[ figshare Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/figshare/reviews) [ figshare Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/figshare/reviews) # figshare Pricing Overview [Editedit](https://my.g2.com/figshare/pricings) Free Trial ## figshare Pricing Key Insights Last updated on Apr 09, 2026 * * * figshare offers **4 pricing editions** , starting at **$0**. figshare pricing tiers are designed to support different usage levels and team sizes. figshare also offers a **free trial**. Higher-tier plans are available via direct consultation with the vendor. Compare the figshare pricing table below to figure out the best fit for your needs. * * * Figshare — $0 Figshare+ — $395 / 1 Per submission With One-Time Purchase Figshare for Publishers — Contact Us / Per Year Figshare for Institutions — Contact Us / Per Year Rated 3.5 / 5 \*Pricing information is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations must be conducted with the seller. Figshare Free Free for end user researchers and authors, users can create a profile on figshare.com and begin uploading research. - 20 GB of private storage - Single file uploads of up to 5GB - Collaborative spaces - Collaborators - A DOI with ever public item - Additional features and information can be found at: https://figshare.com/features Show More Figshare+ Starting at $395.00 1 Per submission With One-Time Purchase Figshare+ offers data deposit as a one-time Data Publishing Charge (DPC) to share the datasets and materials supporting a specific publication or project. Added features and expert guidance are also included for sharing your data FAIR-ly - DPCs that correspond with amount of storage needed - File size limit of up to 5TB - Publish datasets ranging from 250GB+ to 5TB or more - Data stored securely in the cloud and preserved using Figshare’s archive partner, DuraCloud and UCSD’s Chronopolis - Review and checks of your metadata and description (and spot checks on a sample of your data files) by Figshare’s data review team, with the aim of making the data more discoverable and reusable Show More Figshare for Publishers Contact Us Per Year Since 2011, Figshare has been making data (and a variety of other types of supplemental material) more discoverable and accessible to the broader academic and scholarly communities worldwide. We have done so in partnership with more than 20 major publishers, building an ever-growing set of now over four million outputs. Pair this with the fact that studies show that journal articles receive more citations when their associated data is made openly available - and it becomes clear that publishing the minimal version of your authors’ research isn’t enough anymore. - Learn more at https://knowledge.figshare.com/publishers Show More Figshare for Institutions Contact Us Per Year Figshare is a web-based platform to help academic institutions manage, disseminate and measure the public attention of all their research outputs. The light-touch and user-friendly approach focuses on four key areas: research data management, reporting and statistics, research data dissemination and administrative control. Figshare works with institutions in North America and internationally to help them meet key funder recommendations and to provide world-leading tools to support an open culture of data sharing and collaboration - Find out more at: https://knowledge.figshare.com/institutions Show More Pricing information for figshare is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase figshare must be conducted with the seller. 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