# Filebase review (2026): is the free plan enough? > S3-compatible object storage with IPFS pinning and free egress Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Filebase offers S3-compatible object storage and IPFS pinning managed from one dashboard. A free plan gives 5 GB, and the Pro plan adds 500 GB, custom domains and higher limits for a flat monthly fee. Object egress is free on both plans. - **Category:** File Storage & Sync - **Made by:** Filebase, Inc. - **Website:** https://filebase.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a desktop folder that syncs, because it's a developer service. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Filebase has a free plan, and paid plans start at $7.50 per month, billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 5 GB shared across object storage and IPFS, 500 pinned files, 10 GB IPFS egress, 1 bucket. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 5 GB of storage, 500 pinned files, 10 GB IPFS egress, 1 bucket and the S3 API. | | Pro | $7.50 per month, billed monthly | 500 GB, unlimited pinned files, 250 GB IPFS egress, 100 buckets and custom domains. | | Enterprise | Custom | Volume pricing, SLA, dedicated support and higher bucket and gateway limits. | Read from https://filebase.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Filebase before buying. ## Key features - **S3-compatible storage:** Object storage reachable through the S3 API on both free and Pro plans, with no charge for object egress. - **IPFS pinning:** Pins files on the IPFS network, with IPNS names, gateways and a CDN; Pro raises the pinned-file limit to unlimited. - **Filebase Sites:** Hosts websites from IPFS content with IPNS; 1 site on Free and 10 on Pro. - **Image storage:** Stores images and transforms them on demand, with unlimited transformations on Pro. - **Web dashboard:** Buckets, access keys, gateways and billing are managed in a browser dashboard on every plan. ## Good for - Developers who want S3-compatible storage without egress fees - Teams pinning content to IPFS - Small projects that fit a flat monthly fee ## Worth knowing - Storage beyond the included amount is $0.015 per GB, and extra IPFS bandwidth is $0.015 per GB. - Extra Class A requests cost $4.50 per million and Class B $0.36 per million on Pro. - Custom domains, bucket CIDs and an uptime SLA are not on the free plan; the SLA is Enterprise only. - It is a developer-oriented storage service, not a desktop sync app. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Filebase is S3-compatible object storage that also pins files to IPFS, with 5 GB free and 500 GB on Pro at $7.50 a month. It's built for developers, extras are billed per GB and per request, and the uptime SLA is Enterprise only. - **Value for money: C.** $7.50 a month for 500 GB on Pro, between the middle ($7) and the dearer quarter ($9.99) of file storage. Extra storage is $0.015 a GB. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free is 5 GB shared across storage and IPFS, 500 pinned files and 1 bucket. Enough to test, not much to live on. - **Features: C.** S3 API, IPFS pinning, hosted sites and a web dashboard. It's a storage service for developers, not a sync app, and custom domains and the SLA are held back. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. A web dashboard makes buckets, but you work with it through S3 tools and keys. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web dashboard and an S3 API. The listing names no integrations and no apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Filebase's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among file storage and sync services - Filebase's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 45 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 8. - Its paid plans start at $7.50 a month, against a middle price of $6.32 for the category: 23 of the 37 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 21 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/file-storage ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing Filebase does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 33 of the 45 other file storage and sync services grade higher. It costs $90 a year. - You could not: A file manager working directly on your disk. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Public API, File management ## Alternatives - [Backblaze B2](https://toolgpa.com/tools/backblaze-b2): S3-compatible object storage billed per terabyte. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/backblaze-b2-vs-filebase) - [Wasabi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wasabi): S3-compatible cloud object storage at a flat per-TB rate. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filebase-vs-wasabi) - [Storj](https://toolgpa.com/tools/storj): Distributed S3-compatible object storage priced per terabyte. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filebase-vs-storj) - [Cubbit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cubbit): EU-based S3-compatible object storage, hosted or self-built. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cubbit-vs-filebase) - [Filen](https://toolgpa.com/tools/filen): End-to-end encrypted cloud storage from Germany with open source apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filebase-vs-filen) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://filebase.com/pricing/ - https://filebase.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/filebase Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).