Calculator · Filecoin

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 · $0.98

1. Operator scale

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

Hobby (1-10 TiB)Home setup · may not be profitableSmall node (10-100 TiB)Garage / closet · marginal economicsProduction (100+ TiB)Datacenter-grade · viable operator scale

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

Profitable at this scale

Net positive after electricity at current FIL price.

Estimated earnings · live FIL $0.98

Net per month (after electricity)

$62.94

≈ 140.0 FIL/mo · range $31.47–$125.88

Gross / mo$137.82

Electricity / mo-$74.88

Net / mo$62.94

Net per day

$2.10

Net per year

$742.81

ROI on $50,000 hardware

~66.2 years

Network percentile (approx.)

80%

Filecoin SP percentile by tier and net profitability.

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Estimates use network-state baselines (~1 FIL/TiB/mo block rewards, conservative deal multipliers). Real SP earnings vary significantly with network QAP, FIL price, and pledge collateral economics. Recalibrate before committing capital.

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