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A community user reports the pair as 有一台日本一台美国的，后续应该是免费续费的, quoted.","unit":"none","metered_on":"wall-clock","source_url":"https://www.hostslate.com/","read_on":"2026-10-22","notes":"perpetual-renewable"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://www.hostslate.com/","notes":null},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable","days":null,"source_url":"https://www.hostslate.com/","notes":null},"egress":{"terms":"not stated","metered":false,"free_allowance":null,"price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://www.hostslate.com/"},"interface":["unknown"],"interface_detail":"inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed","tooling":"not stated","chaining":"A free NAT instance in Tokyo plus a free DNS-fronted tunnel is a complete always-on origin for a scraper at zero cost; the NAT port mapping is what limits inbound services.","limits":[{"kind":"write-gated","value":"The free term is only as long as the next coupon, and the coupons are distributed in a Telegram group, so the machine survives by following an announcement channel. The terms add that no data is guaranteed after expiry and that no refund is given for any reason, so an unrenewed box loses its data silently.","source":"https://www.hostslate.com/"}],"limits_note":"The free term is only as long as the next coupon, and the coupons are distributed in a Telegram group, so the machine survives by following an announcement channel. The terms add that no data is guaranteed after expiry and that no refund is given for any reason, so an unrenewed box loses its data silently.","binding":"write-gated","binding_note":"The free term is only as long as the next coupon, and the coupons are distributed in a Telegram group, so the machine survives by following an announcement channel. The terms add that no data is guaranteed after expiry and that no refund is given for any reason, so an unrenewed box loses its data silently.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"The registration page asks for a username, an email address and a password, and offers GitHub sign-in as an alternative, quoted from the form headings , , and the button GitHub. The terms say real-name KYC is not required of every user but may be demanded on a risk trigger, naming and a selfie among the documents it can ask for.","country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event recorded","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://hostslate.com/register","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the signup form asks for 用户名, 邮箱, 密码 and offers GitHub sign-in, quoted from the crawled page"},{"url":"https://hostslate.com/legal/tos","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"terms state HostSlate 为在英国注册并运营的服务器及云基础设施服务品牌 (a brand registered and operated in the United Kingdom), quoted"},{"url":"https://hostslate.com/legal/tos","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"terms state 原则上不提供退款 (no refund in principle) and 服务到期后，HostSlate 不保证服务器数据仍然保留 (no guarantee that data survives expiry), quoted"},{"url":"https://www.nodeseek.com/post-971532-1","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"a user states 注册完官方push给你 有一台日本一台美国的，后续应该是免费续费的, quoted from the snippet"},{"url":"https://www.nodeseek.com/post-943001-1","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the merchant posts a coupon code for free NAT machines and points to its Telegram group for stock announcements"},{"url":"https://www.nodeseek.com/post-972539-1","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"three machines in sg, jp and us were given away as free instances, and the giver states renewal coupons are handed out in the group"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"New to the corpus: no HostSlate record exists. The storefront returned 200 with 36 words and no price body because the catalogue is rendered client-side; a crawl of five pages recovered the signup form and the terms but no price table, so there is no price for this provider in this record and none was estimated. The two forum threads carry the free-instance claim. 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