VolpaByte
- Free allowance
- No free tier; the ladder starts at EUR 3.49 a month for the 4 GB rung, and the vendor also sells a free test server
- Verdict
- ★ qualifiesusable as stated; the read path was probed
- Cost
- USD 5.59/monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- cardcard required, phone required
- Binding limit
- volume-quotatraffic not stated on the plan page; the page lists only '1 Gbit/s Anbindung'
- Evidence
- documented19 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-24checked 2026-10-24 (live); stale on 2026-11-24
| Free tier | no free tier; the ladder starts at EUR 3.49 a month for the 4 GB rung, and the vendor also sells a free test server unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Binding | volume-quota the page publishes a port speed and no traffic allowance, so the ceiling is unstated rather than generous. |
| Identity | card the registration form asks for name, email, phone (a full country selector) and address, and carries a phone-country list including Germany as the default. No ID document field appears on register.php. The payment methods are not stated on the registration form; the order store was empty so the payment step could not be read: unverified rather than none. No card hold is stated anywhere. |
| Egress | the 8 GB rung lists a 1 Gbit/s connection and no traffic figure at all; the homepage's older copy said 'unlimited traffic'. No cap and no overage price is published on the plan page read free allowance: not stated on the plan page |
| Retention | the disk persists while the plan is paid; the site advertises 'Ohne Vertragsbindung, jederzeit kundbar' (no minimum term, cancellable at any time) |
| Interface | ssh KVM with full root, an OS installer for Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky and Fedora, Windows via ISO, and a web console |
| Tooling | any SSH client; WHMCS client area |
| Composes with | a daily-driver box: 8 GiB and 6 high-clock Ryzen vCPU carry a database, a queue worker and a web app on one invoice, with no transfer ceiling to watch |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | Buyable at EUR 4,99 a month gross, or EUR 50,90 a year, and the cart prints all four cycles. The VAT line is real: 19% German rate, stated separately, EUR 4,19 net against EUR 4,99 gross. There is no country selector, so a non-EU buyer's total is untested. The earlier 'dead' verdict in this record came from a stateless fetch of a WHMCS store and is withdrawn: WHMCS needs a session cookie before it resolves a product group. The renewal is still not stated on the page; EUR 4,99 monthly is the only evidence for month 13. |
| Evidence note | documented the EUR 4.99 monthly price and the full shape are quoted from the plan page read. The order path is a failed read: every 'Jetzt bestellen' link redirects to an empty store, so purchasability is the finding, not the price. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 19
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/ryzen-vps.html | quoted from the ladder: 'Ryzen KVM 8 GB ... EUR 4,99 pro Monat ... 6 AMD RYZEN vCores @ 4,0 - 4,7 GHz ... 8 GB DDR4-3200 ECC RAM ... 100 GB Datacenter SSD ... 1 Gbit/s Anbindung ... Standort Frankfurt' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/ryzen-vps.html | quoted from the same ladder: 'Ryzen KVM 6 GB ... EUR 3,99pro Monat ... 4 AMD RYZEN vCores ... 6 GB DDR4-3200 ECC RAM ... 75 GB Datacenter SSD', and 'Ryzen KVM 4 GB ... EUR 3,49pro Monat ... 4 AMD RYZEN vCores ... 4 GB ... 50 GB' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps/ryzen-kvm-8- | order configurator read, not submitted. Order summary: 'Ryzen KVM 8 GB EUR 4,99', 'Setup Fees: EUR 0,00', 'Monthly: EUR 4,19', 'VAT @ 19.00%: EUR 0,80', 'EUR 4,99 Total Due Today' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps/ryzen-kvm-8- | billing cycles offered on the configurator: 'EUR 4,99 Monthly / EUR 14,22 Quarterly / EUR 26,95 Semi-Annually / EUR 50,90 Annually' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps/ryzen-kvm-8- | annual cycle selected, the order summary then reads 'Ryzen KVM 8 GB EUR 50,90 ... Annually: EUR 42,77 ... VAT @ 19.00%: EUR 8,13 ... EUR 50,90 Total Due Today' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps/ryzen-kvm-8- | the plan's own feature list: '1 Gbps Connection with unlimited traffic', '1 IPv4 addresses incl.', '1 /64 IPv6 Subnet incl.', 'Kernel based VM (KVM)', 'Location Frankfurt am Main, Germany' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps/ryzen-kvm-6- | order summary for the 6 GB rung: 'Ryzen KVM 6 GB EUR 3,99 ... Setup Fees: EUR 0,00 ... Monthly: EUR 3,35 ... VAT @ 19.00%: EUR 0,64 ... EUR 3,99 Total Due Today'; its annual cycle is 'EUR 40,70' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/agb.html | other cycles are invoiced |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/agb.html | not published |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/impressum.html | operator identity from the imprint: trading as 'VolpaByte - Unesty Company', a German sole-trader operation, which is why 19% German VAT is applied |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/ryzen-vps.html | quoted from the 8 GB card: 'Ryzen KVM 8 GB / €4,99pro Monat / 6 AMD RYZEN(TM) vCores @ 4,0 - 4,7 GHz / 8 GB DDR4-3200 ECC RAM / 100 GB Datacenter SSD / 1 IPv4 inkl. / 1 /64 IPv6 inkl. / KVM / 1 Gbit/s Anbindung / Standort Frankfurt' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/ryzen-vps.html | the page carries no annual price: a full-text fetch of 14,410 bytes contains zero occurrences of '50,90', '42,77', 'jaehrlich', 'annual' or '12 Monate'. The only price form on the page is 'pro Monat' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps/ryzen-kvm-8- | the order link redirects 3 times to https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store and renders 'Could not load any product groups.' (HTTP 200, 30,839 bytes) |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps | quoted: 'KVM Server / Product group does not contain any visible products' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/dashboard/cart.php?a=add&pid=1 | a cart add with a guessed pid also lands on 'Could not load any product groups.'; no pid is published on the plan page, and guessing one is not evidence |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/ | quoted: 'schon ab 3,49 € im Monat. Ohne Vertragsbindung, jederzeit kundbar.' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml | time='2026-10-23' currency='USD' rate='1.1193' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/dashboard/cart.php?a=confproduct&i=0 | the configurator renders 'Ryzen KVM 8 GB' with 6 vCores, 8 GB ECC RAM, 100 GB SSD, unlimited traffic and the cycle ladder 'EUR 4,99 Monthly / EUR 14,22 Quarterly / EUR 26,95 Semi-Annually / EUR 50,90 Annually' |
| 2026-10-24 | volpabyte.net/dashboard/cart.php?a=configure&productid=1 | the order summary renders 'Ryzen KVM 8 GB EUR 4,99 EUR', 'Setup Fees: EUR 0,00 EUR', 'Monthly: EUR 4,19 EUR', 'VAT @ 19.00%: EUR 0,80 EUR', 'EUR 4,99 EUR Total Due Today' |
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| shape | {"vcpu": 6,"ram_gib": 8,"disk_gib": 100,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": null} |
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| billing model | monthly only, as published today |
| term | monthly; the site states no minimum term |
| m10h usd | 5.59 |
| m24h usd | 4.75 |
| price arithmetic | EUR 4.99 a month x 1.1193 (ECB reference, 2026-10-23) = USD 5.585, rounded USD 5.59. It is a VPS, so it bills whether it runs or not and there is no division by 730. No annual term is published today, so there is no annual-divided-by-12 figure to quote. |
| out of pocket usd | 56.97 |
| renewal usd | not published |
| renewal note | the page states a monthly price only. No renewal sentence, no annual term and no discount banner appear in the 14,410-byte page. The EUR 50.90 annual figure in the record this replaces is not on the page today. |
| promo | no |
| fx | {"pair": "EUR/USD","rate": 1.1193,"date": "2026-10-23","source": "ECB reference via frankfurter.app"} |
| port mbps | 1000 |
| ipv4 included | yes |
| ipv6 | /64 |
| vat | the German site quotes consumer prices; the old record read EUR 4.19 net + EUR 0.80 VAT = EUR 4.99 gross. The page does not say which basis it prints, so the net figure is not restated here |
| checkout | {"order_url": "https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps/ryzen-kvm-8-gb","configurator_url": "https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/cart.php?a=confproduct&i=1","in_stock": "yes: the configurator priced the plan and accepted a billing-cycle change, which a sold-out product would not","stock_evidence": "the configurator returned an order summary with a total on both the monthly and the annual cycle on 2026-10-24; no stock counter is printed","payment_methods": "unverified: the payment step follows the hostname and root-password step, which was not completed.","debit": "unverified: no payment-method list was read","hold": null,"checkout_asks": "the configurator asks for a Hostname and a Root Password, then Extra IPv4, DDoS tier, Operating System, Backup Slots and an SMTP addon. No ID document, no company and no address field appear at this step","first_payment_eur_monthly": 4.99,"first_payment_eur_annual": 50.9,"first_payment_note": "'Setup Fees: EUR 0,00'; monthly 'EUR 4,99 Total Due Today', annual 'EUR 50,90 Total Due Today', both VAT-inclusive","renewal_at_checkout": "no renewal sentence on the configurator","non_eu_buyable": "The annual cycle is invoiced instead and avoids that clause"} |
| ladder | {"Ryzen KVM 4 GB": {"vcpu": 4,"ram_gib": 4,"disk_gib": 50,"eur_mo_gross": 3.49},"Ryzen KVM 6 GB": {"vcpu": 4,"ram_gib": 6,"disk_gib": 75,"eur_mo_gross": 3.99,"eur_yr_gross": 40.7},"Ryzen KVM 8 GB": {"vcpu": 6,"ram_gib": 8,"disk_gib": 100,"eur_mo_gross": 4.99,"eur_yr_gross": 50.9},"Ryzen KVM 16 GB": {"vcpu": 6,"ram_gib": 16,"disk_gib": 200,"eur_mo_gross": 8.49},"Ryzen KVM 24 GB": {"vcpu": 8,"ram_gib": 24,"disk_gib": 300,"eur_mo_gross": 13.99},"Ryzen KVM 32 GB": {"vcpu": 12,"ram_gib": 32,"disk_gib": 400,"eur_mo_gross": 17.99}} |
| ladder source | https://volpabyte.net/ryzen-vps.html |
| gib per usd gross | 1.685 |
| gib per usd net | 2.005 |
| 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"} |
| signup url | https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps/ryzen-kvm-8gb |
| cart url | https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/cart.php?a=configure&productid=1 |
| payment methods | not read: the store renders no product, so no checkout was reachable. |
| stock | out of stock / not sold: every order link resolves to a store that renders 'Product group does not contain any visible products'. Read at https://volpabyte.net/dashboard/index.php?rp=/store/vps |
| superseded claim | EUR 50.90/yr = EUR 4.24/mo = USD 4.75, 6 vCPU / 8 GiB / 100 GB / unlimited, qualifies-with-caveat |
| price on page | EUR 4.99/mo, EUR 50.90/yr |
| price in cart | EUR 4,99 Total Due Today on the monthly cycle: "Monthly: EUR 4,19" plus "VAT @ 19.00%: EUR 0,80" |
| cart works | yes |
| cart evidence | read in a browser by the operator on 2026-10-24, cart.php?a=configure&productid=1: 'Ryzen KVM 8 GB / KVM Server / Ryzen KVM 8 GB EUR 4,99 EUR', then 'Setup Fees: EUR 0,00', 'Monthly: EUR 4,19 EUR', 'VAT @ 19.00%: EUR 0,80 EUR', 'EUR 4,99 EUR Total Due Today'. A second render at cart.php?a=config&productID=0 showed the same total with the same VAT line |
| needs account first | no |
| method note | A stateless fetch makes this store look dead. Without a cookie jar the same URL returns 'Could not load any product groups'; with a jar warmed from the homepage it renders the full configurator. |
| vat pct | 19.0 |
| vat included | yes |
| price ex vat eur | 4.19 |
| vat note | The cart DOES apply 19% German VAT and states it as a separate line, so EUR 4,99 is a gross price and EUR 4,19 is the net. The line is present and that note is withdrawn. Because VAT is charged at the German rate with no country selector, a non-EU buyer's total is unverified: it should be EUR 4,19 if the VAT falls away, but no country selector exists to make it fall away. |
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