10 USD for 1 GB of database and file storage is just insane. Also is in my mind against the bring your own API key mentality. I want to keep my own data.
Indeed, the default 10 MB should be increased. It doesn't take much to pass that. In this day and age, that's smaller than many website page loads, and as code and documents are loaded it becomes a nagging problem. Now with Knowledge Base, this is a few documents.
$10 per year for 1 GB would be ok. But $10/month exceeds the cost of TypingMind itself in less than a year, for something that is so cheap as to be nearly free in storage and bandwidth these days.
Offering built-in connectivity to a few major storage backends would be good to enable unlimited storage, to not rely on extensions to do it (though there is at least one extremely complete one).
My request is to:
Increase default storage to 250 MB
Something like $10/year for another GB
Coffee Moss
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May 19, 2025
Carl Yes to default storage increase. For extra, I think paying $1 per extra 100MB would be even better. Or if credit card fees are an issue, $3 per 300MB, or $30 per year.
Amethyst Key
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Apr 22, 2025
The 10MB storage limit, even for self-hosted instances, presents a significant hurdle to usability. It effectively eliminates the benefits of self-hosting, making it seem counterintuitive to use our own resources when we could be leveraging yours for the website itself.
While I deeply appreciate the work you've put into this and am now a lifetime subscriber, I still believe the storage limitation is a critical area for improvement. The current limit is proving to be insufficient very quickly – I'm already at 10% capacity after just a short time.
To address this, I'd be very receptive to options like:
Paid storage upgrades: A one-time fee for increased lifetime storage would be a welcome solution.Integration withexternal storage services: Offering support for services like S3, NextCloud, Seafile, or even local storage would provide users with far greater flexibility and control over their data.
This limitation seems to conflict with your stated commitment to user data ownership and control, which I strongly support. Providing more robust storage options would not only enhance the user experience but also strengthen the alignment with your core values. I'm excited to see how this evolves. Thanks again for your work!
Black Void
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Apr 21, 2025
Hier een versie in heldere, “gewone” taal die je zo onder de feature‑request kunt plaatsen:
⸻
Ik ben het hier helemaal mee eens – laat ons onze eigen opslag kiezen!
Waarom dit belangrijk is
• Prijs – Jullie vragen nu $10 per GB per maand; bij de grote cloudaanbieders betaal je maar een paar cent. Dat verschil is enorm.• Past bij het huidige model – We kunnen al onze eigen OpenAI‑sleutel instellen. Dan is het logisch dat we ook zelf bepalen waar onze bestanden staan.• Privacy & regels – Veel (Europese) organisaties móéten data in hun eigen cloud of op eigen servers bewaren. Zonder deze optie kunnen ze TypingMind niet gebruiken.• Minder kosten & werk voor TypingMind – Als wij zelf voor opslag betalen, dalen jullie serverkosten en supportvragen. Jullie kunnen dan focussen op nieuwe functies.• Ruimte voor grotere bestanden – Denk aan kennisbanken met pdf’s, beelden, audio. Met onze eigen bucket is de 10 MB‑limiet geen probleem meer.• Technisch simpel – Met één standaard S3‑koppeling werkt het meteen voor AWS, Backblaze, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, enzovoort.• Blijf concurrerend – Tools als Obsidian, Logseq en Tana bieden dit al. Met BYO‑storage blijft TypingMind aantrekkelijk voor power‑users en teams.
Eenvoudig voorstel
• Voeg in de instellingen een sectie “Eigen S3‑opslag” toe (endpoint‑URL, access key, secret, bucket, regio).• Wie niets verandert, gebruikt gewoon de huidige TypingMind‑opslag.• Handhaaf client‑side encryptie, zodat data overal veilig blijft.
Ik test graag mee in een bèta. Met mijn eigen (goedkope) R2‑bucket kan ik TypingMind meteen breder inzetten. Laten we dit realiseren!
Gray Tomato
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Apr 8, 2025
Ik ben (helaas) overstag gegaan en heb nu een abonnement voor 1 GB voor $10 per maand. En ik gebruik… 28 MB :(
Scarlet Highlighter
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Apr 6, 2025
I agree with this - the current option is simply too expensive. There must be an alternative solution, such as allowing users to connect their own cloud storage. Even if the upload limit were increased to 100MB, I would at least avoid receiving warnings whenever I upload photos.
Sapphire Wind
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Apr 20, 2025
yes please!! even if it could be connected to S3 or anything related having my own choice for cloud sync would be great
Pink Strawberry
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Apr 13, 2025
The 10MB is really not usable for a supposedly professional application. I already have three different cloud services and I'm not gonna pay now for another one with 10 US$ a month which is nearly 20$AUD. There really needs to be another solution. This is limiting the usability of the software hugely. let me store my files in iCloud, Google Drive, Microsoft Cloud or DropBox
Tan Tomato
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Apr 28, 2025
this has been addressed by the TM team before – it's apparently "not a priority" and community workarounds exist. i hope they change their mind so I can recommend TM to my friends and family.
why would I spend $10usd per month on 1gb of cloud storage when I could get other solutions like t3.chat for $8 a month, with LLM API fees included? it doesn't really make sense to me.
Red Glacier
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May 21, 2025
Aidan Molins can you point at some community workarounds please?
Pink Strawberry
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May 29, 2025
Manas NajmuddeenThere is one Amazon T3 plugin. I tried it, for me it unfortunately didn't work. So I now move to Bolt AI, as that can be synced via Google Drive, iCloud and the likes.
Pink Strawberry
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May 29, 2025
Have a look at Bolt AI - it has some neat features over TypingMind and you can sync via iCloud, Google Drive etc. I'm in the process of moving everything over and they currently have a WWDC discount of 25% off. It's also available on Setapp by the way. I really like the inline features, which means I can do stuff from other applications. And so far it seems to be as good as TypingMind and has a few features missing, but then has other features which TypingMind doesn't have. But most importantly for me is no monthly fees to sync.
Cyan Duck
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Jun 2, 2025
Stephan Fischer It looks like Bolt AI charges you every year for the update. And it's not a small fee. It it's true that is a scam.
Pink Strawberry
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Jun 2, 2025
ImageYes, 40% off if you want updates after a year, like every company. TypingMind is also a subscription, even for the lifetime version. You need to pay US$120 = AU$~180 per year, as it's useless without additional storage.
Sapphire Horizon
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Jun 16, 2025
There are options to use alternative hosting. BTW OpenAI charges $3 / GB and think about how they are loss leading and get a much better price than typingmind. I think the problem here is that it's one of those "Lifetime Deals" where things aren't included are at best in the small print. But native dropbox would be a win!
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Azure Tamarin
Apr 5, 2025
Indeed, the default 10 MB should be increased. It doesn't take much to pass that. In this day and age, that's smaller than many website page loads, and as code and documents are loaded it becomes a nagging problem. Now with Knowledge Base, this is a few documents.
$10 per year for 1 GB would be ok. But $10/month exceeds the cost of TypingMind itself in less than a year, for something that is so cheap as to be nearly free in storage and bandwidth these days.
Offering built-in connectivity to a few major storage backends would be good to enable unlimited storage, to not rely on extensions to do it (though there is at least one extremely complete one).
My request is to:
Increase default storage to 250 MB
Something like $10/year for another GB
Coffee Moss
May 19, 2025
Carl Yes to default storage increase. For extra, I think paying $1 per extra 100MB would be even better. Or if credit card fees are an issue, $3 per 300MB, or $30 per year.
Amethyst Key
Apr 22, 2025
The 10MB storage limit, even for self-hosted instances, presents a significant hurdle to usability. It effectively eliminates the benefits of self-hosting, making it seem counterintuitive to use our own resources when we could be leveraging yours for the website itself.
While I deeply appreciate the work you've put into this and am now a lifetime subscriber, I still believe the storage limitation is a critical area for improvement. The current limit is proving to be insufficient very quickly – I'm already at 10% capacity after just a short time.
To address this, I'd be very receptive to options like:
Paid storage upgrades: A one-time fee for increased lifetime storage would be a welcome solution.Integration with external storage services: Offering support for services like S3, NextCloud, Seafile, or even local storage would provide users with far greater flexibility and control over their data.This limitation seems to conflict with your stated commitment to user data ownership and control, which I strongly support. Providing more robust storage options would not only enhance the user experience but also strengthen the alignment with your core values. I'm excited to see how this evolves. Thanks again for your work!
Black Void
Apr 21, 2025
Hier een versie in heldere, “gewone” taal die je zo onder de feature‑request kunt plaatsen:
⸻
Ik ben het hier helemaal mee eens – laat ons onze eigen opslag kiezen!
Waarom dit belangrijk is
• Prijs – Jullie vragen nu $10 per GB per maand; bij de grote cloudaanbieders betaal je maar een paar cent. Dat verschil is enorm.• Past bij het huidige model – We kunnen al onze eigen OpenAI‑sleutel instellen. Dan is het logisch dat we ook zelf bepalen waar onze bestanden staan.• Privacy & regels – Veel (Europese) organisaties móéten data in hun eigen cloud of op eigen servers bewaren. Zonder deze optie kunnen ze TypingMind niet gebruiken.• Minder kosten & werk voor TypingMind – Als wij zelf voor opslag betalen, dalen jullie serverkosten en supportvragen. Jullie kunnen dan focussen op nieuwe functies.• Ruimte voor grotere bestanden – Denk aan kennisbanken met pdf’s, beelden, audio. Met onze eigen bucket is de 10 MB‑limiet geen probleem meer.• Technisch simpel – Met één standaard S3‑koppeling werkt het meteen voor AWS, Backblaze, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, enzovoort.• Blijf concurrerend – Tools als Obsidian, Logseq en Tana bieden dit al. Met BYO‑storage blijft TypingMind aantrekkelijk voor power‑users en teams.Eenvoudig voorstel
Ik test graag mee in een bèta. Met mijn eigen (goedkope) R2‑bucket kan ik TypingMind meteen breder inzetten. Laten we dit realiseren!
Gray Tomato
Apr 8, 2025
Ik ben (helaas) overstag gegaan en heb nu een abonnement voor 1 GB voor $10 per maand. En ik gebruik… 28 MB :(
Scarlet Highlighter
Apr 6, 2025
I agree with this - the current option is simply too expensive. There must be an alternative solution, such as allowing users to connect their own cloud storage. Even if the upload limit were increased to 100MB, I would at least avoid receiving warnings whenever I upload photos.
Sapphire Wind
Apr 20, 2025
yes please!! even if it could be connected to S3 or anything related having my own choice for cloud sync would be great
Pink Strawberry
Apr 13, 2025
The 10MB is really not usable for a supposedly professional application. I already have three different cloud services and I'm not gonna pay now for another one with 10 US$ a month which is nearly 20$AUD. There really needs to be another solution. This is limiting the usability of the software hugely. let me store my files in iCloud, Google Drive, Microsoft Cloud or DropBox
Tan Tomato
Apr 28, 2025
this has been addressed by the TM team before – it's apparently "not a priority" and community workarounds exist. i hope they change their mind so I can recommend TM to my friends and family.
why would I spend $10usd per month on 1gb of cloud storage when I could get other solutions like t3.chat for $8 a month, with LLM API fees included? it doesn't really make sense to me.
Red Glacier
May 21, 2025
Aidan Molins can you point at some community workarounds please?
Pink Strawberry
May 29, 2025
Manas NajmuddeenThere is one Amazon T3 plugin. I tried it, for me it unfortunately didn't work. So I now move to Bolt AI, as that can be synced via Google Drive, iCloud and the likes.
Pink Strawberry
May 29, 2025
Have a look at Bolt AI - it has some neat features over TypingMind and you can sync via iCloud, Google Drive etc. I'm in the process of moving everything over and they currently have a WWDC discount of 25% off. It's also available on Setapp by the way. I really like the inline features, which means I can do stuff from other applications. And so far it seems to be as good as TypingMind and has a few features missing, but then has other features which TypingMind doesn't have. But most importantly for me is no monthly fees to sync.
Cyan Duck
Jun 2, 2025
Stephan Fischer It looks like Bolt AI charges you every year for the update. And it's not a small fee. It it's true that is a scam.
Pink Strawberry
Jun 2, 2025
ImageYes, 40% off if you want updates after a year, like every company. TypingMind is also a subscription, even for the lifetime version. You need to pay US$120 = AU$~180 per year, as it's useless without additional storage.
Sapphire Horizon
Jun 16, 2025
There are options to use alternative hosting. BTW OpenAI charges $3 / GB and think about how they are loss leading and get a much better price than typingmind. I think the problem here is that it's one of those "Lifetime Deals" where things aren't included are at best in the small print. But native dropbox would be a win!