Pinata
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Features
55 features across 14 categories
Analytics(4)
Deep insights including traffic by CID, country, referrer, and device
Powerful analytics with insights on gateway traffic, usage patterns, and data visualization
Detailed analytics on gateway traffic patterns
Detailed reports on monthly storage and bandwidth usage
Billing(4)
Set alerts and limits on billing to control costs
Tools to estimate and forecast billing costs
Custom invoice formatting and delivery
Option to pay for services with cryptocurrency
Collaboration(2)
Improve data handling and team workflows
Manage multiple team members with different roles and permissions
Core Storage(3)
Achieve secure, scalable storage with IPFS's decentralized infrastructure
Pin content directly by its content identifier
All of the benefits of IPFS and content addressability, but on a private network
Data Management(2)
Add custom metadata to your files
Simplify file data management and retrieval for super fast app development
Developer Tools(8)
Command-line interface tools for IPFS operations
Integration with IPFS Desktop application
Compatible with IPFS Pinning Services API specification
Spin up a new IPFS-powered app in under 20 seconds
Typescript SDK for adding effortless uploads to any app with npm package
Complete REST API for programmatic access to all features
Receive webhooks for file uploads and other events
Support for the TUS resumable upload protocol
File Management(3)
Support for uploading CAR (Content Addressable aRchives) files
Upload entire folders at once
Resume interrupted uploads without starting over
Infrastructure(5)
Use custom domain names for your IPFS gateways
Exclusive gateways that keep content available, fast and secure
Improved discovery and connectivity on the IPFS network
Extend gateway functionality with plugins
Leverage Pinata's optimized network infrastructure
Media(1)
Support for HTTP Live Streaming video delivery
Organization(3)
Create custom roles with specific permissions for team members
Group and organize files for better management
Organize and manage multiple projects and teams
Performance(2)
Fast content delivery with image optimization and global performance
Optimize images for faster load times and reduced costs
Security(9)
Control who can access your files and content
Protect branded content from misuse
Protect against malicious file uploads
Control who can access your gateway endpoints
Restrict file types served through your gateway
Generate secure, time-limited URLs for file access
Keep files private with encryption and access controls
Enterprise SSO for secure authentication
Monitor and detect threats to your content
Support(8)
Personal engineering support and consultation
On-call support for critical issues
Priority consideration for custom feature requests
Email-based customer support
Priority response times for support tickets
Support via messaging platforms
Service level agreement guaranteeing uptime
Dedicated migration support from other services
User Interface(1)
Intuitive web interface for managing files and settings
Pricing
Free
- ✓0 Agents
- ✓1GB storage
- ✓500 pinned files
- ✓1 Gateway
- ✓10GB bandwidth per month
- ✓10k requests per month
- ✓File groups
- ✓Folder uploads
- ✓Resumable uploads
- ✓Querying uploads
- ✓Basic image optimization
- ✓Web dashboard
- ✓Gateway access controls
- ✓Gateway MIMETYPE protections
- ✓Threat monitoring
- ✓Billing estimation tooling
- ✓Monthly usage reporting
- ✓Platform API
- ✓Email support
Picnic
Popular- ✓1 Agent
- ✓1TB storage
- ✓5M files
- ✓1 Gateway + CDN
- ✓500GB bandwidth
- ✓1M requests per month
- ✓Extra storage @ $0.07 per GB
- ✓Extra bandwidth @ $0.10 per GB
- ✓Extra requests @ $0.20 per 10k
- ✓File groups
- ✓Folder uploads
- ✓Resumable uploads
- ✓Querying uploads
- ✓Custom key values
- ✓Presigned URLs
- ✓Standard image optimization
- ✓Web dashboard
- ✓Gateway plugins
- ✓Pin by CID
- ✓CAR file uploads
- ✓Custom gateway domains
- ✓Platform webhooks
- ✓Gateway access controls
- ✓Gateway MIMETYPE protections
- ✓Threat monitoring
- ✓Billing estimation tooling
- ✓Billing alerts and protections
- ✓Multi-user workspaces (3 users)
- ✓File upload protections
- ✓Monthly usage reporting
- ✓Gateway analytics (7 days, daily granularity)
- ✓Platform API
- ✓TUS protocol support
- ✓IPFS pinning services spec
- ✓Email support
- ✓Priority support
Fiesta
- ✓3 Agents
- ✓5TB storage
- ✓10M files
- ✓3 Gateways + CDN
- ✓2.5TB bandwidth
- ✓5M requests per month
- ✓Extra storage @ $0.035 per GB
- ✓Extra bandwidth @ $0.08 per GB
- ✓Extra requests @ $0.15 per 10k
- ✓File groups
- ✓Folder uploads
- ✓Resumable uploads
- ✓Querying uploads
- ✓Custom key values
- ✓Presigned URLs
- ✓Advanced image optimization
- ✓Web dashboard
- ✓Gateway plugins
- ✓Enhanced network discovery
- ✓Pinata network advantage
- ✓Private files
- ✓Pin by CID
- ✓CAR file uploads
- ✓Custom gateway domains
- ✓Platform webhooks
- ✓HLS video streaming
- ✓Gateway access controls
- ✓Gateway MIMETYPE protections
- ✓Threat monitoring
- ✓Billing estimation tooling
- ✓Billing alerts and protections
- ✓Multi-user workspaces (5 users)
- ✓File upload protections
- ✓Brand content protections
- ✓Custom workspace roles
- ✓Monthly usage reporting
- ✓Gateway analytics (14 days, daily granularity)
- ✓Advanced analytics
- ✓Gateway traffic by CID
- ✓Gateway traffic by country
- ✓Gateway traffic by referrer
- ✓Platform API
- ✓TUS protocol support
- ✓IPFS pinning services spec
- ✓IPFS desktop
- ✓IPFS CLI
- ✓Email support
- ✓Priority support
- ✓Uptime SLA
- ✓Slack/Discord/Telegram support
Enterprise
- ✓Custom agents
- ✓Custom storage
- ✓Custom file counts
- ✓Custom gateways + CDN
- ✓Custom bandwidth
- ✓Custom requests
- ✓All standard features
- ✓File groups
- ✓Folder uploads
- ✓Resumable uploads
- ✓Querying uploads
- ✓Custom key values
- ✓Presigned URLs
- ✓Web dashboard
- ✓Gateway plugins
- ✓Enhanced network discovery
- ✓Pinata network advantage
- ✓Private files
- ✓Pin by CID
- ✓CAR file uploads
- ✓Custom gateway domains
- ✓Platform webhooks
- ✓HLS video streaming
- ✓Single sign-on (SSO)
- ✓Custom invoicing
- ✓Pay with crypto
- ✓Custom workspace roles
- ✓Gateway analytics (90 days, 1 minute granularity)
- ✓Advanced analytics
- ✓Gateway traffic by CID
- ✓Gateway traffic by country
- ✓Gateway traffic by referrer
- ✓Gateway traffic per device
- ✓Custom analytics filtering
- ✓Platform API
- ✓TUS protocol support
- ✓IPFS pinning services spec
- ✓IPFS desktop
- ✓IPFS CLI
- ✓Uptime SLA
- ✓Slack/Discord/Telegram support
- ✓Connect on-call support
- ✓White glove migration
- ✓1-on-1 engineering guidance
- ✓Custom feature requests
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