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No hold is stated and debit or prepaid acceptance is not stated; the startup tracks, KRW 5,000,000 for a year and KRW 35,000,000 over two, need the same entity","country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event recorded","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://kakaocloud.com/business/support/new","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the new-signup programme page states, in Korean, that a credit worth KRW 300,000 is granted to a customer who applies within 3 months of signup, usable against payment for various services, and lists the two steps as registering a payment method and then applying for the credit"},{"url":"https://docs.kakaocloud.com/start/quickstart-guide/sign-up","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the signup guide states, in Korean, that a copy of the business registration certificate must be prepared before signup, and that uploading the business registration certificate and entering its registration number is a mandatory first step of the KakaoCloud signup procedure"},{"url":"https://blog.kakaocloud.com/94","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the startup programme blog states, in Korean, that the Launch track gives KRW 5,000,000 of credit usable for one year to every qualified startup, and that the Grow track gives KRW 35,000,000 over two years to companies backed by a partner VC or accelerator"},{"url":"https://ssanvps.com/en/korea/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the cheapest Korean plan in the index is KakaoCloud t1i.nano at 2 vCPU and 0.5 GB for USD 2.98 a month with outbound 30 GiB free; a third-party price comparison, reported not documented"}],"verdict":"fails-identity","verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"This refutes the common English roundup line that KakaoCloud is a cheap Korean cloud anyone can open: the gate is a business licence, not a phone. 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