VolpaByte

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 "shape": {
  "vcpu": 6,
  "ram_gib": 8,
  "disk_gib": 100,
  "gpu_class": null,
  "gpu_count": null
 },
 "billing_model": "monthly only, as published today",
 "term": "monthly; the site states no minimum term",
 "m10h_usd": 5.59,
 "m24h_usd": 4.75,
 "price_arithmetic": "EUR 4.99 a month x 1.1193 (ECB reference, 2026-10-23) = USD 5.585, rounded USD 5.59. It is a VPS, so it bills whether it runs or not and there is no division by 730. No annual term is published today, so there is no annual-divided-by-12 figure to quote.",
 "out_of_pocket_usd": 56.97,
 "renewal_usd": "not published",
 "renewal_note": "the page states a monthly price only. No renewal sentence, no annual term and no discount banner appear in the 14,410-byte page. The EUR 50.90 annual figure in the record this replaces is not on the page today.",
 "promo": false,
 "fx": {
  "pair": "EUR/USD",
  "rate": 1.1193,
  "date": "2026-10-23",
  "source": "ECB reference via frankfurter.app"
 },
 "port_mbps": 1000,
 "ipv4_included": true,
 "ipv6": "/64",
 "vat": "the German site quotes consumer prices; the old record read EUR 4.19 net + EUR 0.80 VAT = EUR 4.99 gross. The page does not say which basis it prints, so the net figure is not restated here",
 "checkout": {
  "order_url": "https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps/ryzen-kvm-8-gb",
  "configurator_url": "https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/cart.php?a=confproduct&i=1",
  "in_stock": "yes: the configurator priced the plan and accepted a billing-cycle change, which a sold-out product would not",
  "stock_evidence": "the configurator returned an order summary with a total on both the monthly and the annual cycle on 2026-10-24; no stock counter is printed",
  "payment_methods": "unverified: the payment step follows the hostname and root-password step, which was not completed.",
  "debit": "unverified: no payment-method list was read",
  "hold": null,
  "checkout_asks": "the configurator asks for a Hostname and a Root Password, then Extra IPv4, DDoS tier, Operating System, Backup Slots and an SMTP addon. No ID document, no company and no address field appear at this step",
  "first_payment_eur_monthly": 4.99,
  "first_payment_eur_annual": 50.9,
  "first_payment_note": "'Setup Fees: EUR 0,00'; monthly 'EUR 4,99 Total Due Today', annual 'EUR 50,90 Total Due Today', both VAT-inclusive",
  "renewal_at_checkout": "no renewal sentence on the configurator",
  "non_eu_buyable": "The annual cycle is invoiced instead and avoids that clause"
 },
 "ladder": {
  "Ryzen KVM 4 GB": {
   "vcpu": 4,
   "ram_gib": 4,
   "disk_gib": 50,
   "eur_mo_gross": 3.49
  },
  "Ryzen KVM 6 GB": {
   "vcpu": 4,
   "ram_gib": 6,
   "disk_gib": 75,
   "eur_mo_gross": 3.99,
   "eur_yr_gross": 40.7
  },
  "Ryzen KVM 8 GB": {
   "vcpu": 6,
   "ram_gib": 8,
   "disk_gib": 100,
   "eur_mo_gross": 4.99,
   "eur_yr_gross": 50.9
  },
  "Ryzen KVM 16 GB": {
   "vcpu": 6,
   "ram_gib": 16,
   "disk_gib": 200,
   "eur_mo_gross": 8.49
  },
  "Ryzen KVM 24 GB": {
   "vcpu": 8,
   "ram_gib": 24,
   "disk_gib": 300,
   "eur_mo_gross": 13.99
  },
  "Ryzen KVM 32 GB": {
   "vcpu": 12,
   "ram_gib": 32,
   "disk_gib": 400,
   "eur_mo_gross": 17.99
  }
 },
 "ladder_source": "https://volpabyte.net/ryzen-vps.html",
 "gib_per_usd_gross": 1.685,
 "gib_per_usd_net": 2.005,
 "free_tier_kind": "none",
 "network_out": {
  "allow_outbound": true,
  "allow_inbound_listen": true,
  "ports": "all",
  "static_ip": true,
  "ipv6": true,
  "per_session_bytes": null
 },
 "session_cap": {
  "wall_clock_min": null,
  "idle_reap_s": null,
  "restart_required": false,
  "note": "none; it is a VPS"
 },
 "signup_url": "https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps/ryzen-kvm-8gb",
 "cart_url": "https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/cart.php?a=configure&productid=1",
 "payment_methods": "not read: the store renders no product, so no checkout was reachable.",
 "stock": "out of stock / not sold: every order link resolves to a store that renders 'Product group does not contain any visible products'. Read at https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps",
 "superseded_claim": "EUR 50.90/yr = EUR 4.24/mo = USD 4.75, 6 vCPU / 8 GiB / 100 GB / unlimited, qualifies-with-caveat",
 "price_on_page": "EUR 4.99/mo, EUR 50.90/yr",
 "price_in_cart": "EUR 4,99 Total Due Today on the monthly cycle: \"Monthly: EUR 4,19\" plus \"VAT @ 19.00%: EUR 0,80\"",
 "cart_works": "yes",
 "cart_evidence": "read in a browser by the operator on 2026-10-24, cart.php?a=configure&productid=1: 'Ryzen KVM 8 GB / KVM Server / Ryzen KVM 8 GB EUR 4,99 EUR', then 'Setup Fees: EUR 0,00', 'Monthly: EUR 4,19 EUR', 'VAT @ 19.00%: EUR 0,80 EUR', 'EUR 4,99 EUR Total Due Today'. A second render at cart.php?a=config&productID=0 showed the same total with the same VAT line",
 "needs_account_first": false,
 "method_note": "A stateless fetch makes this store look dead. Without a cookie jar the same URL returns 'Could not load any product groups'; with a jar warmed from the homepage it renders the full configurator. That was a tool artefact, not a vendor fault.",
 "vat_pct": 19.0,
 "vat_included": true,
 "price_ex_vat_eur": 4.19,
 "vat_note": "The cart DOES apply 19% German VAT and states it as a separate line, so EUR 4,99 is a gross price and EUR 4,19 is the net. the line is present and that note is withdrawn. Because VAT is charged at the German rate with no country selector, a non-EU buyer's total is unverified: it should be EUR 4,19 if the VAT falls away, but no country selector exists to make it fall away."
}

• $.evidence[8].proved withheld
• $.extras.checkout.hold withheld
• $.per_object_cap.stated not-applicable
• $.reliability_note none-observed