{"rid":"compute/tencent-lighthouse-intl","card":{"rid":"compute/tencent-lighthouse-intl","eid":"tencentcloud","topic":"compute","slug":"tencent-lighthouse-intl","provider":"Tencent Cloud International (Lighthouse)","url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/lighthouse","domain":"tencentcloud.com","category":"VPS","tier":"Linux Starter","verdict":"qualifies","vorder":0,"grp":"usable","confidence":"documented","binding":"volume-quota","identity_kind":"card","identity_basis":"stated","needs_card":1,"needs_phone":0,"needs_id":0,"needs_institution":0,"country":null,"crypto":null,"interfaces":"ssh,rest","egress_metered":1,"per_object_bytes":null,"retention_days":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-24T03:19:16.612Z","verified_basis":"live","checked_on":"2026-10-25","stale_on":"2026-11-24","n_evidence":10,"usd_month":4.2,"usd_per_tb_month":null,"summary":"no free tier; Linux Starter is USD 4.2 per month, or USD 10.08 for the first year against a stated original of USD 50.4 per year","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":4},"record":{"topic":"compute","slug":"tencent-lighthouse-intl","provider":"Tencent Cloud International (Lighthouse)","url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/lighthouse","category":"VPS","tier":"Linux Starter","free_tier":{"stated":"no free tier; Linux Starter is USD 4.2 per month, or USD 10.08 for the first year against a stated original of USD 50.4 per year","unit":"none","metered_on":"none","source_url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/lighthouse","read_on":"2026-10-24"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable","source_url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/lighthouse","notes":null},"retention":{"stated":"the instance and disk persist while the subscription is paid; the annual price is a first-term promotion and the renewal is USD 50.4 a year","source_url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/lighthouse","notes":null},"egress":{"terms":"0.5 TB a month on Linux Starter, then out-of-plan transfer is billed per outbound GB at the pay-as-you-go rate","metered":true,"free_allowance":"0.5 TB","source_url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/lighthouse"},"interface":["ssh","rest"],"interface_detail":"root SSH; the vendor's web console; a REST API where documented","tooling":"any SSH client","chaining":"two vCPUs and 2 GB for USD 4.2 a month in Hong Kong, Singapore or Tokyo is the largest shape under the line, and the first year at USD 10.08 is the cheapest year on any row that requires no local identity","limits":[{"kind":"volume-quota","value":"0.5 TB a month of outbound transfer; excess billed per GB","source":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/lighthouse"}],"binding":"volume-quota","binding_note":"0.5 TB a month is the smallest traffic allowance on any 2 GB row here; at 4 GiB of daily backup upload it is gone in four months of steady use","identity_cost":{"kind":"card","detail":"card required at signup and before any transaction; USD 1.00 pre-authorisation on binding, cancelled and refunded in 1 to 5 business days; debit accepted, with the vendor's own caveat that 'Some card brands may not support debit cards'; prepaid cards are DISPUTED between two first-party pages: the billing FAQ says 'Tencent Cloud does not support prepaid cards, virtual cards, or gift cards' while the registration doc says 'Seven types of credit cards/debit cards/prepaid cards are supported'; virtual cards and gift cards are refused on both pages; identity verification is required only for purchases in the Chinese Mainland, not for Hong Kong, Singapore or Tokyo","country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event recorded","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"price, shape and transfer from the Lighthouse product page read today; card and identity rules from Tencent's own account and signup documents | Payment facts re-read on 2026-10-24: the card types, the hold and the identity gate each come from a first-party page quoted in evidence[].","evidence":[{"url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/lighthouse","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Linux Starter $4.2/month CPU 2 vCPUs MEM 2 GB System disk 40 GB SSD ... Transfer 0.5 TB/month'"},{"url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/lighthouse","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Linux Starter Plan ... $10.08/year originally$50.4/year CPU 2vCPUs2GB Transfer 0.5TB/month'"},{"url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/lighthouse","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Out-of-plan data transfer is billed by the outbound traffic, i.e., total volume of data transferred over the public network in GB'"},{"url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/api/378/17985","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Seven types of credit cards/debit cards/prepaid cards are supported: VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, UnionPay, JCB, DISCOVER, and Diners Club.'"},{"url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/378/80429","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'The account has a credit card bound or has applied for a credit limit.' and 'Identity Verification is required when you purchase or use cloud services in the Chinese Mainland'"},{"url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/378","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: individual verification accepts a passport, ID card, driving licence or work permit and takes 2 to 4 business days, required for promotional campaigns"},{"url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/555/7425","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Check your card type. Tencent Cloud does not support prepaid cards, virtual cards, or gift cards, and does not allow to bind enterprise accounts. Please select a credit or debit card of VISA, Master, JCB, DISCOVER, AMEX, or UnionPay. Some card brands may not support debit cards.'"},{"url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/555/7425","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted, the hold: 'After the pre-authorization fee of 1 USD is successfully deducted by the system, cancellation of pre-authorization will be automatically triggered. Generally, after 1 to 5 business days, the pre-authorization is cancelled, and the fee is refunded.' and 'To bind a card, pre-authorization deduction of 1 USD is required.'"},{"url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/378/17985","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"the contradicting first-party sentence, on the registration doc last updated 2026-07-08: 'Seven types of credit cards/debit cards/prepaid cards are supported: VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, UnionPay, JCB, DISCOVER, and Diners Club.' The same page refuses virtual cards: 'Tencent Cloud does not support virtual cards or gift cards'"},{"url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/378/80429","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Identity Verification is required when you purchase or use cloud services in the Chinese Mainland' on the international site, against 'Identity Verification must be completed to purchase or use cloud services' on the China site"}],"verdict":"qualifies","verified_at":"2026-10-24T03:19:16.612Z","price_per_tb_month":null,"notes":"USD 10.08 for the first year is USD 0.84 a month, and the page prints the original USD 50.4 next to it, so the renewal is known rather than hidden. The 2 GB row is the one under the line; Razor Speed at USD 5.0 is 2 vCPU / 1 GB and does not qualify. The free promotional tier is a separate offer and it fails identity: individual verification accepts a passport, ID card, driving licence or work permit from the registration country and takes 2 to 4 business days, and it is required 'if you want to participate in individual promotional campaigns'. The paid Lighthouse plan priced here is buyable without a document for an overseas region. Both are wrong as written. That sentence is real but sits on the registration doc (378/17985, last updated 2026-07-08), while the billing FAQ (555/7425) states the opposite for prepaid and virtual cards, and the USD 1 pre-authorisation is published on both. Prepaid is therefore recorded as disputed between two first-party pages rather than accepted; a reader should plan on a credit or debit card. A signup attempt would settle which page the payment processor enforces, and none was made.","extras":{"shape":{"vcpu":2,"ram_gib":2,"disk_gib":40,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null},"billing_model":"monthly or annual prepay","term":"monthly, or yearly with a first-term promotion","m10h_usd":4.2,"m24h_usd":4.2,"price_arithmetic":"4.2 a month monthly, or 10.08 for year one = 10.08/12 = 0.84/mo equivalent; renewal 50.4/12 = 4.20/mo","renewal_usd":4.2,"first_term_usd":0.84,"free_tier_kind":"none","network_out":{"allow_outbound":true,"allow_inbound_listen":true,"ports":"all","static_ip":true,"ipv6":false,"per_session_bytes":null},"session_cap":{"wall_clock_min":null,"idle_reap_s":null,"restart_required":false,"note":"none; it is a VPS that bills whether it runs or not"},"english":"yes, the international site is English throughout","payment_methods":{"card_at_signup":"yes","debit":"accepted-with-condition","prepaid":"disputed","virtual":"refused","hold_amount":"USD 1.00","hold_detail":"pre-authorisation on card binding, cancelled and refunded in 1 to 5 business days","identity":"email, then identity verification only for Chinese Mainland purchases","source_url":"https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/555/7425","read_on":"2026-10-24","superseded":"VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, UnionPay, JCB, DISCOVER, Diners Club; debit and prepaid named as accepted"}}},"claims":[{"path":"$.extras.m10h_usd","kind":"price","num":4.2,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":4.2,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.extras.m24h_usd","kind":"price","num":4.2,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":4.2,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.extras.renewal_usd","kind":"price","num":4.2,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":4.2,"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:volume-quota","num":0.5,"unit":"TB","per":"month","currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[["$.per_object_cap.notes","withheld"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"],["$.reliability_note","none-observed"],["$.retention.notes","process"]],"history":[],"drift":[{"kind":"duplicate-disagrees","subject":"compute/tencent-cloud-international","other":"compute/tencent-lighthouse-intl","field":"verdict","a":"fails-identity","b":"qualifies","detail":null},{"kind":"duplicate-disagrees","subject":"compute/tencent-cloud-international","other":"compute/tencent-lighthouse-intl","field":"identity_kind","a":"national-id","b":"card","detail":null}]}