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The live entry price is EUR 8.26 a month, which is about USD 9.50 at the rate the page itself prints for VAT. Corrected 2026-10-22: the record states no free tier exists, so the verdict is paid-only. docs/conventions/README.md defines paid-only as 'it was never free' and the earlier verdict treated a cheap paid shape as a qualified free one.","extras":{"shape":{"vcpu":2,"ram_gib":4,"disk_gib":64,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null},"billing_model":"flat-pool","granularity":{"min_billed_s":3600,"rounding_s":null},"session_cap":{"wall_clock_min":null,"idle_reap_s":null,"restart_required":false,"note":"none"},"keep_rate":{"value":1,"basis":"a contract bills monthly","source":"https://www.netcup.com/en/server/vps"},"persistent_storage":{"included_gib":64,"price_gib_month":"included","durability":"local SSD","survives_stop":true,"survives_destroy":false,"max_retention":"the contract term"},"network_out":{"allow_outbound":true,"allow_inbound_listen":true,"ports":"all","static_ip":true,"ipv6":true,"per_session_bytes":"flat rate, no published ceiling"},"free_tier_kind":"none","m10h_usd":9.5,"m24h_usd":9.5,"price_arithmetic":"the page prints EUR 8.26 a month and EUR 9.50 '(incl. 19% VAT)'; the contract term is 12 months. The two figures do not reconcile at 19 per cent: 8.26 x 1.19 = 9.83, and 9.50 / 8.26 implies 15.01 per cent. All five plans on the page show the same 1.150 ratio, so the label and the arithmetic disagree by a constant, not by a typo in one row. Both figures are quoted as printed; the rate the page used is not derived here","currency_note":"the page prints EUR only; the USD figure here uses the page's own VAT-inclusive EUR amount and is not a converted rate","burst_x":1,"burst_bill":"min 1 h","wave2":{"verdict_change":"qualifies-with-caveat -> paid-only on 2026-10-22 (enum conformance)","merged_agents":["micro-floor"],"merged_evidence_rows":3,"merged_note":"VPS Lite ladder, prices including 19 per cent VAT: pico G11.5s 1 vCore / 1 GB / 30 GB SSD at EUR 2.21 on a 12-month contract; nano G11.5s 2 vCore / 2 GB / 60 GB at EUR 3.69 on 6 months; Lite 1 G12.5s 2 vCore / 4 GB / 80 GB at EUR 5.86 on 6 months; Lite 2 G12.5s 4 vCore / 8 GB / 160 GB at EUR 9.50 on 3 months; Lite 3 G12.5s 8 vCore / 16 GB / 320 GB at EUR 16.66 on 2 months; Lite 4 G12.5s 16 vCore / 32 GB / 640 GB at EUR 30.86 on 1 month. 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Price is an upper bound: the Lite series sells for less than VPS 500."}]},"binding":"retention-clamped","binding_note":"the 12-month contract is the commitment and the monthly price only exists on that term"},"claims":[{"path":"$.extras.m10h_usd","kind":"price","num":9.5,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":9.5,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.extras.m24h_usd","kind":"price","num":9.5,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":9.5,"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:per-object-cap","num":4,"unit":"GB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:request-rate","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.per_object_cap.notes","process"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"],["$.reliability_note","none-observed"]],"history":[{"hid":"history/2026-10-24T053000Z/shortlist-and-identity-repair.md","when":"2026-10-24T05:30:00Z","status":"corrected","title":"The shortlist pass: one pick replaced, one verdict explained, and 186 identity fields that said nothing"}],"drift":[{"kind":"duplicate-disagrees","subject":"compute/netcup","other":"compute/netcup-windows","field":"verdict","a":"paid-only","b":"qualifies-with-caveat","detail":null}]}