publish big datasets

Figshare has been helping researchers make their data openly available for more than 10 years.  We want to offer a way to get more support for sharing larger datasets in a trusted generalist repository.

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.

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why we are offering this

We frequently get requests from researchers seeking to use figshare.com who need more storage space for their data or larger file size uploads. There are few options for researchers to share TBs of data in a FAIR way. There are also long term ongoing costs in ensuing the data persists.

Figshare+ offers data deposit as a one-time Data Publishing Charge (DPC) to share the datasets and materials supporting a specific publication or project. To be as transparent as possible, we can tell you that nearly all of the DPC cost goes towards covering our costs to host this data securely and redundantly in the cloud for a minimum of 10 years (a legal minimum - we aim for this data to persist “forever”). Many funders allow data sharing costs to be included in grant budgets, so you may be able to use grants funds to pay for Figshare+ and can include it in data management and sharing plans in funding proposals.

Because we want researchers to get the most out of their open data, Figshare+ also offers additional license options and metadata compared to figshare.com. During data deposit, personal email support is available and once submitted, a Figshare data expert will conduct a review of the metadata and a spot check of your dataset files and offer guidance, with the main aim of enhancing discoverability and reusability.

features

Publish datasets ranging from 20GB+ to 5TB or more
Upload files up to 5TB and include up to 5,000 files per dataset
Upload Data via the Figshare API
Publish data and materials associated with a specific publication or research project
Organize your dataset as a single dataset item or as up to 10 items with their own DOI and description and 1 collection with a DOI to point to the group
Make your data open and FAIR - open access, discoverable, and reusable
Data stored securely in the cloud and preserved using Figshare’s archive partner, DuraCloud and UCSD’s Chronopolis
Figshare+ data is discoverable across Figshare including Figshare.com and across search engines including Google, Google Dataset Search, and Dimensions
Link your data to associated preprints, publications, grants, and other materials

License your work with your choice of Creative Commons license or software license
Meet funder or publisher requirements to share data openly in a trusted repository
Include Figshare in data management plans and build Figshare+ data sharing costs into grant budgets with funders who allow these costs such as NIH and NSF
Get credit for more of your work
Get a unique DOI for each dataset that can be cited in publications and grant reports
View openly tracked metrics for each dataset including views, downloads, citations, and Altmetrics
Get personal email support for data deposit from Figshare’s data sharing experts
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

Guide to Sharing Data on Figshare+
How does Figshare+ work?

Using Figshare+ for easily sharing large image-file databases and tracking impact

pricing examples

Pricing is a one-time fee, a data publishing charge, based on the amount of storage needed for the dataset being shared and also includes deposit support and dataset review. For full details, please see the applicable terms and conditions.

Figshare+ offers data deposit for datasets ranging from 20GB+ up to 5TB or more. Pricing is based on storage with a 'up to 100GB' tier and then tiered in increments of 250GB ($585 per 250GB) + a review fee ($160) per deposit.

100GB

$395

250GB

$745

500GB

$1,330

750GB

$1,915

1TB

$2,500

1.25TB

$3,085

1.5TB

$3,670

1.75TB

$4,255

2TB

$4,840

3TB

$7,180

5TB

$11,860

5TB+

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Prices are subject to change and exclude any sales or value-added taxes.
Please refer to figshare.com/terms for further details.

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Get started with Figshare+ for a specific dataset by telling us about the dataset to be shared including how much storage you’ll need and letting us know how we can get in touch about a Figshare+ account and billing. We’ll review your request shortly and get in touch with next steps.

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