IONOS

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   "source_url": "https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/yabs/ionos-2c-2gb-20260625-tg10331",
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  "identity": "no identity document named on the pages read",
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  "note": "8 cores and 20 GB RAM total across the account, 600 GB HDD plus 600 GB SSD; disk_gib is the sum of the two volumes, not a single disk"
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  "why": "Per-GB-month; \"Just 4.99 Dollar per TB for 30 days\"; multi-region redundant",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
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 "price_verbatim": "$4.99/TB at 5 TB and 20 TB for storage — but serving 20 TB/month costs $648 in egress alone (2 TB free + 18 TB x $36/TB), i.e. effective $32/TB+."
}

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 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "The 'free VPS' is a money-back guarantee on a paid contract, and the disk is the problem: the trial-matching tier is 'VPS S+ … 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe'. 60 GB is 8x below the floor eve",
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