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The Amsterdam page also says 'Starting at only EUR 3.50 per month' in prose against a table that starts at USD 5.00, so the page carries two currencies and neither was converted. Not in dossier/compute. would-settle: whether the USD 9.95 annual plan still exists on the order form.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":null,"free_tier_kind":"none","shape":{"vcpu":1,"ram_gib":1,"disk_gib":20,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null}}}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":1,"unit":"GB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:volume-quota","num":1000,"unit":"GB","per":"month","currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[["$.identity_cost.detail","not-stated"],["$.identity_cost.kind","identity-defaulted"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","process"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"],["$.retention.notes","process"],["$.retention.stated","not-applicable"]],"history":[],"drift":[{"kind":"duplicate-disagrees","subject":"compute/softshellweb","other":"compute/softshellweb-lxc-ipv6-only","field":"verdict","a":"paid-only","b":"qualifies","detail":null}]}