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Not established: whether signup demands a card; the page offers 'Start with EUR 50 free credits' with a direct app link and states no card requirement, but the form was not opened. Model training is 'Opt-in by default (free opt-out anytime)' on the standard tier and 'Opted out by default' on the enterprise column, which changes what the same 50 EUR buys in privacy terms rather than in hours.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"credit-large-enough-for-real-workload","free_tier_kind":"one-time-credit","shape":{"vcpu":null,"ram_gib":null,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":0}}}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":312.0,"unit":"hours","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:retention-clamped","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.egress.metered","egress-unknown"],["$.egress.terms","not-stated"],["$.identity_cost.detail","process"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","process"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"],["$.reliability_note","none-observed"],["$.retention.notes","process"],["$.tooling","not-stated"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}]}