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IO River - Virtual Edge

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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · ioriver.io · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 11 / 100
Infrastructure As A Service IaaS
Self-serve checkout
Public API

IO River - Virtual Edge scores 11/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; a free entry path exists.

See IO River - Virtual Edge pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
IO River - Virtual Edge pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · www.ioriver.io/pricing
Sales-led pricing

Pricing page only lists a free Starter tier and a Custom tier that requires contacting sales; no public monetary values are shown, so the model is classified as sales_only with a free tier.

Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How IO River - Virtual Edge scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

2 / 15

Self-serve checkout

0 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

2 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

0 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
11 / 100
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Human-assisted
LLM score: 60/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

No

Can upgrade plan

No

Can buy more usage

No

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

Unknown

Human approval recommended

Yes

Pricing transparency

contact_only

Purchase motion

sales_led

Demo required

Unknown

Quote required

Unknown

Annual commit required

Unknown

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

No

Purchase orders supported

No

MSA required

No

DPA available

Yes

Security review required

No

Trial

Available, no card

Enterprise signals
Trust & compliance

SSO / SAML

Yes

RBAC

Yes

Audit logs

Unknown

Data residency

US

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Maximize the potential of the Internet Using IO River’s Virtual Edge”

Buyer persona

enterprise

Integrations mentioned
Cloudfront
Cloudflare
Fastly
Akamai
Edgio
Cachefly
GCore
EdgeNext
CDNetworks
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from IO River - Virtual Edge?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✗

Avoid a sales call

✗

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How IO River - Virtual Edge could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

false

headline_phrasing

Maximize the potential of the Internet ‍Using IO River’s Virtual Edge — We’re confident you’ll love our service, but won’t tie you down with lengthy, restrictive contractual obligations. No tricks, no sales tactics, just great service.

tier_count

0

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

1

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

http://www.ioriver.io/docs/

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

View raw extracted page text →
Page heading: Maximize the potential of the Internet ‍Using IO River’s Virtual Edge
CTAs (40): Back · Virtual EdgeFull Control. One Platfrom. Controls all your CDN with IO River · Virtual CDNSIngle CDN. Built by Many.One endpoint for all · Multi-CDN as a ServiceMulti-Edge Control Without the Complexity · Cost Reduction · Redundancy & Availability · CDN Migration · Unified Security Solution · Streaming · Ad Tech · Media Publishersone line description for the · Gaming
productsBackVirtual EdgeFull Control. One Platfrom. Controls all your CDN with IO RiverVirtual CDNSIngle CDN. Built by Many.One endpoint for allMulti-CDN as a ServiceMulti-Edge Control Without the ComplexitySolutionsby needCost ReductionRedundancy & AvailabilityCDN MigrationUnified Security SolutionBy IndustryStreamingAd TechMedia Publishersone line description for theGamingresourcesResourcesResources LibraryCase StudiesBlogsDocumentationqueriesQuestionsGlossaryFAQCompanyAbout companyAbout UsEventsCustomers StoriesCareersSUpportContact UsSecurity passportNewspricingpartnersLoginTry for freeget free demoproductsBackproductsVirtual EdgeFull Control. One Platfrom. Controls all your CDN with IO river.Virtual CDNSIngle CDN. Built by Many. One endpoint for all.Multi-CDNMulti-Edge Control Without the ComplexitySolutionsBackby needCost Reductionone line description for theRedundancy & Availabilityone line description for theCDN Migrationone line description for theUnified Security Solutionone line description for theBy IndustryStreamingone line description for theMedia Publishersone line description for theGamingone line description for theAd Techone line description for theResourcesBackResourcesResources LibraryCase StudiesBlogsDocumentationqueriesQuestionsGlossaryFAQCompanyBackAbout companyAbout UsEventsCustomers StoriesCareersSUpportContact UsSecurity passportNewsPricingPartnersMaximize the potential of the Internet ‍Using IO River’s Virtual EdgeRisk-FreeSwitchWe’re confident you’…
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Agent-Ready Spec
IO River - Virtual Edge
Not Agent-Ready Yet

11

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Infrastructure As A Service IaaS

Pricing model

Not advertised

Tier count

0

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

1 / 0

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from www.ioriver.io/pricing
Pricing model

Sales-led pricing

Agent-purchase verdict
Human-assisted
60/100 · v2.1
Cheapest entry

Starter (Free) (Free)

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Not Agent-Ready Yet status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://www.ioriver.io/pricing.
Agent-friendly features2 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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