io/pricing	'Free trial ... Free for 30 days ... No credit card required'; 'Monthly storage $7/TB', 'Egress $7/TB'; 'Minimum monthly fee ... $5 ... is not a usage credit'
2026-10-21	forum.storj.io/t/storj-free-tier-update-for-new-accounts-25-	(2023-04-03) — the 25 GB/25 GB free tier that no longer exists
2026-10-21	storj.dev/dcs/pricing/tiered	'If you opt-out, your account will be frozen and data deleted within 45 days'

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "egress",
  "why": "No free tier left. Current page: 'Free trial — $0 — Free for 30 days ... No credit card required'. agentdeals records the removal as effective 2025-07-01 with a $5/month minimum fee.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (8)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.extras.dead_end.why partly-held
$.free_tier.notes process
$.free_tier.stated partly-held
$.identity_cost.detail partly-held
$.notes partly-held
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted

Storj Storage

fails: egresscardcardR

www.storj.io · p2p · storage/storj · JSON · compare

Free tier	No free tier since 2024-03-31. Current public page offers only a 30-day free trial; Standard plan $7/TB storage + $7/TB egress with a $5/month minimum. unit TB; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	'Egress $7/TB' on the Standard tier — metered, and the previous '1x free egress allowance' was explicitly removed: 'The previous 1x free egress allowance for Regional Workflows (now Advanced) has been replaced with a simplified, lower per-TB egress rate across both tiers.' price_per_tb: $7/TB
Identity	card derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: public page offers only a 30-day free trial; Standard plan $7/TB storage + $7/TB egress with a $5/month minimum. The 25 GB free tier (and the 25 GB egress) that older dossiers ci
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-compatible, rclone, cli s3
Tooling	S3-compatible gateway, Uplink CLI, rclone s3 backend; Object Mount (FUSE) with 2 free licenses per account.
Composes with	none — $7/TB storage and $7/TB egress with a hard $5/month floor. Serving 500 GB/day is ~15 TB/month = ~$105/month of egress alone.
Reliability	The 25 GB free tier (and the 25 GB egress) that older dossiers cite was discontinued effective April 2024 — free-tier data was removed from the network. Any figure quoting '25 GB free' for Storj is stale by two years.
Notes	No free tier since 2024-03-31. Current public page offers only a 30-day free trial; Standard plan $7/TB storage + $7/TB egress with a $5/month minimum.
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	forum.storj.io/t/discontinuation-of-the-storj-free-tier/2533	(2024-02-26) — 'Storj is discontinuing the "Free Tier"... Current users of the Free Tier have from now until March 31 to upgrade'
2026-10-21	www.storj.io/pricing/	Free trial 'Free for 30 days'; Standard 'Monthly storage $7/TB', 'Egress $7/TB'; 'Minimum monthly fee ... is $5'
2026-10-21	www.storj.io/pricing/change-FAQs/	'The previous 1x free egress allowance ... has been replaced'

More fields (1)

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 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "egress",
  "why": "No free tier since 2024-03-31. Current public page offers only a 30-day free trial; Standard plan $7/TB storage + $7/TB egress with a $5/month minimum.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (6)

$.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
$.retention.stated not-extracted

storj dcs standard Storage

fails: egressemail?card?R

www.storj.io/pricing · rejected-provider · storage/storj-dcs-standard · JSON · compare

Free tier	$7/TB storage AND $7/TB egress — the egress term alone ($7,168/TB-equivalent pattern) makes it the exact '$2 store with $10 egress' pathology inverted. $5/mo minimum. The egress was already 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	$7/TB storage AND $7/TB egress — the egress term alone ($7,168/TB-equivalent pattern) makes it the exact '$2 store with $10 egress' pathology inverted. $5/mo minimum. The egress was already
Notes	$7/TB storage AND $7/TB egress — the egress term alone ($7,168/TB-equivalent pattern) makes it the exact '$2 store with $10 egress' pathology inverted. $5/mo minimum. The egress was already
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.storj.io/pricing	$7/TB storage AND $7/TB egress — the egress term alone ($7,168/TB-equivalent pattern) makes it the exact '$2 store with $10 egress' pathology inverted. $5/mo minimum. The egress was already

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "egress",
  "why": "$7/TB storage AND $7/TB egress — the egress term alone ($7,168/TB-equivalent pattern) makes it the exact '$2 store with $10 egress' pathology inverted. $5/mo minimum. The egress was already",
  "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

storj object storage (paid) Storage

fails: egressemail?card?Rdisagrees

www.storj.io/pricing · rejected-provider · storage/storj-object-storage · JSON · compare

Sibling records disagree:

identity_kind: storage/storj-object-storage says email, storage/storj-object-storage-standard says card

Free tier	Egress is priced identically to storage, so it is strictly worse than Wasabi for this workload: $7/TB stored + $7/TB out. Serving 500 GB-1 TiB/day (15-30 TB/mo) adds $105-210/mo on top of th 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	Egress is priced identically to storage, so it is strictly worse than Wasabi for this workload: $7/TB stored + $7/TB out. Serving 500 GB-1 TiB/day (15-30 TB/mo) adds $105-210/mo on top of th
Notes	Egress is priced identically to storage, so it is strictly worse than Wasabi for this workload: $7/TB stored + $7/TB out. Serving 500 GB-1 TiB/day (15-30 TB/mo) adds $105-210/mo on top of th
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.storj.io/pricing	Egress is priced identically to storage, so it is strictly worse than Wasabi for this workload: $7/TB stored + $7/TB out. Serving 500 GB-1 TiB/day (15-30 TB/mo) adds $105-210/mo on top of th

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "egress",
  "why": "Egress is priced identically to storage, so it is strictly worse than Wasabi for this workload: $7/TB stored + $7/TB out. Serving 500 GB-1 TiB/day (15-30 TB/mo) adds $105-210/mo on top of th",
  "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

Storj Object Storage — Standard Storage

fails: egresscardcardRdisagrees

www.storj.io/pricing · S3-compatible distributed object storage · storage/storj-object-storage-standard · JSON · compare

Sibling records disagree:

identity_kind: storage/storj-object-storage says email, storage/storj-object-storage-standard says card

Free tier	Per-TB-month, globally distributed; $5 minimum monthly fee unit TB; metered on unstated
Price	$7.00/TB at 5 TB and 20 TB for storage, plus $7.00/TB on every byte read — $14/TB effective at a 1:1 read ratio.
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	Metered at $7/TB — verbatim "Egress $7/TB" on both Standard and Advanced. No free allowance, no ratio. price_per_tb: $7/TB
Identity	card card
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-compatible, rclone, cli S3 API (gateway.storjshare.io)
Tooling	S3 SDKs, rclone, Uplink CLI, Object Mount
Composes with	Egress must be fronted by Cloudflare or the $7/TB dominates everything.
Reliability	Erasure-coded across tens of thousands of storage nodes — the best durability-per-dollar in the set, but the egress term is exactly the wrong shape for a serving workload.
Notes	Per-TB-month, globally distributed; $5 minimum monthly fee
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.price_per_tb_month` price-per-tb USD14.0 TB / month

Evidence (2)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.storj.io/pricing	"Monthly storage $7/TB", "Egress $7/TB" (Standard); Advanced "License pricing $10/TB", "Egress $7/TB"; "Minimum monthly fee for Storj Object Storage Standard and Advanced plan accounts is $5"; free trial 30 days, no card
2026-10-21	gateway.storjshare.io/	endpoint probe -> 401 (live, requires auth)

More fields (2)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Per-TB-month, globally distributed; $5 minimum monthly fee",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 },
 "price_verbatim": "$7.00/TB at 5 TB and 20 TB for storage, plus $7.00/TB on every byte read — $14/TB effective at a 1:1 read ratio."
}

Unknown or withheld values (6)

$.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
$.retention.stated not-extracted