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connect.geant.org/2020/04/21/amidst-the-covid-19-pandemic-doGPU cloudcompute/geant-testbeds-serviceJSONcomparereport an errorprovider JSON

Free allowance
"GTS is currently available to researchers from the European network research community with an endorsement from their local NREN".
Verdict
fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
Cost
free tier
Identity
institutionno card, no phone
Binding limit
write-gatedNo cost, but entry needs an endorsement from a national research and education network plus a project description, and quotas are set by the operator, so a person with no NREN affiliation cannot request a VM.
Evidence
documented2 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness
stale on 2026-11-22checked 2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-22
Free tier"GTS is currently available to researchers from the European network research community with an endorsement from their local NREN". Quoted on cost: "There are no costs, but there are quotas in place on how many resources you can use."
unit none; metered on wall-clock; grant
Pricenone stated
Limits
  • write-gated (binding) No cost, but entry needs an endorsement from a national research and education network plus a project description, and quotas are set by the operator, so a person with no NREN affiliation cannot request a VM. source
Identityinstitution not published
Egressnot stated
Interfaceunknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed
Toolingnot stated
Composes withNothing for an unaffiliated individual. For someone with an NREN endorsement it would be free multi-node testbed compute, which the free public clouds do not offer at any price.
Reliabilityno reliability event recorded
NotesThe GTS page read is dated 2020, so its current status is uncertain: the successor described on clouds.geant.org is a deploy-it-yourself platform for NRENs rather than a service that individuals request.
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
Evidence 2
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-22connect.geant.org/2020/04/21/amidst-the-covid-19-pandemic-doFAQ states GTS is for researchers with an endorsement from their local NREN and that there are no costs but there are quotas, quoted
2026-10-22clouds.geant.org/news/community-cloud/the current GEANT community cloud product is software that NRENs and institutions deploy on their own infrastructure, with access through eduGAIN, so an individual cannot join directly
More fields 1
facets{"class": "refutation-identity-gated","free_tier_kind": "grant","shape": null}
Unknown values 7
  • 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
  • per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
  • reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
  • retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
  • tooling: a source was read and is silent on this field