Artifacta
Durable storage for agent outputs
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What is Artifacta?
Artifacta is an artifact store purpose-built for AI agents, providing durable, deduplicated, and session-aware memory for AI pipelines without requiring custom S3 wrappers. It enables users to push, pull, and hand off agent outputs with zero infrastructure code, handling PDFs, CSVs, markdown files, research reports, datasets, and code patches generated by AI agents in milliseconds.
Key features include seamless multi-agent handoffs that replace fragile /tmp directories and shared NFS mounts with a deterministic, agent-native API. The platform offers session and agent grouping to tag artifacts with session_id and agent_id, idempotent and retry-safe operations with exactly-once processing guarantees, agent-native querying with custom JSON metadata attachment, and instant human review links with secure auto-expiring download URLs.
Artifacta integrates seamlessly with the modern AI stack including LangChain, CrewAI, Temporal, Autogen, Python SDK, and Next.js. It is designed for AI teams building autonomous agent pipelines who want to focus on building agents rather than rebuilding storage plumbing from scratch. The tool serves developers working on complex AI workflows requiring passing context and files between sub-agents.
The platform provides storage primitives built for autonomy including session sealing to lock in results and prevent late writes, agent-native querying that lets agents query context without browsing folders, and compound metadata queries for finding exactly what agents need without downloading entire buckets.
Artifacta pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Free tier: $0/month with 1 GB storage, 10,000 API requests/month, up to 10 API keys, up to 90-day artifact retention, 50 shareable download links. No credit card required. Pro tier: $20/month with 50 GB storage, 100,000 API requests/month, up to 50 API keys, unlimited artifact retention, 500 download links up to 90-day expiry, presigned uploads up to 5 GB, compound metadata queries. All Free features included. Pro-Pay per use: Coming soon with x402 enabling pay-per-call API access via USDC on Base or Solana, pricing TBD. Request and storage quotas apply to uploads only; downloads, listing, and inspecting artifacts are never blocked even when hitting limits.
Artifacta pros
- Durable and deduplicated artifact storage for AI agents
- Session-aware memory without custom S3 wrappers
- Zero infrastructure code required for push/pull operations
- Seamless multi-agent handoffs with deterministic API
- Replaces fragile /tmp directories and NFS mounts
- Idempotent operations with exactly-once processing guarantee
- Retry-safe with idempotency key support
- Agent-native querying with custom JSON metadata attachment
- Instant human review links with auto-expiring URLs
- No AWS IAM or presigned URL gymnastics required
- Session sealing to lock in results and prevent late writes
- Compound metadata queries for precise artifact finding
- Integrates with LangChain, CrewAI, Temporal, Autogen
- Supports Python SDK and Next.js integration
- CLI and Python SDK in one package
- Download, listing, and inspecting never blocked even at limits
- Presigned uploads up to 5 GB on Pro plan
- Pay-per-call API access via USDC on Base or Solana coming soon
Artifacta cons
- Only 1 GB storage on Free tier
- 10,000 API requests monthly limit on Free
- 90-day artifact retention maximum on Free tier
- Only 50 shareable download links on Free
- 50 GB storage may be insufficient for large pipelines
- Pro plan at $20/month may be costly for some users
- Pay-per-use pricing TBD and not yet available
- x402 pay-per-call support coming soon, not ready now
- No unlimited storage on any current plan
- Download links on Pro expire up to 90 days maximum
Frequently asked questions about Artifacta
What is Artifacta?
Artifacta is the artifact store purpose-built for AI agents. It provides durable, deduplicated, and session-aware memory for AI pipelines without requiring users to write custom S3 wrappers. Users can push, pull, and hand off agent outputs with zero infrastructure code.
What file types does Artifacta support?
Artifacta supports PDFs, CSVs, markdown files, research reports, datasets, code patches, and any other output produced by AI agents. The platform handles files generated in milliseconds by agent pipelines.
How does multi-agent handoff work?
Agent A pushes an output and receives an immutable ID. Agent B pulls it by ID or queries the session metadata. This replaces fragile /tmp directories and shared NFS mounts with a deterministic, agent-native API with no path conventions, race conditions, or timing hacks.
What is session grouping?
Session grouping allows tagging artifacts with a session_id and agent_id. Users can query what a specific pipeline run produced and seal sessions to lock in results and prevent late writes.
How does idempotency work?
Attach an idempotency key and Artifacta guarantees exactly-once processing with zero duplicate records. This makes retries perfectly safe even after network failures or agent crashes.
Can agents query artifacts without downloading them?
Yes. Agents attach custom JSON metadata to any artifact including agent ID, prompt version, and risk score, then query it instantly. Agents don't browse folders—they query context and find exactly what they need without downloading the whole bucket.
How do I get human review links?
Generate secure, auto-expiring download URLs in a single API call without needing AWS IAM or presigned URL gymnastics. This allows agents to produce work that humans need to see.
What AI frameworks integrate with Artifacta?
Artifacta seamlessly integrates with LangChain, CrewAI, Temporal, Autogen, Python SDK, and Next.js for seamless integration with the modern AI stack.
What happens when I hit my quota limit?
Request and storage quotas apply to uploads only. Downloads, listing, and inspecting artifacts are never blocked even when hitting your limit.
Is there a pay-per-call option?
Coming soon: Pro-Pay per use with x402 enabling pay-per-call API access via USDC on Base or Solana. This allows pay-per-artifact-operation in USDC and is ideal for agents and one-off automations. Pricing is TBD.