South Shore, United States

Basic VPS in South Shore

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
South Shore and its closest data centre South Shore joined by a link to the Chicago data centre, which is in the same city. South Shore Chicago Illinois, United States
1–2 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from South Shore. 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

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
Americas data centre locations 9 locations across Americas. Chicago South Shore

South Shore has a data centre of its own. Every marker costs the same per month.

Show all 24 locations and distances from South Shore ▾
Location Distance Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Chicago, United States Same city 1–2 ms
Toronto, Canada 701 km 11–21 ms
Atlanta, United States 934 km 14–28 ms
New York, United States 1,140 km 17–34 ms
Dallas, United States 1,288 km 19–39 ms
Miami, United States 1,904 km 29–57 ms
Seattle, United States 2,798 km 42–84 ms
Los Angeles, United States 2,806 km 42–84 ms
Santa Clara, United States 2,967 km 45–89 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
London, United Kingdom 6,358 km 95–191 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 6,615 km 99–198 ms
Madrid, Spain 6,727 km 101–202 ms
Stockholm, Sweden 6,888 km 103–207 ms
Frankfurt, Germany 6,970 km 105–209 ms
Milan, Italy 7,294 km 109–219 ms
Bucharest, Romania 8,383 km 126–251 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel 9,909 km 149–297 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan 10,154 km 152–305 ms
Delhi NCR, India 12,047 km 181–361 ms
Hong Kong, China 12,546 km 188–376 ms
Kolkata, India 12,849 km 193–385 ms
Mumbai, India 12,958 km 194–389 ms
Sydney, Australia 14,878 km 223–446 ms
Singapore 15,085 km 226–453 ms

Distances are from South Shore. 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 South Shore

We host servers for companies throughout South Shore, 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 a data centre of ours, so a server ordered here sits in your own city.

Basic VPS in South Shore — FAQs

How fast will it feel from South Shore?
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 South Shore?
From $49.95 USD per month on the Availability class, $60.95 USD on General purpose. The same prices apply in all 24 locations.

Other servers in South Shore

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