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The authorisation amount is not stated; whether debit or prepaid is accepted is not stated; no phone or ID step is stated","country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event recorded","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/lp/project-alexandria/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"quoted the benefit list, the recurring annual cadence, the sole-discretion sentence, and 'You will be required to create a Cloudflare account and upload a valid payment method on file'"},{"url":"https://blog.cloudflare.com/expanding-our-support-for-oss-projects-with-project-alexandria/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the programme launch post, 2024-09-27, describing it as the expanded open source programme; it states no dollar or credit figure, which is why the amount is null here"},{"url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/press-releases/2024/cloudflare-publishes-fourth-annual-impact-report/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"reported 'recurring annual credits and an expanded range of free services' and that Cloudflare gave 'more than $15 million in donated products and services in 2024' across its impact programmes, which is the aggregate and not a per-project figure"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"The honest gap is the number: Cloudflare publishes no credit amount, and the terms let it change or withdraw the programme 'at any time without notice'. A reader needs the payment method on file, so this is a card-gated lane, and the credits are non-transferable and not redeemable for cash. Somebody with an OSS project should ask for a number in the contact form rather than assume a tier.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"vendor-oss-credits","free_tier_kind":"recurring-credit","shape":null}}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.egress.metered","egress-unknown"],["$.egress.terms","not-stated"],["$.interface","interface-unknown"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","process"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"],["$.reliability_note","none-observed"],["$.retention.notes","process"],["$.retention.stated","not-applicable"],["$.tooling","not-stated"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}