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Multiple independent reports describe an SMS-verification wall and an ad-click requirement with no credentials issued.","unit":"GiB","metered_on":"wall-clock","source_url":"https://gratisvps.net/","read_on":"2026-10-22","notes":"none"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://gratisvps.net/","notes":null},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable","days":null,"source_url":"https://gratisvps.net/","notes":null},"egress":{"terms":"not stated","metered":false,"free_allowance":null,"price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://gratisvps.net/"},"interface":["ssh"],"interface_detail":"inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed","tooling":"not stated","chaining":"Nothing, because the machine is not issued. Any chain through it fails at provisioning.","limits":[],"limits_note":"Independent reports say the deployment never yields a root password after the SMS step, so the capacity exists only as a claim; the site also asks users to click advertising links to activate service.","binding":"none","binding_note":"Independent reports say the deployment never yields a root password after the SMS step, so the capacity exists only as a claim; the site also asks users to click advertising links to activate service.","identity_cost":{"kind":"any-phone","detail":"no card, but a phone wall: the site claims \"No card, no trial that expires into a bill\", while users report an SMS verification step after the VPS is created, one of them producing a machine but never a password, and reviews describe a requirement to click advertising links to activate. The record does not state which numbers the SMS check accepts, which is why the kind is any-phone rather than country-phone; no hold or authorisation is stated, and debit or prepaid do not arise because no card is taken","country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event recorded","confidence":"reported","evidence":[{"url":"https://gratisvps.net/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"front page advertises 2 vCPU and 2 GB RAM KVM with no card and root SSH, quoted, and states the model is advertising-funded"},{"url":"https://www.nodeloc.com/t/topic/29849","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"users report being asked for SMS verification after creating a VPS, and one reports that the deployment produced a machine but never a password"},{"url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/review/gratisvps.net","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"reviews describe being required to click advertising links to activate the service"},{"url":"https://www.preeez.com/2023/07/unveiling-truth-behind-free-vps-scams.html","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"a 2023 review calls the site an ad farm that requests significant personal information"},{"url":"https://scamadviser.com/check-website/gratisvps.net","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the owner identity is hidden in WHOIS and negative reviews were detected, though the site is rated probably not a scam"}],"verdict":"fails-identity","verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"The site's own page is well written and states the parameters plainly, which is why it keeps appearing in listicles. Two independent user reports plus a review site plus a hidden WHOIS is enough to record it as non-delivering rather than to repeat 2 vCPU as capacity. One testimonial blog claims a 30-day run with a live Discord bot; it is unverifiable and reads as promotional.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"refutation-non-delivering","free_tier_kind":"none","shape":{"vcpu":2,"ram_gib":2,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null}}}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":2,"unit":"GB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[["$.egress.metered","egress-unknown"],["$.egress.terms","not-stated"],["$.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":[]}