Lake Forest, United States

Basic VPS in Lake Forest

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

46 km from Lake Forest

1–2 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Lake Forest. 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

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

Chicago Nearest 46 km · 1–2 ms Toronto 705 km · 11–21 ms Atlanta 993 km · 15–30 ms New York 1,164 km · 17–35 ms Dallas 1,316 km · 20–39 ms Miami 1,963 km · 29–59 ms

Show all 24 locations and distances from Lake Forest ▾

Location	Distance	Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Chicago, United States	46 km	1–2 ms
Toronto, Canada	705 km	11–21 ms
Atlanta, United States	993 km	15–30 ms
New York, United States	1,164 km	17–35 ms
Dallas, United States	1,316 km	20–39 ms
Miami, United States	1,963 km	29–59 ms
Seattle, United States	2,755 km	41–83 ms
Los Angeles, United States	2,793 km	42–84 ms
Santa Clara, United States	2,944 km	44–88 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
London, United Kingdom	6,337 km	95–190 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands	6,591 km	99–198 ms
Madrid, Spain	6,719 km	101–202 ms
Stockholm, Sweden	6,855 km	103–206 ms
Frankfurt, Germany	6,947 km	104–208 ms
Milan, Italy	7,275 km	109–218 ms
Bucharest, Romania	8,357 km	125–251 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel	9,886 km	148–297 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan	10,097 km	151–303 ms
Delhi NCR, India	11,999 km	180–360 ms
Hong Kong, China	12,487 km	187–375 ms
Kolkata, India	12,796 km	192–384 ms
Mumbai, India	12,913 km	194–387 ms
Sydney, Australia	14,866 km	223–446 ms
Singapore	15,026 km	225–451 ms

Distances are from Lake Forest. 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 Lake Forest

We host servers for companies throughout Lake Forest, IL 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 46 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 Lake Forest — FAQs

Do you have a data centre in Lake Forest?

No. The nearest is Chicago, 46 km away, which is the location we default to for Lake Forest customers. Nothing about the server changes with location except the round trip.

How fast will it feel from Lake Forest?

Around 1–2 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 Lake Forest?

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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