Storj introduced a $5 minimum monthly usage fee for all accounts, announced 2025-05-30 and effective 2025-07-01, leaving a 30-day trial where the free tier used to be. The pricing page, read 2026-08-27, offers '25GB free storage for 30 days' with 'no credit card required' and applies the minimum fee once the trial ends, except for accounts paying in STORJ token.