Hostwinds
- Free allowance
- No free tier; Managed Windows SSD Cloud 7 is USD 182.99/month, discounted to USD 118.94 for the first cycle
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- USD 182.99/monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- volume-quota5 TB of bandwidth a month
- Evidence
- documented3 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-26checked 2026-10-26 (live); stale on 2026-11-26
| Free tier | no free tier; Managed Windows SSD Cloud 7 is USD 182.99/month, discounted to USD 118.94 for the first cycle unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
the managed page states 'Windows VPS licenses are provided by Hostwinds when you order your Windows VPS'; the unmanaged page does not carry that sentence |
| Binding | volume-quota 5 TB a month is the only byte ceiling published; the port speed is not stated. |
| Identity | card an account and a payment method at order; the buy page returns an account form, so the instrument and any hold are unverified |
| Egress | 5 TB of bandwidth a month; no overage price or post-allowance throttle is stated free allowance: 5 TB per month |
| Retention | the disk persists while the plan is paid; the page states no deletion clock |
| Interface | rest, cli RDP with administrator access; Hostwinds has a control panel and API |
| Tooling | any RDP client; Hostwinds control panel and API |
| Composes with | 6 vCPU and 16 GiB for USD 118.94 in the first cycle, then USD 182.99, which makes the first cycle the only competitive number and the renewal the trap |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | The first-cycle price is a 35% discount; the renewal is USD 182.99, which is 54% higher. A reader who budgets the first cycle understates the steady bill by USD 64.05 a month. |
| Evidence note | documented the shape, the list price, the first-cycle discount and the licence sentence are printed on the managed Windows page read. The cart was not read. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | www.hostwinds.com/vps/windows | quoted: 'CPU 6 CPU RAM 16 GB Storage 300 GB Bandwidth 5 TB Price $182.99/mo $118.94/mo' |
| 2026-10-26 | www.hostwinds.com/vps/windows | quoted: 'Windows VPS licenses are provided by Hostwinds when you order your Windows VPS' |
| 2026-10-26 | www.hostwinds.com/vps/windows | the page's embedded plan data carries id 391 and a firstCycleDiscountMultiplier of 0.65, which produces USD 118.94 from USD 182.99 |
More fields 14
| shape | {"vcpu": 6,"ram_gib": 16,"disk_gib": 300} |
|---|---|
| billing model | monthly |
| term | monthly |
| first cycle usd | 118.94 |
| renewal usd | 182.99 |
| first cycle multiplier | 0.65 |
| monthly usd | 182.99 |
| first month usd | 118.94 |
| setup fee usd | 0.0 |
| windows licence | included, printed on the managed page |
| ipv4 | not stated on the page |
| traffic | 5 TB/month |
| stock | orderable; no stock count published |
| cart url | https://www.hostwinds.com/vps/windows |
Unknown values 2
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed