Zulip Cloud Free

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Zulip Cloud Free Storage

fails: quotainstitutionno cardRper-object-cap

zulip.com/plans/ · messaging · storage/zulip-cloud-free · JSON · compare

Free tier	5 GB total file storage per organization on Cloud Free — not per user. Standard/Plus are 5 GB/25 GB per user. unit GB; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	10 MB per file (10000000 bytes)
Retention	not stated
Egress	Free and unmetered; files served from the realm's upload host.
Identity	institution derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: tory on Free; large uploads 'may fail to upload using this API endpoint due to network limitations'. messaging
Limits	per-object-cap 10 MB per file source per-object-cap 1 GB per file source 10 MB per file on Free (1 GB per file only on paid plans); 10,000 messages of searchable history on Free; large uploads 'may fail to upload using this API endpoint due to network limitations'.
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	rest rest
Tooling	Zulip REST API `POST /api/v1/user_uploads` (multipart) and the returned `uri` fetches directly. Python client `zulip`, plus `zulip-terminal` for humans.
Composes with	Orgs are free and self-serve, but each org is a separate Zulip Cloud realm — the multiplier is N orgs x 5 GB, i.e. exactly the 'trivially repeatable at scale' case. Not unlimited.
Reliability	Stable, no expiry on attachments. The 5 GB org cap is a hard wall — uploads start failing rather than degrading.
Notes	5 GB total file storage per organization on Cloud Free — not per user. Standard/Plus are 5 GB/25 GB per user.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[0].value` limit:per-object-cap 10.0 MB `$.limits[1].value` limit:per-object-cap 1.0 GB

Evidence (2)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	zulip.com/help/share-and-upload-files	'The Zulip Cloud Free plan includes a total of 5 GB of file storage. Each uploaded file can be up to 10 MB.'
2026-10-21	zulip.com/plans/	'File storage up to 5 GB total' (Free); '5 GB per user' (Standard); '25 GB per user' (Plus)

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "5 GB total file storage per organization on Cloud Free — not per user. Standard/Plus are 5 GB/25 GB per user.",
  "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
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted