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Blocks: 50 GB EUR 2.95, 100 GB EUR 4.95, 500 GB EUR 14.95, 1000 GB EUR 24.95, 2000 GB EUR 41.95, all 'Never Expires'. Payment: SEPA, card, iDEAL, Sofort, crypto, Bancontact, Belfius, Giropay and others.","binding":"volume-quota","binding_note":"On the flats the speed tier binds before any volume, because downloads are unlimited; on the blocks the byte allowance is the whole product and a 2 TB block is 24 months at 1 TiB/month.","identity_cost":{"kind":"card","detail":"The vendor says the 20 GB trial needs no credit card, but the plan card prices the same trial at EUR 3.90, so the honest reading is that something is charged. Crypto and SEPA are accepted for paid plans, which is the card-free route to a block.","country":null},"reliability_note":"The EUR 3.90 trial line and the 'no credit card needed' sentence are the kind of contradiction that costs a session if it is not recorded.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"Every price is from the vendor page read today. The free-trial claim is contradicted by the same page's price table and is recorded as trial-only rather than free.","evidence":[{"url":"https://www.cheapnews.eu/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"'Free 20GB Trial, no credit card needed'; 'Free trial ... 20GB downloads, 7 days /20GB' priced 'EUR 3,90' in the plan card"},{"url":"https://www.cheapnews.eu/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"blocks 50 GB EUR 2.95, 100 GB EUR 4.95, 500 GB EUR 14.95, 1000 GB EUR 24.95, 2000 GB EUR 41.95, never expires; flats EUR 3.50 to EUR 9.75; 3000+ days"},{"url":"https://www.cheapnews.eu/faq/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"'Get 20GB completely free - no credit card needed! 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