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American Express and Diners Club are restricted to Japan residents, which implies the other cards and PayPal are not. No Japanese phone or ID step is documented on the payment or flow pages read; the signup form itself was not fetched","country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event recorded","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://vps.conoha.jp/campaign/freestart2026/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the campaign page states, in Japanese, that a JPY 360 coupon is given to accounts newly registered from that page with a credit card registered, and publishes a table converting the coupon into free days per plan: about 11.5 days on 512 MB, 7.9 on 1 GB, 4.1 on 2 GB, 2.3 on 4 GB, 1.1 on 12 GB, 14.9 hours on 24 GB, 7.4 hours on 48 GB, 3.7 hours on 96 GB and 2.8 hours on 128 GB; GPU types are excluded; the campaign ended 2026-10-01 16:00"},{"url":"https://support.conoha.jp/common/faq/subscription-q/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the support FAQ states, in Japanese, that there is no free trial service, and points to a referrer programme instead"},{"url":"https://vps.conoha.jp/pricing/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the pricing page gives the ladder in Japanese yen: 512 MB with 1 core and 30 GB SSD at JPY 460 a month on hourly billing, and 1 GB with 2 cores and 100 GB at JPY 763 a month"},{"url":"https://vps.conoha.jp/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'メモリ 1 GB ... 763 円/月 更新時 763 円/月 - CPU 2コア - SSD 100GB'"},{"url":"https://vps.conoha.jp/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'メモリ 512 MB ... 460 円/月 更新時 460 円/月 - CPU 1コア - SSD 30GB'"},{"url":"https://vps.conoha.jp/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted from the configuration table: 'データ転送量 0円 無制限'"},{"url":"https://vps.conoha.jp/pricing/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'VISA / MasterCard / JCB / American Express / Diners Club 各種クレジットカードをご利用いただけます。' and 'American Express / Diners Club は日本国内に在住の方のみご利用いただけます。' and the PayPal and Amazon Pay options"}],"verdict":"qualifies","verified_at":"2026-10-24T02:05:00.000Z","notes":"The site is Japanese only; the order flow was not walked. The 2 GB plan is JPY 1,007 first term and JPY 1,259 on renewal, so only the 1 GB row is under the line at renewal.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"regional-trial","free_tier_kind":"one-shot-credit","shape":{"vcpu":1,"ram_gib":0.5,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":0}},"shape":{"vcpu":2,"ram_gib":1,"disk_gib":100,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null},"billing_model":"monthly","term":"monthly","m10h_usd":4.86,"m24h_usd":4.86,"price_arithmetic":"JPY 763 a month divided by the 2026-10-24 rate 156.839696 JPY/USD = USD 4.86; the page prints the same 763 on renewal","renewal_usd":4.86,"fx":{"pair":"USD/JPY","rate":156.839696,"date":"2026-10-24","source":"open.er-api.com/v6/latest/USD"},"free_tier_kind":"none","network_out":{"allow_outbound":true,"allow_inbound_listen":true,"ports":"all","static_ip":true,"ipv6":true,"per_session_bytes":null},"session_cap":{"wall_clock_min":null,"idle_reap_s":null,"restart_required":false,"note":"none; it is a VPS that bills whether it runs or not"},"english":"no; the site and console are Japanese only","payment_methods":"VISA, MasterCard, JCB (Amex and Diners for Japan residents only), PayPal, Amazon Pay, convenience store, bank transfer"},"tier":"メモリ1GB (1 GB plan)","confidence_note":"plan table and renewal prices from the plan page read today; payment rails from the vendor's pricing and flow pages"},"claims":[{"path":"$.extras.m10h_usd","kind":"price","num":4.86,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":4.86,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.extras.m24h_usd","kind":"price","num":4.86,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":4.86,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.extras.renewal_usd","kind":"price","num":4.86,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":4.86,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":512,"unit":"MB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:per-ip-shaping","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.interface","interface-unknown"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","withheld"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"],["$.reliability_note","none-observed"],["$.retention.notes","process"],["$.tooling","not-stated"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}