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DataCite versus Figshare
Compare	DataCite	Figshare
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	University research data repositories	Universities and libraries
Who it's not for	Individual researchers needing a few DOIs . use Zenodo instead	Businesses wanting general data storage
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^⁹	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Support quality	No support evidence found	No support-quality evidence found
Public sentiment	No review-site ratings exist; community discussion focuses on integration logistics rather than complaints.¹⁴	Institutional adopters report successful rollouts, while some individual researchers complain about unexplained takedowns.
Biggest gotcha	Fees vary by consortium, country, and DOI volume . estimate via the wizard before budgeting^³	Takedown allegations exist; don't treat it as sole storage for irreplaceable data.

Pick DataCite when

University research data repositories
National and domain data services
Repositories minting dataset or software DOIs
Open-science infrastructure programs

When DataCite is not a fit

Individual researchers needing a few DOIs . use Zenodo instead
Startups wanting off-the-shelf SaaS . this is membership infrastructure
Journal publishers . article DOIs belong to Crossref
Teams without a repository or metadata workflow

Pick Figshare when

Universities and libraries
Researchers needing citable DOIs
Publishers and funders
FAIR data compliance

When Figshare is not a fit

Businesses wanting general data storage
Sensitive or human-subjects data
Buyers wanting self-serve transparent pricing
Solo researchers content with free Zenodo

Sources

DataCite homepagedatacite.org
official
Feesdatacite.org
official
DataCite Fee Wizardfees.datacite.org
official
Become a Memberdatacite.org
official
A New Membership Model for a More Equitable DataCitedatacite.org
official
100 Million DataCite DOIsdatacite.org
official
DataCite's Thriving Community: 3000 Repositoriesdatacite.org
official
Global Access Programdatacite.org
official
Product security pagedatacite.org
security
DataCite Metadata Schema docsdatacite-metadata-schema.readthedocs.io
official
Swedish National Data Service on DataCitesnd.se
news
InvenioRDM interoperability docsinveniordm.docs.cern.ch
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British Library DataCite case studyinfodocket.com
news
Dataverse community discussiongroups.google.com
review
figshare - credit for all your researchfigshare.com
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figshare Pricing & Reviewstechjockey.com
review