LayerOne
- Free allowance
- No free tier; the cheapest plan, gc.pico, is USD 2.50/mo (USD 0.0034 per hour): 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 2.5 Gbps port, 2 TB transfer; new accounts add one month of credit up front and servers then bill by the hour from that credit
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- USD 2.5/monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- volume-quota2 TB per account per UTC calendar month plus 2 TB for gc.pico, prorated by time provisioned; USD 3.00 per TB beyond
- Evidence
- documented23 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-29checked 2026-10-29 (live); stale on 2026-11-29
| Free tier | no free tier; the cheapest plan, gc.pico, is USD 2.50/mo (USD 0.0034 per hour): 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 2.5 Gbps port, 2 TB transfer; new accounts add one month of credit up front and servers then bill by the hour from that credit unit none; metered on wall-clock; the monthly figure is a 730-hour equivalent of the hourly rate; billing is against prepaid credit that has no expiry |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
IPv6 is not available; one region (Tampa, Florida); no object storage and no attachable block volumes |
| Binding | volume-quota the pooled transfer is the first byte ceiling: 2 TB per account plus the plan allowance, then USD 3.00 per TB |
| Identity | email registration takes an email address and a password; first name, last name and business name are optional; the form shows no phone or ID document field; deployment needs prepaid credit (a single top-up is USD 3.00 to USD 1,000.00) or a saved card, and payment is accepted by card, wallet (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Cash App Pay, Amazon Pay, Alipay), USDC stablecoin or US bank transfer (ACH); whether a payment or fraud check asks for more is unverified |
| Egress | 2 TB account transfer pool per UTC calendar month, plus each server's plan allowance (2 TB on gc.pico) earned prorated by time provisioned and shared across the account; beyond the pool, USD 3.00 per TB free allowance: 2 TB per account per UTC calendar month plus the plan allowance (2 TB on gc.pico), prorated by time provisioned price per tb: USD 3.00 |
| Retention | a server runs and bills hourly from prepaid credit until it is destroyed; stopping it keeps the CPU, RAM and disk reserved and keeps the charge; credit has no expiry |
| Interface | ssh root SSH credentials are issued when the server is provisioned; a browser VNC console is included; the portal Settings page lists API keys, and the API reference is unverified |
| Tooling | SSH to a KVM guest with root; Debian, Ubuntu, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Alpine Linux, FreeBSD, Windows (BYOL) and pfSense templates at checkout |
| Composes with | Always-on KVM guest with a dedicated IPv4 and a pooled monthly transfer allowance, payable without a card by USDC stablecoin, Alipay or ACH. |
| Reliability | single site: all servers and the optional backups are in Tampa, Florida, and backups live on the same cluster as the guest; a 99.9% SLA is stated; unverified: no incident or status history captured |
| Notes | Hourly metering against prepaid credit; the monthly figure on the pricing page is a 730-hour equivalent of the hourly rate. A single region, Tampa, Florida. |
| Evidence note | documented price, shape, location, billing and the registration form are read from first-party pages and quoted; the pricing FAQ and the add-credit page disagree on PayPal, one saying it is accepted for one-time credit purchases and the other saying it is not accepted; any phone or ID check beyond the form is unverified |
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Evidence 23
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/pricing/ | gc.pico is the smallest plan: 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 2.5 Gbps port, 2 TB transfer |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/pricing/ | gc.pico costs $2.50 a month and $0.0034 an hour |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/pricing/ | new accounts add one month of credit up front and servers then bill hourly from that credit |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/pricing/ | no setup fee and no minimum contract |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/pricing/ | transfer beyond the pool is USD 3.00 per TB |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/pricing/ | the transfer pool is 2 TB per account per UTC calendar month plus each server's plan allowance, prorated and shared |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/pricing/ | every plan states a 99.9% SLA, root access and DDoS protection |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/pricing/ | the pricing FAQ states that PayPal is available for one-time credit purchases and monthly credit subscriptions |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/pricing/ | the server provisions automatically and root SSH credentials are issued on completion of the order |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/platform-overview/ | the only region is Tampa, Florida, on KVM with Xeon Scalable CPUs and NVMe storage |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/platform-overview/ | no IPv6, no load balancer, no object storage and no attachable block volumes |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/platform-overview/ | a stopped server keeps its reservation and its charge; only destroying it stops billing |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/platform-overview/ | part of the text of Notes, above |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/platform-overview/ | snapshots and backups live on the same cluster as the guest |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/create-an-account/ | the account is identified by an email address alone, with no username |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/create-an-account/ | the portal Settings page lists API keys among its entries |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/account/register/ | the registration form asks for an email address and a password; first name, last name and business name are optional; no phone or ID field is shown |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/add-credit/ | a single credit top-up is between USD 3.00 and USD 1,000.00 |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/add-credit/ | credit can be added before deploying, or a card saved, in which case deployment charges one month of the plan before the server is queued |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/add-credit/ | credit can be paid by card, wallets including Alipay, or US bank transfer (ACH) |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/add-credit/ | USDC stablecoin is accepted on Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Base and Tempo |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/add-credit/ | the add-credit page states PayPal is not accepted, contradicting the pricing FAQ |
| 2026-10-28 | layeronecloud.com/docs/getting-started/add-credit/ | credit has no expiry and there is no monthly minimum |
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