{"slug":"filecoin","name":"Filecoin","domain":"filecoin.io","verdict":"As of 2026-06-25, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok collectively rank Filecoin first for decentralized storage. Source: https://modelsagree.com/product/filecoin (modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0).","best_rank":1,"categories":1,"brief":{"category":"best-decentralized-storage","title":"Best decentralized storage","rank":1,"of":5,"top":null,"day":"2026-07-16","why":[{"t":"largest verifiable storage network","m":["Claude","Grok","ChatGPT","Gemini"],"q":"by far the largest verifiable storage network"},{"t":"cryptographic storage proofs","m":["Claude","Grok","ChatGPT","Gemini"],"q":"cryptographic storage proofs (PoRep/PoSt)"},{"t":"broad ecosystem and mature tooling","m":["Claude","Grok","ChatGPT"],"q":"broad ecosystem and upgrades like NV28 improving usability"},{"t":"archival and Web3 infrastructure","m":["Claude","Grok","ChatGPT"],"q":"strong archival and Web3 infrastructure"}],"gap":[],"fix":[{"t":"high retrieval latency","m":["Claude","Gemini","ChatGPT"],"q":"High retrieval latency and complex contract management"},{"t":"complex application integration","m":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini"],"q":"ordinary application integration still require more provider selection, replication planning, and intermediary tooling"},{"t":"requires external caching or pinning","m":["Claude","Gemini"],"q":"without relying on external caching or pinning services"}]},"entries":[{"slug":"best-decentralized-storage","title":"Best decentralized storage","rank":1,"of":5,"score":18,"appearances":4,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":2,"Claude":1,"Gemini":2,"Grok":1},"reason":"The category's flagship — by far the largest verifiable storage network (exbibyte-scale committed capacity), cryptographic storage proofs (PoRep/PoSt), FVM programmability, and a mature onramp layer (Lighthouse, web3.storage, Storacha) plus improving retrieval markets that have closed much of the old usability gap by 2026; best default when you need auditable, at-scale, censorship-resistant storage. Near-tie with Storj at the top — Filecoin wins on scale/verifiability, Storj on plug-and-play latency.","reasons":[{"model":"Claude","reason":"The category's flagship — by far the largest verifiable storage network (exbibyte-scale committed capacity), cryptographic storage proofs (PoRep/PoSt), FVM programmability, and a mature onramp layer (Lighthouse, web3.storage, Storacha) plus improving retrieval markets that have closed much of the old usability gap by 2026; best default when you need auditable, at-scale, censorship-resistant storage. Near-tie with Storj at the top — Filecoin wins on scale/verifiability, Storj on plug-and-play latency."},{"model":"Grok","reason":"World's largest by capacity with exbibytes stored, strong real-world paid usage and onchain deals (esp. for AI/large datasets), IPFS integration for content-addressing/retrieval, mature incentives/proofs for reliability, broad ecosystem and upgrades like NV28 improving usability. FIX: Complex setup and variable retrieval performance/cost; not ideal for simple/low-latency active workloads or non-crypto users."},{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"Best protocol-first choice and a near-tie for first, with unmatched storage-provider scale, cryptographic proofs, competitive markets, mature tooling, and strong archival and Web3 infrastructure"},{"model":"Gemini","reason":"The largest decentralized storage marketplace with the lowest storage costs per gigabyte, backed by verifiable cryptographic proofs and programmable storage contracts via the Filecoin Virtual Machine."}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Reliable retrieval and ordinary application integration still require more provider selection, replication planning, and intermediary tooling than conventional object storage"},{"model":"Claude","fix":"Deal-making and retrieval remain more complex and higher-latency than S3; not for hot, low-latency app data unless you layer a caching/pinning service on top."},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"High retrieval latency and complex contract management make it poorly suited for hot, interactive application data without relying on external caching or pinning services."}],"updated":"2026-06-25","rank_history":{"days":["2026-06-25","2026-07-14"],"ranks":[1,2]},"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-decentralized-storage.json"}],"page":"https://modelsagree.com/product/filecoin","check":"https://modelsagree.com/check?q=Filecoin","updated":"2026-08-10T18:18:45.051Z","attribution":"modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0"}