Badger, United States
Chat Software VPS in Badger
Built for always-on messaging workloads and long-lived connections. Built by hand, usually the same day.
- ✓ WebSockets and any port
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
- ✓ Root access, your own stack
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Badger. 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
Workable for a small team. Shared processor time shows up as lag once concurrent conversations climb.
$136.35USD
per month
ConfigureGeneral purpose
The usual choice
Long-lived connections need steady processor time more than they need peak speed.
$147.35USD
per month
ConfigureDedicated
High performance
Dedicated cores for large concurrent loads, where a neighbour’s spike would otherwise be felt as delay.
$158.35USD
per month
ConfigureBurstable
Not for messaging
Throttles under sustained load, and a messaging server is sustained load by definition.
$0.3037USD
per hour — booked for a window, not subscribed
Book by the hourMemory and cores can be raised on the same server without a rebuild — usually within the hour.
A socket is not a page view
Most hosting is sized for requests that arrive, get answered and end. Messaging is the opposite: every participant holds a connection open for as long as they are present, and the server pays for it the entire time. That changes what to buy.
Memory is the ceiling, not cores
Each open connection costs memory whether or not anyone is typing. Concurrency is usually a memory question first and a processor question second.
Steady beats fast
A burst of speed does not help a connection that has to stay responsive for hours. Consistent processor time does, which is why the shared-burst class is the wrong one here.
Latency is felt per keystroke
A page load absorbs a slow round trip once. A live conversation exposes it continuously, which is why the region you pick matters more here than almost anywhere else.
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 the people holding the conversations. Messaging keeps a connection open, so latency is felt on every keystroke rather than once per page.
Badger is closest to Seattle. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Badger ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Seattle, United States | 2,433 km | 36–73 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 3,483 km | 52–104 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 3,945 km | 59–118 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 4,478 km | 67–134 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 4,707 km | 71–141 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,919 km | 74–148 ms |
| New York, United States | 5,229 km | 78–157 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 5,393 km | 81–162 ms |
| Miami, United States | 6,366 km | 95–191 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,666 km | 85–170 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 8,154 km | 122–245 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 8,936 km | 134–268 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 9,197 km | 138–276 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 10,076 km | 151–302 ms |
| Singapore | 10,740 km | 161–322 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 12,179 km | 183–365 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Stockholm, Sweden | 6,160 km | 92–185 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 6,773 km | 102–203 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 6,782 km | 102–203 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 7,074 km | 106–212 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 7,588 km | 114–228 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 7,857 km | 118–236 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 7,899 km | 118–237 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 9,240 km | 139–277 ms |
Distances are from Badger. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Daily off-server backups
Free SSL, issued and renewed for you
Open ports and WebSocket support by default
Root access for your own stack
Included with every Chat Software server, in every class, at every location.
Chat hosting for Badger
We host servers for companies throughout Badger, AK 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.
Seattle is our closest location at 2,433 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.
Chat Software VPS in Badger — FAQs
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