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We keep things running and respond to issues quickly, but this is unmanaged hosting at a low price point'","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://bulkvm.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"plan card quoted: 'Starter', '$5 /mo', '1 GB ECC Memory', '1 vCore Intel CPU', '10 GB SSD Boot', '2 TB ZFS HDD Storage', '10 TB Transfer + Unmetered Inbound', '1 Gbit port included', 'KVM + Root Access', '1 IPv4 + /64 IPv6'"},{"url":"https://bulkvm.com/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"FAQ quoted: 'Are there egress fees? No. Each plan includes a flat transfer allowance - 10TB on Starter, 15TB on Standard, 25TB on Pro. Inbound is always unmetered.' and 'Port upgrades are $5/mo for 2.5 Gbit, $10/mo for 5 Gbit, and $15/mo for 10 Gbit'"},{"url":"https://vpspricetracker.com/provider/BulkVM/vps","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"tracker row quoted: 'BulkVM - $5.00 / month', '1 Intel Cores (shared)', '1,024 MB RAM', '2,000 GB HDD', '10,000 GB/month bandwidth', '1 Gbps port speed', 'U.S.A.'; info page marks the offer 'In stock now'"}],"verdict":"paid-only","verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"The vendor page and the tracker agree on price, RAM and transfer; the tracker files the 2 TB of HDD as '2,000 GB HDD' disk, which is the same pool the vendor calls ZFS RAIDZ2 storage, so the shape records the bulk pool and the 10 GB SSD boot drive is named only in the offer text. Not in dossier/compute: searched by name, no record.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":null,"free_tier_kind":"none","shape":{"vcpu":1,"ram_gib":1,"disk_gib":2000,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null}}}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":1,"unit":"GB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:volume-quota","num":10,"unit":"TB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[["$.identity_cost.detail","not-stated"],["$.identity_cost.kind","identity-defaulted"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","process"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"],["$.retention.notes","process"],["$.retention.stated","not-applicable"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}