Napier, New Zealand
Chat Software VPS in Napier
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 Napier. 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.
Napier is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Napier ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 2,367 km | 36–71 ms |
| Singapore | 8,664 km | 130–260 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 9,190 km | 138–276 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 9,463 km | 142–284 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 11,460 km | 172–344 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 12,523 km | 188–376 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 12,741 km | 191–382 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Los Angeles, United States | 10,545 km | 158–316 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 10,580 km | 159–317 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 11,391 km | 171–342 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 11,964 km | 179–359 ms |
| Miami, United States | 12,850 km | 193–386 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 12,984 km | 195–390 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 13,191 km | 198–396 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 13,882 km | 208–416 ms |
| New York, United States | 14,156 km | 212–425 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 16,529 km | 248–496 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 17,356 km | 260–521 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 17,554 km | 263–527 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 18,458 km | 277–554 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 18,517 km | 278–556 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 18,660 km | 280–560 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 18,811 km | 282–564 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 19,900 km | 298–597 ms |
Distances are from Napier. 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 Napier
We host servers for companies throughout Napier, Hawke's Bay and the rest of New Zealand. 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 2,367 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 Napier — FAQs
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