{
  "version": "2026.1",
  "releasedDate": "2026-07-13",
  "checkedDate": "2026-07-13",
  "methodology": "One reproducible public compute observation per provider. Hourly prices are normalized to 730 hours without currency conversion. Null means the public observation did not establish a comparable value. These are not quotes, rankings, or capacity recommendations.",
  "records": [
    {
      "provider": "Hetzner",
      "product": "Cloud",
      "plan": "CX23",
      "region": "NBG1",
      "currency": "EUR",
      "billingUnit": "month",
      "unitPrice": 5.49,
      "normalizedMonthlyPrice": 5.49,
      "vcpu": 2,
      "memoryGiB": null,
      "storageGiB": null,
      "includedTransferGiB": 20480,
      "publicIpv4Included": false,
      "evidenceRole": "cost-reference",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/",
      "limitations": "IPv6-only calculator example; excludes VAT. Address, location, and configuration choices change the total."
    },
    {
      "provider": "DigitalOcean",
      "product": "Basic Droplet",
      "plan": "1 GiB",
      "region": "Public list",
      "currency": "USD",
      "billingUnit": "month",
      "unitPrice": 6,
      "normalizedMonthlyPrice": 6,
      "vcpu": 1,
      "memoryGiB": 1,
      "storageGiB": 25,
      "includedTransferGiB": 1000,
      "publicIpv4Included": true,
      "evidenceRole": "cost-reference",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets",
      "limitations": "Taxes, backups, snapshots, managed services, and transfer overages are excluded."
    },
    {
      "provider": "Amazon Web Services",
      "product": "Lightsail Linux bundle",
      "plan": "Micro with IPv4",
      "region": "Public list",
      "currency": "USD",
      "billingUnit": "month",
      "unitPrice": 7,
      "normalizedMonthlyPrice": 7,
      "vcpu": 2,
      "memoryGiB": 1,
      "storageGiB": 40,
      "includedTransferGiB": 2048,
      "publicIpv4Included": true,
      "evidenceRole": "cost-reference",
      "sourceUrl": "https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/",
      "limitations": "Regional transfer terms can vary. Snapshots, DNS beyond allowances, load balancing, data services, and tax are excluded."
    },
    {
      "provider": "Microsoft Azure",
      "product": "Linux Virtual Machine",
      "plan": "Standard B1ms",
      "region": "East US",
      "currency": "USD",
      "billingUnit": "hour",
      "unitPrice": 0.0207,
      "normalizedMonthlyPrice": 15.111,
      "vcpu": 1,
      "memoryGiB": 2,
      "storageGiB": null,
      "includedTransferGiB": null,
      "publicIpv4Included": false,
      "evidenceRole": "compute-only-reference",
      "sourceUrl": "https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?currencyCode=USD&$filter=serviceName%20eq%20%27Virtual%20Machines%27%20and%20armSkuName%20eq%20%27Standard_B1ms%27%20and%20armRegionName%20eq%20%27eastus%27%20and%20priceType%20eq%20%27Consumption%27",
      "limitations": "Compute meter only. Managed disk, public IP, backup, monitoring, bandwidth, support, reservations, tax, and burstable CPU suitability are excluded."
    },
    {
      "provider": "OVHcloud",
      "product": "Public Cloud General Purpose",
      "plan": "b3-8",
      "region": "Worldwide USD selector",
      "currency": "USD",
      "billingUnit": "hour",
      "unitPrice": 0.0605,
      "normalizedMonthlyPrice": 44.165,
      "vcpu": 2,
      "memoryGiB": 8,
      "storageGiB": 50,
      "includedTransferGiB": null,
      "publicIpv4Included": true,
      "evidenceRole": "cost-reference",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/prices/",
      "limitations": "Location, billing mode, selected savings option, currency, APAC transfer rules, and tax affect the total."
    },
    {
      "provider": "Vultr",
      "product": "Cloud Compute",
      "plan": "vc2-1c-0.5gb-v6",
      "region": "Listed API locations",
      "currency": "USD",
      "billingUnit": "month",
      "unitPrice": 2.5,
      "normalizedMonthlyPrice": 2.5,
      "vcpu": 1,
      "memoryGiB": 0.5,
      "storageGiB": null,
      "includedTransferGiB": null,
      "publicIpv4Included": false,
      "evidenceRole": "constrained-reference-only",
      "sourceUrl": "https://api.vultr.com/v2/plans",
      "limitations": "IPv6-only and 512 MB. This is a reproducible API price observation, not a production recommendation; regional prices can vary."
    }
  ]
}