Uploadcare

uploadcare.com · Storage · 2 records · JSON

Uploadcare (free plan) Storagefails: quotainstitutionno cardRper-object-capdisagrees
uploadcare Storagefails: quotaemail?card?Rdisagrees

Uploadcare (free plan) Storage

fails: quotainstitutionno cardRper-object-capdisagrees

uploadcare.com · media · storage/uploadcare · JSON · compare

Sibling records disagree:

identity_kind: storage/uploadcare says institution, storage/uploadcare-2 says email

Free tier	1 GB storage, 1,000 operations/month, 5 GB/month traffic. Their pricing page lists operations and file-size caps rather than a storage number; 1 GB is the documented free storage allowance. unit GB; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	max file size on free (1 GB (1000000000 bytes)
Retention	CRITICAL: 'Unless the file is stored, it will be deleted after 24 hours' — API uploads are transient until explicitly stored, which costs operations. (1 days)
Egress	5 GB/month traffic on free, then metered. Fails free-egress. free_allowance: 5 GB per month
Identity	institution derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: s the file is stored, it will be deleted after 24 hours' — API uploads are transient until explicitly stored, which costs operations. media
Limits	retention-clamped deleted after 24 hours source per-object-cap max file size on free (1 GB source 500 MB max file size on free (1 GB Pro, 10 GB Business, 5 TB Enterprise). CRITICAL: 'Unless the file is stored, it will be deleted after 24 hours' — API uploads are transient until explicitly stored, which costs operations.
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-compatible, rest rest
Tooling	Strong: Upload API (signed uploads), REST API, webhooks, uploading widget, File Uploader element, S3-compatible storage connect on higher tiers.
Composes with	Unlimited free projects x 1 GB — trivially repeatable but each is tiny.
Reliability	24-hour auto-deletion of unstored files is a data-loss trap for bulk workloads; storing each file consumes operations from a 1,000/mo pool.
Notes	1 GB storage, 1,000 operations/month, 5 GB/month traffic. Their pricing page lists operations and file-size caps rather than a storage number; 1 GB is the documented free storage allowance.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[0].value` limit:retention-clamped 24.0 hours `$.limits[1].value` limit:per-object-cap 1.0 GB

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	uploadcare.com/pricing/	Free: '1,000 operations per month', '500 MB max file size', 'Personal use only'
2026-10-21	uploadcare.com/docs/uploads/storage.md	'Unless the file is stored, it will be deleted after 24 hours'
2026-10-21	docs.aeroftp.app/providers/uploadcare.html	'Free plan includes 1 GB storage' (third-party restatement)

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "1 GB storage, 1,000 operations/month, 5 GB/month traffic. Their pricing page lists operations and file-size caps rather than a storage number; 1 GB is the documented free storage allowance.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (4)

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

uploadcare Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?Rdisagrees

uploadcare.com/pricing · rejected-provider · storage/uploadcare-2 · JSON · compare

Sibling records disagree:

identity_kind: storage/uploadcare says institution, storage/uploadcare-2 says email

Free tier	Free plan is 10 GB storage / 25 GB traffic / 5,000 operations per month, 1 GB max file, 'Personal use only' — two orders of magnitude short on all three axes, and operations are consumed per 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	Free plan is 10 GB storage / 25 GB traffic / 5,000 operations per month, 1 GB max file, 'Personal use only' — two orders of magnitude short on all three axes, and operations are consumed per
Notes	Free plan is 10 GB storage / 25 GB traffic / 5,000 operations per month, 1 GB max file, 'Personal use only' — two orders of magnitude short on all three axes, and operations are consumed per
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	uploadcare.com/pricing	Free plan is 10 GB storage / 25 GB traffic / 5,000 operations per month, 1 GB max file, 'Personal use only' — two orders of magnitude short on all three axes, and operations are consumed per

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Free plan is 10 GB storage / 25 GB traffic / 5,000 operations per month, 1 GB max file, 'Personal use only' — two orders of magnitude short on all three axes, and operations are consumed per",
  "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