Pinata vs IPFS.NINJA

Pinata7.9Visit INIPFS.NINJA7.9Visit

Pinata #5 in IPFS Hosting Services 7.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Pinata

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IN IPFS.NINJA #8 in IPFS Hosting Services 7.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit IPFS.NINJA

• Pinata fits best

  Teams needing a mature pinning and gateway toolkit

• IPFS.NINJA fits best

  Developers needing IPFS pinning and S3-compatible APIs

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Side by side

Feature	Pinata 7.9/10 Visit ↗	INIPFS.NINJA 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.9	7.9
Ranking	#5 in IPFS Hosting Services	#8 in IPFS Hosting Services
Best for	Teams needing a mature pinning and gateway toolkit	Developers needing IPFS pinning and S3-compatible APIs
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$20/mo	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Pinata 0/4 · IPFS.NINJA 3/4
Managed gateway	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Custom gateway domains	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
S3-compatible API	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Developer API	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Included storage	Not checked yet	10 GB
Gateway bandwidth	Not checked yet	20 GB/mo
Maximum file size	Not checked yet	5 GB
Our review
Pros	Upload, pin, and retrieve files through IPFS gateways Dedicated gateways, CDN delivery, and private IPFS storage APIs, webhooks, presigned URLs, analytics, and collaboration	Supports S3-compatible uploads, downloads, listing, and deletion Offers REST APIs, API key management, and signed upload tokens Paid plans include dedicated gateway access
Cons	Free plan is limited to 1GB storage and 10GB monthly bandwidth Picnic starts at $20 per month Cloud deployment only	The free Dharma plan uses shared public-gateway access Individual PUT uploads are limited to 100 MB Multipart uploads are capped at 5 GB
Our verdict	Pinata provides managed IPFS storage and delivery for developers building NFT marketplaces, DeFi applications, indexers, and other products using decentralized content. Teams can upload and pin files, retrieve them through gateways, and… Read the review →	IPFS.NINJA is a hosted service for pinning files to IPFS and serving them through gateways. Its web dashboard and developer APIs make it relevant to developers building file workflows, while S3-compatible operations can suit teams adapting… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Pinata — where it wins

  • Upload, pin, and retrieve files through IPFS gateways
  • Dedicated gateways, CDN delivery, and private IPFS storage
  • APIs, webhooks, presigned URLs, analytics, and collaboration

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan is limited to 1GB storage and 10GB monthly bandwidth
  • Picnic starts at $20 per month
  • Cloud deployment only

• IPFS.NINJA — where it wins

  • Supports S3-compatible uploads, downloads, listing, and deletion
  • Offers REST APIs, API key management, and signed upload tokens
  • Paid plans include dedicated gateway access

  Where it doesn't

  • The free Dharma plan uses shared public-gateway access
  • Individual PUT uploads are limited to 100 MB
  • Multipart uploads are capped at 5 GB

• Pinata7.9/10 · Free plan

  A mature IPFS toolkit with a free tier and paid plans starting at $20 per month.

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• INIPFS.NINJA7.9/10 · Free plan

  A hosted IPFS service for file pinning, API-based transfers, and managed gateway access.

  Visit IPFS.NINJAFull verdict →