Figshare Research Papers And Datasets Sharing

Figshare compared with Zenodo, Dryad and Mendeley Data
Figshare Research Papers and Datasets Sharing	Zenodo	Dryad	Mendeley Data
Size limits: The free figshare.com service allows 20 GB of storage, 20 GB per file and 500 files per item. Figshare Plus raises this to up to 5 TB for academic and non-profit authors.	Size limits: Each record is limited to 50 GB and 100 files. Quota increases can be requested through support.	Size limits: Individual files should ideally stay under 10 GB, and web uploads are capped at 2 TB per data publication.	Size limits: Up to 10 GB per dataset, in any file format, including zipped files and folders. Zip contents cannot be previewed.
Cost model: Free for the standard service. Figshare Plus is a one-time charge, sold in 250 GB tiers.	Cost model: Described as a free open digital archive built by CERN and OpenAIRE.	Cost model: A cost-recovery Data Publishing Charge applies, tiered by data size (up to 5 GB, 10 GB and 50 GB). Authors at partner institutions may be sponsored up to 10 GB, and waivers can be requested.	Cost model: Free to use. Mendeley Data is the data repository of Elsevier, which does not claim ownership of uploaded data.
Licences: The free service offers CC0 and CC BY 4.0 for data, and MIT, GPL and Apache 2.0 for software. Figshare Plus adds the other Creative Commons 4.0 variants.		Licences: Data are published under a CC0 waiver, so files with conflicting licence terms are not accepted. Software with other licences can be hosted on Zenodo.	Licences: Creative Commons and open software and hardware licences are offered, with CC BY 4.0 as the default. The author keeps copyright.
	Persistent identifier: A DOI is registered automatically with DataCite when a record is published. An existing DOI must be supplied at upload to avoid a duplicate.		Persistent identifier: Drafts receive a provisional DOI. A permanent DataCite DOI is issued on publication.
Review and curation: The free service has no curation support, while Figshare Plus includes it with every order.		Review and curation: Dryad describes itself as a community-driven non-profit. Curators analyze de-identified human-participant data, and personally identifiable information and interview transcripts are not accepted.	Review and curation: Submissions go through moderation against requirements, with a target of 2 business days. The content of valid datasets is not validated or curated. Published datasets are archived with DANS.

Figshare compared with Zenodo, Dryad and Mendeley Data

Figshare Research Papers and Datasets Sharing

Zenodo

Dryad

Mendeley Data

Size limits: The free figshare.com service allows 20 GB of storage, 20 GB per file and 500 files per item. Figshare Plus raises this to up to 5 TB for academic and non-profit authors.

Size limits: Each record is limited to 50 GB and 100 files. Quota increases can be requested through support.

Size limits: Individual files should ideally stay under 10 GB, and web uploads are capped at 2 TB per data publication.

Size limits: Up to 10 GB per dataset, in any file format, including zipped files and folders. Zip contents cannot be previewed.

Cost model: Free for the standard service. Figshare Plus is a one-time charge, sold in 250 GB tiers.

Cost model: Described as a free open digital archive built by CERN and OpenAIRE.

Cost model: A cost-recovery Data Publishing Charge applies, tiered by data size (up to 5 GB, 10 GB and 50 GB). Authors at partner institutions may be sponsored up to 10 GB, and waivers can be requested.

Cost model: Free to use. Mendeley Data is the data repository of Elsevier, which does not claim ownership of uploaded data.

Licences: The free service offers CC0 and CC BY 4.0 for data, and MIT, GPL and Apache 2.0 for software. Figshare Plus adds the other Creative Commons 4.0 variants.

Licences: Data are published under a CC0 waiver, so files with conflicting licence terms are not accepted. Software with other licences can be hosted on Zenodo.

Licences: Creative Commons and open software and hardware licences are offered, with CC BY 4.0 as the default. The author keeps copyright.

Persistent identifier: A DOI is registered automatically with DataCite when a record is published. An existing DOI must be supplied at upload to avoid a duplicate.

Persistent identifier: Drafts receive a provisional DOI. A permanent DataCite DOI is issued on publication.

Review and curation: The free service has no curation support, while Figshare Plus includes it with every order.

Review and curation: Dryad describes itself as a community-driven non-profit. Curators analyze de-identified human-participant data, and personally identifiable information and interview transcripts are not accepted.

Review and curation: Submissions go through moderation against requirements, with a target of 2 business days. The content of valid datasets is not validated or curated. Published datasets are archived with DANS.