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cloud.google.com/compute/disks-image-pricing#windows_server_Windows hostcompute/gcp-windowsJSON compare report an error provider JSON

Sibling records disagree:

identity_kind: compute/gcp-compute says card, compute/gcp-windows says email

Free allowance: not published
Verdict: caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
Cost: free tier
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: request-rateWindows Server premium image at $0.06 an hour up to 4 vCPU and $0.13 an hour above it
Evidence: documented2 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-23checked 2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-23

Free tier	not published unit mixed; metered on wall-clock
Price	none stated
Limits	request-rate (binding) Windows Server premium image at $0.06 an hour up to 4 vCPU and $0.13 an hour above it source retention-clamped an archive snapshot is billed for a minimum of 90 days whether or not it is deleted sooner source not stated
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	not stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Interface	unknown
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Evidence note	documented the disks and images pricing page was read on 2026-10-22 and states the Windows Server premium-image hourly rate in two vCPU bands, plus the 90-day archive-snapshot minimum

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-02	cloud.google.com/compute/disks-image-pricing#windows_server_	not published
2026-10-22	cloud.google.com/compute/disks-image-pricing#windows_server_	'$0.06 USD/hour for instances with 4 or fewer vCPUs' and '$0.13 USD/hour for instances with more than 4 vCPUs' on the Windows Server premium image, and 'Archive snapshots are billed for a minimum of 90 days of storage', quoted

More fields 12

{
 "keep_rate": 1.0,
 "keep_rate_basis": null,
 "billing_model": "unclassified",
 "shape": null,
 "session_cap": {
  "wall_clock_min": null,
  "idle_reap_s": null,
  "restart_required": false,
  "note": "the licence bills with the instance hour; the free e2-micro allowance does not carry a Windows image"
 },
 "persistent_storage": null,
 "network_out": null,
 "price_note": null,
 "free_tier_kind": "allowance",
 "granularity": {
  "min_billed_s": 60,
  "rounding_s": null
 },
 "ps": {
  "gib": null,
  "price": "archive snapshots metered at a 90-day floor",
  "durability": "snapshot",
  "on_stop": true,
  "on_destroy": true,
  "retention": "90 days of billing even if deleted sooner"
 },
 "net": null
}

Unknown values 10

$.chaining a source was read and is silent on this field
$.egress.metered egress metering was not published
$.egress.terms a source was read and is silent on this field
$.interface the access interface was not established
$.limits_note a source was read and is silent on this field
$.per_object_cap.stated a source was read and is silent on this field
$.reliability_note nothing of this kind was observed
$.retention.notes the field may be stated in a source that was not read
$.retention.stated a source was read and is silent on this field
$.tooling a source was read and is silent on this field