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The site is a small operator's storefront: no SDK, no CLI and no documented API at the USD 4 tier.","chaining":"The cheapest published monthly microVM with a dedicated 1 vCPU: USD 4 a month for 1 vCPU, 512 MB and 10 GB NVMe with 1 TB of transfer. Use it where a real always-on box is wanted and 512 MB is enough, which rules out anything with a JVM, a database and an agent runtime on the same box.","limits":[{"kind":"volume-quota","value":"1 TB of bandwidth a month on SPARK XS","source":"https://coolvds.com/pricing"}],"limits_note":"The shape is the first wall: 512 MB of DDR5 RAM and 10 GB of Gen5 NVMe, with no published resize or add-on disk path on the pricing page. Volume discount is 5% from USD 300 a month.","binding":"volume-quota","binding_note":"512 MB of RAM is the shape ceiling under USD 5, and the next plan (SPARK S, 2 vCPU / 2 GB) is USD 7; the 1 TB traffic cap is the metered wall behind it.","identity_cost":{"kind":"card","detail":"A monthly plan implies a payment method at checkout; no card, hold or debit statement was read on the pricing page. Unverified.","country":null},"reliability_note":"waitlist only: the order page says \"All Slots Currently Occupied\" and offers no order button","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"The plan name, price, shape and traffic allowance are quoted from the pricing page. The broker served a stored snapshot of that page captured at 01:49 UTC today rather than a live fetch, so the page was read today but not re-fetched. SSH, the payment method and the overage rate are not on the page.","evidence":[{"url":"https://coolvds.com/pricing","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'SPARK XS $4/mo - 1 vCPU (Firecracker), 512 MB DDR5 RAM, 10 GB Gen5 NVMe, 1 TB Bandwidth, 99.9% Uptime SLA'"},{"url":"https://coolvds.com/pricing","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"plan ladder: 'SPARK S $7/mo' 2 vCPU / 2 GB / 25 GB / 2 TB; 'SPARK M $13/mo' 4 vCPU / 4 GB / 50 GB / 4 TB; 'SPARK L $25/mo' 8 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GB / 8 TB"},{"url":"https://coolvds.com/order?plan=SPARK+XS&category=microvms","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"payment: 'Accepted Payment Methods: Stripe, PayPal ... All major credit cards accepted'"},{"url":"https://coolvds.com/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: '125ms Boot Time', '$0.00 Ingress Fees', 'Firecracker MicroVMs starting at $3.90/mo' (the meta description's USD 3.90 does not match the USD 4 shown on the plan card)"},{"url":"https://coolvds.com/pricing","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Entry MicroVM SPARK XS $4/mo - 1 vCPU (Firecracker) - 512 MB DDR5 RAM - 10 GB Gen5 NVMe - 1 TB Bandwidth - 99.9% Uptime SLA'"},{"url":"https://coolvds.com/pricing","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'SPARK S $7/mo - 2 vCPU (Firecracker) - 2 GB DDR5 RAM - 25 GB Gen5 NVMe - 2 TB Bandwidth'; 'SPARK M $13/mo ... API Access'"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-24T02:40:00.000Z","price_per_tb_month":null,"notes":"The number is a monthly plan price, not a rate card, so 24/7 costs exactly USD 4.00 whether the box runs or not: no multiplication is involved. What would settle the gaps: reading the checkout page for the payment method, and the docs for SSH and the overage rate. NOT PURCHASABLE on 2026-10-24: the order page states 'All Slots Currently Occupied' and offers no order button, only a waitlist. The shape and price are documented and the row cannot be counted as buyable.","extras":{"shape":{"vcpu":1,"ram_gib":0.5,"disk_gib":10,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null},"billing_model":"monthly","term":"monthly","m10h_usd":4,"m24h_usd":4,"price_arithmetic":"Monthly plan: USD 4.00 a month bills whether it runs or not, so 24/7 = USD 4.00 and 10 h/day = USD 4.00. No hourly rate is published.","free_tier_kind":"none","network_out":{"allow_outbound":true,"allow_inbound_listen":null,"ports":"not published on the pricing page","static_ip":null,"ipv6":null,"per_session_bytes":null},"session_cap":{"wall_clock_min":null,"idle_reap_s":null,"restart_required":false,"note":"none published; a monthly plan"},"aggregator_gross_usd_month":4,"aggregator_note":"sandboxprices.com ranks CoolVDS #11 at USD 4.00 gross for this same SPARK XS shape; the two agree exactly because the product is a fixed monthly plan."}},"claims":[{"path":"$.extras.m10h_usd","kind":"price","num":4,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":4,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.extras.m24h_usd","kind":"price","num":4,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":4,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:volume-quota","num":1,"unit":"TB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}