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For someone with an NREN endorsement it would be free multi-node testbed compute, which the free public clouds do not offer at any price.","limits":[{"kind":"write-gated","value":"No cost, but entry needs an endorsement from a national research and education network plus a project description, and quotas are set by the operator, so a person with no NREN affiliation cannot request a VM.","source":"https://connect.geant.org/2020/04/21/amidst-the-covid-19-pandemic-do-you-miss-your-office-and-test-lab-environment-let-the-geant-testbeds-service-gts-help"}],"limits_note":"No cost, but entry needs an endorsement from a national research and education network plus a project description, and quotas are set by the operator, so a person with no NREN affiliation cannot request a VM.","binding":"write-gated","binding_note":"No cost, but entry needs an endorsement from a national research and education network plus a project description, and quotas are set by the operator, so a person with no NREN affiliation cannot request a VM.","identity_cost":{"kind":"institution","detail":null,"country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event recorded","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://connect.geant.org/2020/04/21/amidst-the-covid-19-pandemic-do-you-miss-your-office-and-test-lab-environment-let-the-geant-testbeds-service-gts-help","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"FAQ states GTS is for researchers with an endorsement from their local NREN and that there are no costs but there are quotas, quoted"},{"url":"https://clouds.geant.org/news/community-cloud/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the current GEANT community cloud product is software that NRENs and institutions deploy on their own infrastructure, with access through eduGAIN, so an individual cannot join directly"}],"verdict":"fails-identity","verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"Recorded as fails-identity with the door named, which is the point of the record. The GTS page read is dated 2020, so its current status is uncertain: the successor described on clouds.geant.org is a deploy-it-yourself platform for NRENs rather than a service that individuals request. What would settle it is a current GTS page showing whether requests are still accepted in 2026.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"refutation-identity-gated","free_tier_kind":"grant","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"],["$.identity_cost.detail","process"],["$.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":[]}