Decentralized Storage And Compute — professional stack.
For each requirement below, pick the option that fits your build — recommended first, then free and cheaper alternatives — or skip what your project doesn't need. Tap the info icon next to any requirement to see why it matters.
Decentralized Storage - IPFS Pinning Service
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsPinata Free: 1GB pinned + 100GB bandwidth/mo. Paid: $20/mo for 100GB pinned + 500GB bandwidth, $0.15/GB over. NFT.Storage Free: unlimited public uploads (rate-limited 30 req/sec). Enterprise: $100/mo 1TB + dedicated gateway
Decentralized Storage - Filecoin Archival Persistence
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsNFT.Storage Free: unlimited IPFS + best-effort Filecoin deals (6-month renewal). Filebase Free: 5GB IPFS+Filecoin+Sia pinned. Paid: Filebase $10/mo 100GB $0.10/GB over; $39/mo 1TB $0.05/GB over. Gas: $0.02 per FIL deal avg
Permanent Storage - Arweave via Bundlr/Irys
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsOne-time permanent fee: $0.01/MB avg (~$10/GB in 2026, ~0.0005 AR/MB). Irys: Free 100MB, then $10 min top-up @ $0.009/MB. No monthly fee. ArNS name: 1 AR (~$6-8/yr) for permanent URL
S3-Compatible Decentralized Storage - Storj DCS
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 150GB storage + 150GB egress/mo + 25k segments. Paid: $4/TB-mo storage ($0.004/GB-mo), $7/TB-mo egress ($0.007/GB), $0.0000088/segment over. Pro: pay-as-you-go, no minimum. Overage linear per byte
Data Availability Layer - Celestia Light Node
Scheduling, availability, and booking logic. Core to any appointment or reservation product.Pricing & free-tier limitsOSS: Free unlimited light node, DAS sampling free. Hosted blob submit: first 1GB/mo via public endpoints free, then $0.01/MB ($10/GB) after free tier. Grove: $49/mo 25M requests, $0.80/M over. Self-host cost ~$40/mo (t3.medium)
Decentralized Compute - CPU/GPU Marketplace
Where your code actually runs and serves requests. Picking the right host affects speed, scaling, and how much ops work you do.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: $5 AKT trial (~50 CPU-hours). Paid marketplace: $0.01/hr per CPU (1 vCPU/2GB RAM), $0.10/hr per GPU (RTX 4090 equiv), A100 $1.20/hr. Settlement per second in AKT. Overage: bid + 20% spot premium. Sustained discount 15% for 30d lease
Content Addressing - IPFS CID Generation
Manages the content and assets you publish without editing code. Essential for sites with frequent updates.Pricing & free-tier limitsOSS: Free unlimited CID v0/v1 generation, dag-pb / dag-cbor. CPU only. Pinata CID API: Free 1GB pinned, $20/mo 100GB API, $0.15/GB over + 1k requests free. NFT.Storage metadata pin free
CDN for Decentralized Content - IPFS Gateway Edge
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsCF Free: unlimited IPFS gateway requests + caching. Pro $20/mo: WAF + 20% faster cache, 10M Workers req included $0.50/M over. Business $200/mo: 100M req. Bunny: $1/mo min + $0.01/GB NA/EU, $0.03/GB APAC, first TB $10 flat
Object Storage Cache for Hot Data - Zero-Egress Cache
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsR2 Free: 10GB storage, 10M Class A ops, 10M Class B ops, zero egress fees forever. Paid: $0.015/GB-mo storage, $4.50/M Class A, $0.36/M Class B, $0 ops egress. Bunny Storage: $0.01/GB-mo + $0.01/GB egress, min $1
Monitoring for Storage Nodes - Metrics & Uptime
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 10k active series, 50GB logs, 50GB traces, 3 users, 14d retention. Pro: $8/user/mo + metrics $8 per 1k series over, logs $0.50/GB ingested ($0.50/GB over 50GB), retention 30d free. Overage metrics $0.15/GB stored
Secrets Management for Storage Keys - Pinning & RPC Keys
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsOSS Free: unlimited secrets, transit, KV v2. HCP Vault: Free 25 secrets, $0.50/secret/mo after, Dedicated cluster $1.50/hr (~$1,095/mo). Infisical: Free 1k secrets, Pro $20/mo 25k secrets $0.02/secret over
Multi-Provider Pinning Aggregation - S3-to-Decentralized
A piece of your stack you may or may not need, depending on scope. Pick the option that fits — or skip it if your project doesn’t require this capability yet.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 5GB across IPFS/Filecoin/Sia/Storj, 1k API calls/day. Paid: $10/mo 100GB, $0.10/GB over; Growth $39/mo 1TB $0.05/GB over; Enterprise $1,000/mo 100TB $0.02/GB over. Egress free via IPFS gateway
Private Encrypted Storage - Sia Network
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 5GB on Sia Central hosted. Paid Central: $10/mo 100GB included, $0.10/GB over. Network averages: contracts $2/TB-mo storage + $1/TB upload, hosts avg $3.50/TB-mo (2026). Self-host VPS ~$20/mo + contract fees
Data Availability - EigenDA
Scheduling, availability, and booking logic. Core to any appointment or reservation product.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 100MB blob dispersals/mo via public disperser (rate limited). Paid: $0.01/MB after free tier ($10/GB) + ETH L1 gas ~$0.50/dispersal post. Throughput 10 MB/s reserved. Enterprise reservation $500/mo 50GB commitment
Decentralized Compute - Serverless FaaS / Functions
Where your code actually runs and serves requests. Picking the right host affects speed, scaling, and how much ops work you do.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 1,000 Compute Units/mo (~1k vCPU-seconds + 500MB exec). Pro: $50/mo 10k CU included, $0.05/CU over (~$0.05/vCPU-hr). Enterprise: $500/mo 150k CU, $0.03/CU over, Aqua VM free
Content Addressing - Filecoin Piece CID / CommP / CommD
Manages the content and assets you publish without editing code. Essential for sites with frequent updates.Pricing & free-tier limitsOSS Free: unlimited Piece CID, CommP, CommD generation (CPU ~50MB/sec). Managed: Boost server self-host free (infra ~$50/mo), CIDGravity API $49/mo 1M CIDs ($0.001/1k over). Deal posting gas $0.01-0.05/filecoin deal
Edge Acceleration for Decentralized Storage - Multi-POP CDN
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsTrial: 14d unlimited. Paid: $1/mo minimum + $0.01/GB NA/EU ($0.03/GB APAC LATAM, $0.06 SA). Volume: first TB $10, 10TB $0.008/GB. Storage $0.01/GB-mo. Perma-Cache $0.03/GB replicated edge. Overage at same tier
Log Management for Storage Requests - Gateway Access Logs
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 50GB logs ingest/mo, 14d retention, 1 query concurrency. Pro: $0.50/GB ingested over 50GB, $0.10/GB/mo retention extension to 30d, $0.20/M entries scanned for queries. Self-host OSS: ~$30/mo VM for 100GB
CI/CD for Storage Deployments - Pin + Build Pipeline
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsActions Free: 2,000 min Linux private, public unlimited, storage 500MB. Team $4/user/mo 3,000 min, $0.008/min over. Pinata deployment action $20/mo 100GB pins $0.15/GB over. Cache R2 free 10GB
Data Availability - Avail DA + Light Client Network
Scheduling, availability, and booking logic. Core to any appointment or reservation product.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 100MB data submission/mo via public LC, light client sampling unlimited free. Paid: $0.01/MB after free ($10/GB), block inclusion ~$0.10/MB Avail gas. RPC Pro: $99/mo 100M requests, $0.10/1k over. Bridge infra ~$50/mo VPS
Decentralized Compute - Batch Market / Spot CPU
Where your code actually runs and serves requests. Picking the right host affects speed, scaling, and how much ops work you do.Pricing & free-tier limitsOSS: Free self-host yagna. Marketplace: $0.01/hr per CPU (1 vCPU), $0.10/hr per GPU (RTX 3060 equiv), marketplace fee 5%. Thorg desktop avg $0.015/hr CPU burst. Payments in GLM per second, 10 GLM min deposit
Decentralized Compute Orchestration - DAG / Data Compute
Where your code actually runs and serves requests. Picking the right host affects speed, scaling, and how much ops work you do.Pricing & free-tier limitsOSS: Free unlimited jobs, self-host scheduler free (~$100/mo 2-node cluster). Managed: $99/mo control plane + $0.02/job + compute via Lilypad @ $0.01/hr CPU / $0.10/hr GPU, data ingress $0.01/GB after 100GB free
Content Addressing - Arweave TxID / ArNS Permanent Names
Manages the content and assets you publish without editing code. Essential for sites with frequent updates.Pricing & free-tier limitsTxID generation free OSS. ArNS name: ~1 AR (~$6-8/yr) registration + 0.15 AR/yr renewal. Irys gateway: Free 100MB permanent, $10 min top-up @ $0.009/MB. Dedicated AR.IO gateway $15/mo 5k req, $0.01/1k over
Filecoin Deal Management - Storage Deal Orchestration (Lotus Boost)
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsOSS self-host free (infra ~$150/mo for deal-making node). Managed Boost: $149/mo per client connection, auto-repair. Gas: $0.02 avg FIL deal. Verified Datacap: free via allocator (512GB per allocation), verification service $2 per 32GB sector if paid
Decentralized Database for Metadata - Mutable Pointers over Immutable
Persistent storage for your app’s data — users, products, orders. The single most important architectural decision for most projects.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 10k writes/mo, 100MB Tableland snapshot to Filecoin, unlimited reads via gateway. Paid: $49/mo 1M writes ($0.01 per 10k over), $0.15/GB storage on FIL backing ($0.15/GB over included), queries free via gateway
Decentralized Indexing for Storage Assets - Subgraph / Query
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 100k queries/mo hosted, 3M GRT per subgraph deploy free. Pro: $10/mo base + $4 per 100k queries after free, $0.04 per 1k over 1M. Goldsky free 10M ops, then $0.02/1k events over
Backup & Replication - Cross-Network Redundancy (3x Copy)
Copies of your data so a bug, hack, or outage doesn’t become permanent loss. Cheap insurance every serious project needs.Pricing & free-tier limitsFree: 5GB Filebase + 150GB Storj + 5GB Sia manually replicated via rclone (free). Paid: $49/mo 1TB cross-pinned to 3 networks (IPFS+Arweave+Filecoin) + 2x geographic, $0.04/GB over replication. Restore: $0.01/GB first TB
Monitoring - APM & Fleet Monitoring for Distributed Storage
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsTrial free 14d unlimited. Grafana alternative: Free 10k series. Datadog Pro: $15/host/mo (minimum 8 hosts container pricing = $120/mo), logs $0.10/GB ingested over first 1GB/host free, APM $31/host. Scale: ~50 hosts ~$750/mo + logs $0.10/GB
Secrets Rotation for Storage Keys - Auto-Rotate Pinning APIs
Where you keep files users upload or you serve — images, videos, documents — and how fast they reach visitors around the world.Pricing & free-tier limitsInfisical Free: 1k secrets, 5 auto-rotations/day. Pro: $20/mo team 25k secrets, $0.02/secret/mo over, rotation $0.01/rotation over 100/day. HCP Vault Agent $0.50/hr cluster + $0.50/secret/mo managed
Gateway Infrastructure - Dedicated IPFS Kubo Cluster / Private Gateway
A piece of your stack you may or may not need, depending on scope. Pick the option that fits — or skip it if your project doesn’t require this capability yet.Pricing & free-tier limitsOSS: Free unlimited self-host (t3.medium EC2 ~$30/mo + 100GB EBS $10/mo). Pinata Dedicated Gateway: $100/mo 1TB bandwidth + 100GB storage, $0.15/GB over. CF Workers Gateway: $5/mo 10M req, $0.50/M over, KV cache $0.50/GB
How this professional decentralized storage and compute checklist works.
Each requirement below is something a professional decentralized storage and compute build typically needs. Pick one of the four researched options — recommended, free, cheaper or paid — add your own with "Other", or skip the requirement if your project doesn't need it. Nothing is mandatory; the plan on the right tracks what you've decided so nothing gets forgotten.
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