Does Lighthouse Storage offer a free tier?

5 GB free trial with hot IPFS storage and Filecoin backup.

How is Lighthouse Storage priced?

Three monthly tiers (Free Trial, Lite, Premium) plus annual and lifetime plans for teams that want one-time pricing. Custom tier for volume.

What SDKs does Lighthouse Storage ship?

Lighthouse Storage provides clients for JavaScript, Python, Go. See the official docs for installation and usage.

When should I pick Lighthouse Storage over other IPFS providers?

NFT, AI training set, and research teams that want long-lived, content-addressed storage with a one-time-payment option. Pay-once plans avoid the recurring billing risk for archival, NFT metadata, or research datasets.

Lighthouse Storage IPFS — Pricing, Features, SDKs

Lighthouse Storage — Pricing, Features, SDKs

Lighthouse Storage offers permanent decentralized storage on IPFS plus Filecoin. The service ships JS, Python, and Go SDKs, end-to-end encryption with token gating, and the unusual option to pay once for perpetual storage instead of a monthly subscription. NFT.Storage now redirects users to Lighthouse for new uploads.

Plans and pricing

Plan rows below mirror the Lighthouse Storage pricing page at the time of last verification. Always confirm on the official pricing URL before purchasing, since storage, bandwidth, and feature allowances change.

Plan	Price	Storage	Bandwidth	Highlights
Free Trial	$0/month	5 GB	Hot IPFS + Filecoin backup	JS, Python, Go SDKs Standard gateway
Lite	$12/month	500 GB	Hot IPFS + Filecoin backup	Filecoin redundancy Standard support
Premium	$49/month	2.5 TB	Hot IPFS + Filecoin backup	Best value tier Filecoin redundancy
Customize	Custom	Custom	Custom	Tailored monthly, annual, or lifetime pricing Migration support Encryption and token gating add-ons IPNS add-on

Features

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SDK languages: JavaScript, Python, Go

Headquarters: United States

Strengths

Pay-once plans avoid the recurring billing risk for archival, NFT metadata, or research datasets.
Encryption and token gating ship as native add-ons rather than DIY layers.
Pulled NFT.Storage Classic users in after that service decommissioned uploads.

Considerations

Encryption, IPNS, and migration support are add-ons rather than included on every tier.
Documentation is improving but still trails Pinata in breadth of code examples.

Sources

Lighthouse pricing — https://www.lighthouse.storage/pricing
Lighthouse docs — https://docs.lighthouse.storage/

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