Self-hosted bare-metal sandbox fleet (hardware floor)

Free allowance: No free server: the AX42 is rented, with free phone and email support and additional IPv4 blocks from EUR 1.70 a month for a /29 plus a setup fee
Verdict: self-hosted, last resortverdict paid-only: no free allowance; listed for its price. Self-hosted options are listed last, because this site is for users who have no hardware.
Cost: no price stated
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: request-ratethe server is rented by the month or hour; the page states no free instance
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	no free server: the AX42 is rented, with free phone and email support and additional IPv4 blocks from EUR 1.70 a month for a /29 plus a setup fee unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Limits	request-rate (binding) the server is rented by the month or hour; the page states no free instance source per-ip-shaping 50.12 TBit/s of total bandwidth at the data centre; additional IPv4 blocks from a /29 at EUR 1.70 a month plus EUR 4.90 setup source write-gated each additional IP block carries a one-time setup fee, so address space is not free either source not stated
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	not stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Interface	unknown
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Evidence note	documented the AX42 page was read on 2026-10-22 and prices the IP blocks and support rather than granting a server. The two free items are support channels, which is what the record's free-tier claim was picking up
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 0

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-02	www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/ax42/	not published
2026-10-22	www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/ax42/	'Free phone support', 'Free email support' and '50.12 TBit/s total bandwidth' with additional IP blocks priced at 'EUR 1.70 per month / EUR 0.0027 per hour + EUR 4.90 setup' for a /29, up to 'EUR 435.20 per month' for a /24, quoted

More fields 7

keep rate basis	no field in the source
billing model	unclassified
shape	`{"vcpu": null,"ram": null,"disk": null,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": null,"note": "the AX42 dedicated configuration; the page is about IP blocks and support, not the machine's shape"}`
session cap	`{"wall_clock_min": null,"idle_reap_s": null,"restart_required": false,"note": "a dedicated server bills by the month; the page states no reap"}`
free tier kind	none
ps	`{"gib": null,"price": "the server's own disks","durability": "dedicated disks","on_stop": true,"on_destroy": false,"retention": "the rental term"}`
net	`{"out": true,"in": true,"ports": "additional IPv4 blocks and a /64 IPv6","static_ip": true,"ipv6": true,"allowance": "50.12 TBit/s total data-centre bandwidth"}`

Unknown values 10