Iowa, United States

Basic VPS in Iowa

A small, dependable server for a site, a bot or a side project. Built by hand, usually the same day.

Configure your server → From $49.95 USD / month

Four hardware classes
Same price in all 24 locations
Built by hand, usually same day

Closest location live

368 km from Iowa

6–11 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Iowa. Your real figure depends on your connection and route, and lands inside this range.

Choose how the processor is shared

Every class ships the same hardware menu and the same Ubuntu Server 24.04 (LTS) 64-bit image. What changes is how the processor is shared — and the price moves with it.

Availability

Budget friendly

Shared processor time is plenty for a site, a bot or a side project that is idle most of the day.

$49.95USD

per month

Configure

Recommended

General purpose

The usual choice

Worth the difference if the box runs something people wait on — a small API, a dashboard used during working hours.

$60.95USD

per month

Configure

Dedicated

High performance

More machine than a small project needs. Sensible only if something on it must never share a core.

$71.95USD

per month

Configure

Hourly only

Burstable

Burst capable

For work with a definite end: a migration, a scrape, a batch job. Booked by the hour and taken down afterwards.

$0.1380USD

per hour — booked for a window, not subscribed

Book by the hour

Outgrowing it is normal and easy to fix — memory, cores and disk all go up on the same server, by hand, usually within the hour.

Where your server runs

All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server. Choose the region closest to whoever visits the site or uses the bot. For a small server that is usually one country, and picking the right one is the cheapest speed improvement available to you.

Americas coverage 9 live

Iowa is closest to Chicago. Every marker costs the same per month.

Chicago Nearest 368 km · 6–11 ms Toronto 1,059 km · 16–32 ms Dallas 1,075 km · 16–32 ms Atlanta 1,110 km · 17–33 ms New York 1,512 km · 23–45 ms Miami 2,079 km · 31–62 ms

Show all 24 locations and distances from Iowa ▾

Location	Distance	Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Chicago, United States	368 km	6–11 ms
Toronto, Canada	1,059 km	16–32 ms
Dallas, United States	1,075 km	16–32 ms
Atlanta, United States	1,110 km	17–33 ms
New York, United States	1,512 km	23–45 ms
Miami, United States	2,079 km	31–62 ms
Los Angeles, United States	2,438 km	37–73 ms
Seattle, United States	2,466 km	37–74 ms
Santa Clara, United States	2,595 km	39–78 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
London, United Kingdom	6,636 km	100–199 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands	6,881 km	103–206 ms
Madrid, Spain	7,052 km	106–212 ms
Stockholm, Sweden	7,099 km	106–213 ms
Frankfurt, Germany	7,239 km	109–217 ms
Milan, Italy	7,580 km	114–227 ms
Bucharest, Romania	8,635 km	130–259 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel	10,174 km	153–305 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan	9,931 km	149–298 ms
Delhi NCR, India	12,132 km	182–364 ms
Hong Kong, China	12,402 km	186–372 ms
Kolkata, India	12,870 km	193–386 ms
Mumbai, India	13,083 km	196–392 ms
Sydney, Australia	14,511 km	218–435 ms
Singapore	14,969 km	225–449 ms

Distances are from Iowa. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.

Full root access from day one

Daily off-server backups

Any Linux image, or Windows if you need it

Move up a size without rebuilding

Included with every Basic server, in every class, at every location.

Basic hosting for Iowa

We host servers for companies throughout Iowa and the rest of United States. You tell us what the server is for, we build it by hand, and you get access and the login details the same working day.

Chicago is our closest location at 368 km, which makes it the usual starting point. If the people using the server are somewhere else, host it somewhere else — every location costs the same.

Basic VPS in Iowa — FAQs

Do you have a data centre in Iowa?

No. The nearest is Chicago, 368 km away, which is the location we default to for Iowa customers. Nothing about the server changes with location except the round trip.

How fast will it feel from Iowa?

Around 6–11 ms to Chicago, estimated from fibre distance rather than measured. Your own connection and route decide where in that range you land.

Which hardware class should I choose?

General purpose for anything people wait on. Availability if the server is idle most of the day. Dedicated only when something must never share a core.

Can I change the class or the location later?

Memory, cores and disk go up on the same server by hand, usually within the hour. Changing location means a rebuild, so it is worth picking well now.

How much does a basic VPS cost in Iowa?

From $49.95 USD per month on the Availability class, $60.95 USD on General purpose. The same prices apply in all 24 locations.

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