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Is Filecoin storage profitable for you?

Filecoin's economics favor datacenter-scale Storage Providers. The calculator gives an honest verdict per tier — and shows alternatives when the math doesn't work.

Live FIL price · $0.95

1. Operator scale

Filecoin's economics favor large operators. Picking a tier sets realistic defaults — you can still tweak.

2. Storage capacity

TiB

3. Network utilization

What % of your declared capacity is actually sealed and earning. New SPs ramp from 0 to ~70% over months.

%

4. Sealing speed

Sectors per day your hardware can seal. Affects ramp-up time, not steady-state earnings.

sectors/day

Est. ~77 days to seal remaining capacity at this rate.

5. Electricity cost

$/ kWh

Datacenter operators: ~$0.05-0.10. Residential: $0.12-0.40.

6. Hardware cost (for ROI)

Suggested for Production (100+ TiB): $50,000