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Vultr New Free Plan

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  • 2pm2pm Member

    @Otus9051 said:

    @fluffernutter said:

    @jon617 said:
    Allowed bandwidth/traffic shows 0 GB for me (Seattle). Does that mean that I will be charged for all traffic usage? If so, this is not free.

    https://imgur.com/pqFvPCJ
    https://imgur.com/bEcfwlV

    Every account gets 2TB of free bandwidth. The free instances pull from that.

    is it monthly or lifetime?

    your lifespan

  • JerryHouJerryHou Member

    @doghouch said:

    @JerryHou said:
    tried 3 credit cards, all declined...??? guess no luck for me.

    If the cards were from relatively new or obscure banks, their BIN codes could be misclassified/out of date. (I have no clue how Vultr is detecting between prepaid/credit/debit, though)

    Given that it's a free "early access" program, you're probably OOL :-(

    Eventually top up $5 from PayPal and then applied successfully. :smiley:

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  • JerryHouJerryHou Member

    @hyperblast said:

    @TrK said:

    @JerryHou said:
    tried 3 credit cards, all declined...??? guess no luck for me.

    Go with paypal, vultr has some issues with credit card processing.

    "PayPal may not be used with this promo."

    Visa and Mastercard both Debit - "Linking denied for this card. Please deposit an amount of $5 or greater."

    I did top up with $5 with PayPal and applied without issues... Guess their credit card processing system did have some issue.

  • JasonMJasonM Member

    @Otus9051 said: is it monthly or lifetime?

    monthly

  • VoidVoid Member

    Yabs - done
    Wireguard- done
    Added to uptime monitoring - done

    Now to the idle pool it goes

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  • merlinvnmerlinvn Member

    Managed to get one in Seatle. Installed Alpine via custom ISO.

    How to Yabs in Alpine? :'(

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  • rapdodgerapdodge Member

    For people that already accepted, how long the application takes time?

  • merlinvnmerlinvn Member

    @rapdodge said:
    For people that already accepted, how long the application takes time?

    For me, it's about 1-2 days only.

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  • rapdodgerapdodge Member

    @merlinvn said:

    @rapdodge said:
    For people that already accepted, how long the application takes time?

    For me, it's about 1-2 days only.

    Ah, okay... It's been already 2 days for me... Hoping will be accepted, want to use for BGP :)

  • wolerinewolerine Member
    edited March 2023

    I wonder if BGP sessions is allowed on Free tier.
    Anyone can check?

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  • farsighterfarsighter Member
    edited March 2023

    @rapdodge said:
    For people that already accepted, how long the application takes time?

    No guarantees whatsoever you'll get this 1 year promo. BTW if you answered something like "VPN" for intended usage go and change it quickly - that's probably a trap.

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  • VoidVoid Member

    @wolerine said:
    I wonder if BGP sessions is allowed on Free tier.
    Anyone can check?

    I think yes. BGP options are seen in the settings and no cost is mentioned.

  • ManishPantManishPant Member, Host Rep

    @jmaxwell said:

    @wolerine said:
    I wonder if BGP sessions is allowed on Free tier.
    Anyone can check?

    I think yes. BGP options are seen in the settings and no cost is mentioned.

    Yes BGP is allowed , mine BGP got activated too after providing them the details and LOA.

    @rapdodge said:

    @merlinvn said:

    @rapdodge said:
    For people that already accepted, how long the application takes time?

    For me, it's about 1-2 days only.

    Ah, okay... It's been already 2 days for me... Hoping will be accepted, want to use for BGP :)

    @wolerine said:
    I wonder if BGP sessions is allowed on Free tier.
    Anyone can check?

    Also have you set-up 2 factor authentication , it will get activated soon if you have fulfilled their requirement.

  • rapdodgerapdodge Member

    @farsighter said:

    @rapdodge said:
    For people that already accepted, how long the application takes time?

    No guarantees whatsoever you'll get this 1 year promo. BTW if you answered something like "VPN" for intended usage go and change it quickly - that's probably a trap.

    Yep, i know :)

    @ManishPant said:

    @jmaxwell said:

    @wolerine said:
    I wonder if BGP sessions is allowed on Free tier.
    Anyone can check?

    I think yes. BGP options are seen in the settings and no cost is mentioned.

    Yes BGP is allowed , mine BGP got activated too after providing them the details and LOA.

    @rapdodge said:

    @merlinvn said:

    @rapdodge said:
    For people that already accepted, how long the application takes time?

    For me, it's about 1-2 days only.

    Ah, okay... It's been already 2 days for me... Hoping will be accepted, want to use for BGP :)

    @wolerine said:
    I wonder if BGP sessions is allowed on Free tier.
    Anyone can check?

    Also have you set-up 2 factor authentication , it will get activated soon if you have fulfilled their requirement.

    2FA, yes, desribing purposes of the Vultr account already too, linking card done too... But yeah, i'm hoping will getting accepted :)

  • ManishPantManishPant Member, Host Rep

    @rapdodge said:

    @farsighter said:

    @rapdodge said:
    For people that already accepted, how long the application takes time?

    No guarantees whatsoever you'll get this 1 year promo. BTW if you answered something like "VPN" for intended usage go and change it quickly - that's probably a trap.

    Yep, i know :)

    @ManishPant said:

    @jmaxwell said:

    @wolerine said:
    I wonder if BGP sessions is allowed on Free tier.
    Anyone can check?

    I think yes. BGP options are seen in the settings and no cost is mentioned.

    Yes BGP is allowed , mine BGP got activated too after providing them the details and LOA.

    @rapdodge said:

    @merlinvn said:

    @rapdodge said:
    For people that already accepted, how long the application takes time?

    For me, it's about 1-2 days only.

    Ah, okay... It's been already 2 days for me... Hoping will be accepted, want to use for BGP :)

    @wolerine said:
    I wonder if BGP sessions is allowed on Free tier.
    Anyone can check?

    Also have you set-up 2 factor authentication , it will get activated soon if you have fulfilled their requirement.

    2FA, yes, desribing purposes of the Vultr account already too, linking card done too... But yeah, i'm hoping will getting accepted :)

    When did you applied for it , I applied on 8 night and on 9 night i got confirmation and today just 1 hour ago my asn got approved.

  • hresserhresser Member

    just a 1 year bullshit?" haha

  • NanoG6NanoG6 Member

    it's the same requirements with AWS free tier, then why not using AWS instead? They have much more locations compared to VULTR.

  • Otus9051Otus9051 Member

    @NanoG6 said:
    it's the same requirements with AWS free tier, then why not using AWS instead? They have much more locations compared to VULTR.

    AWS actually charges your card.
    I still have a $25k bill unpaid (used a expired debit card)

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  • NanoG6NanoG6 Member

    @Otus9051 said: AWS actually charges your card.

    IF you're using more than allocated free tier resources.

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  • doghouchdoghouch Member

    @farsighter said:

    @rapdodge said:
    For people that already accepted, how long the application takes time?

    No guarantees whatsoever you'll get this 1 year promo. BTW if you answered something like "VPN" for intended usage go and change it quickly - that's probably a trap.

    I didn't put a reason and got accepted.

    @jmaxwell said:

    @wolerine said:
    I wonder if BGP sessions is allowed on Free tier.
    Anyone can check?

    I think yes. BGP options are seen in the settings and no cost is mentioned.

    Can confirm as well. Already had BGP setup on my account from other paid instances and it worked instantly on the machine when I installed + configured everything.

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  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @equalz said: what are ppl setting theirs up for? looking for some ideas

    Perfect for a VPN.

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  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @Otus9051 said: I still have a $25k bill unpaid (used a expired debit card)

    What were you doing that you racked up $25,000?

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  • adlyadly Veteran

    @raindog308 said:

    @Otus9051 said: I still have a $25k bill unpaid (used a expired debit card)

    What were you doing that you racked up $25,000?

    It’s AWS… probably just left a single VM running or something.

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  • VoidVoid Member

    @NanoG6 said:
    it's the same requirements with AWS free tier, then why not using AWS instead? They have much more locations compared to VULTR.

    When they advertised it as “free tier” instead of “free trial”, most people thought it is free forever, unlike AWS which offers only 1 year free.

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  • ask_seek_knockask_seek_knock Member
    edited March 2023

    @jmaxwell said: When they advertised it as “free tier” instead of “free trial”, most people thought it is free forever, unlike AWS which offers only 1 year free.

    I don't believe there is such a thing like "always free", instead I prefer something more certain or predictable.
    "Always free" means the service can be terminated at any time imho. I've encountered many "free" services since decades ago, some of which survived, while others just stopped services.

    Anyway, thanks to Vultr.com, and I'll try to apply one.

  • TeoMTeoM Member

    I'm Not selling my data for a few bucks

  • nickwarenickware Member
    edited March 2023

    I see this for the stats of the VM I created:

    Regular Cloud Compute
    1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB SSD, 0.00 TB Transfer

    I assume this means they are not giving any bandwidth for the free tier? So, I will be charged for my "free" VM...

    Edit: Nevermind, they give 2 TB for free:
    https://www.vultr.com/news/vultr-announces-reduced-bandwidth-pricing-2-tb-of-free-monthly-egress-free-ingress-and-global-pooling/

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @TeoM said: I'm Not selling my data for a few bucks

    So you don't use any VPSes?

    Because every provider I know requires the same info that Vultr requires.

  • nokstarnokstar Member
    edited March 2023

    i applied nearly 2 days before no reply. i want to delete my account with all personal data and get $5 refunded.
    this is more like free massive business client database with active CC and $5 donation by each person to Vultr

  • adlyadly Veteran

    @nokstar said:
    i applied nearly 2 days before no reply. i want to delete my account with all personal data and get $5 refunded.
    this is more like free massive business client database with active CC and $5 donation by each person to Vultr

    You signed up and topped up your account with $5 (which you still have to use in your account), on the basis of getting a free VPS (which they very clearly said was not guaranteed and limited), but because they haven’t replied within 48 hours you’re done with them and have decided it’s all just a data gathering operation and an attempt to get people’s money? 🤔

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