netcup

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  "ram_gib": 16,
  "disk_gib": 256
 },
 "billing_model": "12-month or 24-month term",
 "term": "12 months",
 "monthly_eur_gross": 26.92,
 "monthly_eur_net": 22.62,
 "monthly_usd_net": 25.32,
 "monthly_term_eur_gross": 30.96,
 "windows_licence": "none sold; 180-day test licence on self-install",
 "windows_images": "buyer-supplied ISO",
 "ipv4_included": true,
 "traffic": "flat rate",
 "cart_url": "https://www.netcup.com/en/server/vps"
}

• $.per_object_cap.stated not-applicable

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  "ram_gib": 4,
  "disk_gib": 64,
  "gpu_class": null,
  "gpu_count": null
 },
 "billing_model": "flat-pool",
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  "rounding_s": null
 },
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  "idle_reap_s": null,
  "restart_required": false,
  "note": "none"
 },
 "keep_rate": {
  "value": 1.0,
  "basis": "a contract bills monthly",
  "source": "https://www.netcup.com/en/server/vps"
 },
 "persistent_storage": {
  "included_gib": 64,
  "price_gib_month": "included",
  "durability": "local SSD",
  "survives_stop": true,
  "survives_destroy": false,
  "max_retention": "the contract term"
 },
 "network_out": {
  "allow_outbound": true,
  "allow_inbound_listen": true,
  "ports": "all",
  "static_ip": true,
  "ipv6": true,
  "per_session_bytes": "flat rate, no published ceiling"
 },
 "free_tier_kind": "none",
 "m10h_usd": 9.5,
 "m24h_usd": 9.5,
 "price_arithmetic": "the page prints EUR 8.26 a month and EUR 9.50 '(incl. 19% VAT)'; the contract term is 12 months. The two figures do not reconcile at 19 per cent: 8.26 x 1.19 = 9.83, and 9.50 / 8.26 implies 15.01 per cent. All five plans on the page show the same 1.150 ratio, so the label and the arithmetic disagree by a constant, not by a typo in one row. Both figures are quoted as printed; the rate the page used is not derived here",
 "currency_note": "the page prints EUR only; the USD figure here uses the page's own VAT-inclusive EUR amount and is not a converted rate",
 "burst_x": 1.0,
 "burst_bill": "min 1 h",
 "wave2": {
  "verdict_change": "qualifies-with-caveat -> paid-only on 2026-10-22 (enum conformance)",
  "merged_agents": [
   "micro-floor"
  ],
  "merged_evidence_rows": 3,
  "merged_note": "VPS Lite ladder, prices including 19 per cent VAT: pico G11.5s 1 vCore / 1 GB / 30 GB SSD at EUR 2.21 on a 12-month contract; nano G11.5s 2 vCore / 2 GB / 60 GB at EUR 3.69 on 6 months; Lite 1 G12.5s 2 vCore / 4 GB / 80 GB at EUR 5.86 on 6 months; Lite 2 G12.5s 4 vCore / 8 GB / 160 GB at EUR 9.50 on 3 months; Lite 3 G12.5s 8 vCore / 16 GB / 320 GB at EUR 16.66 on 2 months; Lite 4 G12.5s 16 vCore / 32 GB / 640 GB at EUR 30.86 on 1 month. Traffic included on every rung."
 },
 "benchmark": [
  {
   "plan": "VPS Lite 1 G12.5s (2 vCPU / 4 GiB)",
   "cpu_model": "QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+",
   "dedicated_or_shared": "shared",
   "gb6_single": 746,
   "gb6_multi": 1334,
   "gb5_single": null,
   "gb5_multi": null,
   "source_url": "https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/yabs/netcup-2c-4gb-20261022-dd71fb",
   "source_date": "2026-10-22",
   "rung": "reported",
   "note": "The CPU reports as 'QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5', so the host masks the model. Price is an upper bound: the Lite series sells for less than VPS 500."
  }
 ]
}

• $.per_object_cap.notes process
• $.per_object_cap.stated not-applicable
• $.reliability_note none-observed

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 "shape": {
  "vcpu": 4,
  "ram_gib": 8,
  "disk_gib": 128,
  "gpu_class": null,
  "gpu_count": null
 },
 "billing_model": "monthly on a fixed contract term",
 "term": "12 months at EUR 14.50 a month; 1 month at EUR 16.68; 24 months at EUR 12.32",
 "m24h_usd": 16.23,
 "m10h_usd": 16.23,
 "price_arithmetic": "EUR 14.50 a month incl. 19% VAT on the 12-month term x 1.1193 = USD 16.2298, rounded to USD 16.23. Out of pocket at order: EUR 174.00 = USD 194.76. On the 24-month term EUR 12.32 x 1.1193 = USD 13.79 a month and EUR 295.68 = USD 330.95 at order. A VPS bills whether it runs or not, so the 10 h/day figure equals the monthly figure.",
 "out_of_pocket_usd": 194.76,
 "renewal_usd": 16.23,
 "renewal_note": "no promotional price is shown and no renewal sentence is published; the configurator prices each term directly, so the term price is the price for the whole term. What happens after the minimum period is not stated.",
 "promo": false,
 "over_line": true,
 "set_up_fee": "EUR 0.00 (incl. 19% VAT)",
 "term_prices_eur_incl_vat": {
  "1_month": 16.68,
  "12_months": 14.5,
  "24_months": 12.32
 },
 "vat": "19% German rate, included in every price on the page; the country selector lists United States, China and Other at 0%, not read",
 "fx": {
  "pair": "EUR/USD",
  "rate": 1.1193,
  "date": "2026-10-23",
  "source": "ECB reference via frankfurter.app"
 },
 "port_mbps": 2500,
 "ipv4_included": true,
 "ipv6": true,
 "locations": "No preference Europe at +EUR 0.00; Amsterdam, Manassas (USA), Vienna and Nuremberg at +EUR 1.86; Singapore at +EUR 18.90",
 "network_option_prices": "IPv4 + IPv6 at +EUR 0.00; IPv6 only at -EUR 0.60; none / Cloud vLAN only at -EUR 0.60",
 "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"
 }
}

• $.notes partly-held
• $.per_object_cap.stated not-applicable

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  "ram_gib": 4,
  "disk_gib": 64,
  "gpu_class": null,
  "gpu_count": null
 },
 "billing_model": "monthly on a 12-month contract",
 "term": "12 months",
 "m10h_usd": 9.25,
 "m24h_usd": 9.25,
 "price_arithmetic": "EUR 8.26/month excl. VAT x 1.1193 = USD 9.25/month; EUR 99.12 a year out of pocket",
 "out_of_pocket_usd": 110.94,
 "renewal_usd": 9.25,
 "renewal_note": "contract renews at the then-current rate; no promo price is shown on this page",
 "promo": false,
 "over_line": true,
 "fx": {
  "pair": "EUR/USD",
  "rate": 1.1193,
  "date": "2026-10-23",
  "source": "ECB reference via frankfurter.app"
 },
 "port_mbps": null,
 "ipv4_included": true,
 "ipv6": true,
 "free_tier_kind": "none",
 "network_out": {
  "allow_outbound": true,
  "allow_inbound_listen": true,
  "ports": "all",
  "static_ip": true,
  "ipv6": true,
  "per_session_bytes": null
 },
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  "wall_clock_min": null,
  "idle_reap_s": null,
  "restart_required": false,
  "note": "none; it is a VPS"
 }
}

• $.per_object_cap.stated not-applicable

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "The product page exists and advertises '1 GB storage space for less than 0.007 Euro per month including VAT, traffic and RAID level' (= ~€7.17/TB) but publishes no plan table, no tier prices",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

• $.chaining not-recorded
• $.confidence_note withheld
• $.egress.terms not-recorded
• $.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
• $.free_tier.notes process
• $.identity_cost.detail defaulted
• $.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
• $.interface interface-unknown
• $.interface_detail withheld
• $.limits_note process
• $.per_object_cap.notes not-recorded
• $.per_object_cap.stated not-recorded
• $.retention.notes process
• $.retention.stated not-recorded
• $.tooling not-recorded

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Tariff A 250 GB / B 500 GB / C 1 TB inclusive, expandable per GB",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 },
 "price_verbatim": "Tariff C: €18.23 for the first 1 TB (€18.23/TB), then €0.024/GB = €24.58/TB for extra capacity — the marginal TB is MORE expensive than the first, and the traffic cap freezes the volume. Local Block Storage is €12.29/TB. Both are 6–12× Hetzner."
}

• $.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
• $.free_tier.notes process
• $.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
• $.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
• $.retention.notes not-extracted
• $.retention.stated not-extracted