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The NZBHydra 2 product was seen in search results but its page was not opened.","evidence":[{"url":"https://store.elfhosted.com/product/prowlarr/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"vendor page read today: 'USD 9.00 / month', 'Free trial: 7 days', 'Sign-up fee: USD 1.00', and 'On ElfHosted, it comes pre-configured and connected to your other apps.'"},{"url":"https://store.elfhosted.com/product/nzbhydra/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"search snippet only: a managed NZBHydra 2 product exists alongside Prowlarr; the page itself was not opened"},{"url":"https://docs.elfhosted.com/app/nzbhydra/","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"search snippet: 'ElfHosted hosts NZBHydra 2 as a managed open-source app'"}],"verdict":"paid-only","extras":{"price":"USD 9/month (USD 86.40/year)","software":"Prowlarr / NZBHydra 2, managed","note":"this is not an indexer; it is a host for the aggregator layer"},"notes":"Brief asked for a hosted aggregator that needs no install: this is one, and it is paid. No free hosted aggregator was found. The aggregator software itself gets no service record, per the brief; this record prices the hosting, which is a service.","verified_at":"2026-10-23T02:11:54.066Z","topic":"debrid","price_per_tb_month":null},"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:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[],"history":[],"drift":[]}