Portage, United States

Basic VPS in Portage

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

173 km from Portage

3–5 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Portage. 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

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

Chicago Nearest 173 km · 3–5 ms Toronto 530 km · 8–16 ms Atlanta 946 km · 14–28 ms New York 978 km · 15–29 ms Dallas 1,439 km · 22–43 ms Miami 1,893 km · 28–57 ms

Show all 24 locations and distances from Portage ▾

Location	Distance	Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Chicago, United States	173 km	3–5 ms
Toronto, Canada	530 km	8–16 ms
Atlanta, United States	946 km	14–28 ms
New York, United States	978 km	15–29 ms
Dallas, United States	1,439 km	22–43 ms
Miami, United States	1,893 km	28–57 ms
Seattle, United States	2,927 km	44–88 ms
Los Angeles, United States	2,976 km	45–89 ms
Santa Clara, United States	3,131 km	47–94 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
London, United Kingdom	6,203 km	93–186 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands	6,463 km	97–194 ms
Madrid, Spain	6,559 km	98–197 ms
Stockholm, Sweden	6,755 km	101–203 ms
Frankfurt, Germany	6,817 km	102–205 ms
Milan, Italy	7,136 km	107–214 ms
Bucharest, Romania	8,234 km	124–247 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel	9,755 km	146–293 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan	10,212 km	153–306 ms
Delhi NCR, India	11,958 km	179–359 ms
Hong Kong, China	12,559 km	188–377 ms
Kolkata, India	12,786 km	192–384 ms
Mumbai, India	12,851 km	193–386 ms
Sydney, Australia	15,049 km	226–451 ms
Singapore	15,081 km	226–452 ms

Distances are from Portage. 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 Portage

We host servers for companies throughout Portage, MI 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 173 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 Portage — FAQs

Do you have a data centre in Portage?

No. The nearest is Chicago, 173 km away, which is the location we default to for Portage customers. Nothing about the server changes with location except the round trip.

How fast will it feel from Portage?

Around 3–5 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 Portage?

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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