{"rid":"compute/sakura-vps-2-week","card":{"rid":"compute/sakura-vps-2-week","eid":"sakura","topic":"compute","slug":"sakura-vps-2-week","provider":"Sakura VPS 2-week","url":"https://vps.sakura.ad.jp/flow/","domain":"sakura.ad.jp","category":"cloud VM","tier":null,"verdict":"trial-only","vorder":2,"grp":"trial","confidence":"documented","binding":"per-ip-shaping","identity_kind":"card","identity_basis":"stated","needs_card":1,"needs_phone":0,"needs_id":0,"needs_institution":0,"country":null,"crypto":null,"interfaces":null,"egress_metered":0,"per_object_bytes":null,"retention_days":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","verified_basis":"live","checked_on":"2026-10-22","stale_on":"2026-11-21","n_evidence":2,"usd_month":null,"usd_per_tb_month":null,"summary":"Every plan is free for two weeks when the order is placed with credit-card payment: 'クレジットカード払いをご選択された場合、全プランで2週間の無料お試し期間をご利用いただけます'. Two servers may run on ...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":7},"record":{"topic":"compute","slug":"sakura-vps-2-week","provider":"Sakura VPS 2-week","url":"https://vps.sakura.ad.jp/flow/","category":"cloud VM","free_tier":{"stated":"Every plan is free for two weeks when the order is placed with credit-card payment: 'クレジットカード払いをご選択された場合、全プランで2週間の無料お試し期間をご利用いただけます'. Two servers may run on trial at once. At the end of the two weeks the account converts automatically to the paid service ('自動的に本サービスのご利用開始（本登録）となります'), and the service carries a three-month minimum term.","unit":"GiB","metered_on":"wall-clock","source_url":"https://vps.sakura.ad.jp/flow/","read_on":"2026-10-22","notes":"time-boxed-trial"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://vps.sakura.ad.jp/flow/","notes":null},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable","days":null,"source_url":"https://vps.sakura.ad.jp/flow/","notes":null},"egress":{"terms":"the application-flow page states that all plans are free for two weeks with credit-card payment, that two servers may be trialled at once, that the trial converts automatically to the paid service at expiry, and that the minimum service period is three months; the trial restriction table lists a 10 Mbps outbound cap, OP25B on port 25, and no free nameserver","metered":false,"free_allowance":null,"price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://vps.sakura.ad.jp/flow/"},"interface":["unknown"],"interface_detail":"inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed","tooling":"not stated","chaining":"The trial is the cheapest way to hold a Japanese-resident IP for two weeks at zero cost, and it stacks with nothing: the card is the same instrument the next provider will refuse if the trial is abandoned unpaid.","limits":[{"kind":"per-ip-shaping","value":"During the trial the outbound path is held at 10 Mbps, port 25 is closed, and the free nameserver is withheld; the first thing that fails is any bulk transfer, and the second is the automatic conversion to a paid contract with a three-month minimum if the trial is not cancelled in time.","source":"https://vps.sakura.ad.jp/flow/"}],"limits_note":"During the trial the outbound path is held at 10 Mbps, port 25 is closed, and the free nameserver is withheld; the first thing that fails is any bulk transfer, and the second is the automatic conversion to a paid contract with a three-month minimum if the trial is not cancelled in time.","binding":"per-ip-shaping","binding_note":"During the trial the outbound path is held at 10 Mbps, port 25 is closed, and the free nameserver is withheld; the first thing that fails is any bulk transfer, and the second is the automatic conversion to a paid contract with a three-month minimum if the trial is not cancelled in time.","identity_cost":{"kind":"card","detail":"a credit card at order is the condition of the free two weeks: the application-flow page states that when credit-card payment is selected every plan gets a two-week free trial, and two servers may be trialled at once. The authorisation amount is not stated; whether debit or prepaid is accepted is not stated. The account converts automatically to the paid service at expiry under a three-month minimum term","country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event recorded","confidence":"documented","evidence":[{"url":"https://vps.sakura.ad.jp/flow/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the application-flow page states that all plans are free for two weeks with credit-card payment, that two servers may be trialled at once, that the trial converts automatically to the paid service at expiry, and that the minimum service period is three months; the trial restriction table lists a 10 Mbps outbound cap, OP25B on port 25, and no free nameserver"},{"url":"https://vps.sakura.ad.jp/specification/","date":"2026-10-22","proved":"the price table gives 512 MB with 1 virtual core and 25 GB SSD at 月額換算590円/月 (年額7,078円), 1 GB with 2 cores and 50 GB at 807円/月, 2 GB with 3 cores and 100 GB at 1,594円/月, 4 GB with 4 cores and 200 GB at 3,227円/月, up to 32 GB with 8 cores and 1,600 GB at 24,200円/月, each with 初期費用無料"}],"verdict":"trial-only","verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"The corpus holds three Sakura Cloud records (sakura-cloud, sakura-cloud-2, sakura-cloud-certification, sakura-cloud-student) but none for VPS, which is a separate product with its own billing and its own trial. The trial's shape ceiling is the whole ladder, so the largest trialled box is 32 GB with 8 cores and 1,600 GB SSD for fourteen days at JPY 0, and the smallest is 512 MB. The 10 Mbps cap is the honest detail: a free two-week box that cannot push a backup out is a test environment. Currency figures are the vendor's yen as written; no conversion is asserted.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"regional-trial","free_tier_kind":"time-boxed-trial","shape":{"vcpu":1,"ram_gib":0.5,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":0}}}},"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:per-ip-shaping","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.interface","interface-unknown"],["$.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":[]}