Highton, Australia
Chat Software VPS in Highton
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 Highton. 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.
Highton is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Highton ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 783 km | 12–23 ms |
| Singapore | 6,041 km | 91–181 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,426 km | 111–223 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 8,225 km | 123–247 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,924 km | 134–268 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 9,787 km | 147–294 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 10,163 km | 152–305 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 12,739 km | 191–382 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 12,843 km | 193–385 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 13,251 km | 199–398 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 14,549 km | 218–436 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 15,641 km | 235–469 ms |
| Miami, United States | 15,643 km | 235–469 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 15,655 km | 235–470 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 16,336 km | 245–490 ms |
| New York, United States | 16,739 km | 251–502 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 13,725 km | 206–412 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 14,930 km | 224–448 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 15,593 km | 234–468 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 16,260 km | 244–488 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 16,298 km | 244–489 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 16,528 km | 248–496 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 16,886 km | 253–507 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 17,266 km | 259–518 ms |
Distances are from Highton. 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 Highton
We host servers for companies throughout Highton, VIC and the rest of Australia. 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.
Sydney is our closest location at 783 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 Highton — FAQs
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