Ankeny, United States

Gaming VPS in Ankeny

High clock speeds and fast disk for game servers and low latency. Built by hand, usually the same day.

Configure your game server → Recommended from $536.35 USD / month

Dedicated cores, never shared
Same price in all 24 locations
Any TCP or UDP port

Closest location live

496 km from Ankeny

7–15 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Ankeny. 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.

Private servers only

Availability

Budget friendly

Only for a private server among friends. Shared processor time shows up as stutter the moment a fight starts.

$514.35USD

per month

Configure

General purpose

Recommended

Workable for smaller player counts and slower genres, where a dropped tick goes unnoticed.

$525.35USD

per month

Configure

Recommended for games

Dedicated

The usual choice

A game server has to finish every tick on time, and dedicated cores are the only way that holds when the server is full.

$536.35USD

per month

Configure

Hourly only

Burstable

Not for game servers

Not usable. Throttles under sustained load, and a match is sustained load by definition.

$1.0286USD

per hour — booked for a window, not subscribed

Book by the hour

Launch weekend: add cores and memory on the same server and take them off when the rush settles — by hand, usually within the hour.

Host where your players are

Ping is the one number your players will judge you on, and it is theirs, not yours. Pick the region your community actually lives in — every location costs the same, so there is no reason to compromise.

Americas

Chicago Most central The US Midwest, and the most central choice for nationwide US selling Dallas Texas and the US south Toronto Canada and the US northeast Atlanta The US southeast New York The US east coast Miami Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America Los Angeles Southern California and the US southwest Seattle The US Pacific Northwest and western Canada Santa Clara California and the US west coast

Europe, Middle East & Africa

London The UK and Ireland Amsterdam The Benelux countries and north-west Europe Madrid Spain, Portugal and south-west Europe Stockholm The Nordic countries Frankfurt Most central Germany, Austria and central Europe — the most central choice for EU-wide selling Milan Italy and southern Europe Bucharest Romania and south-east Europe Tel Aviv Israel and the eastern Mediterranean

Asia-Pacific

Tokyo Japan and South Korea Delhi NCR Northern India Hong Kong Hong Kong, southern China and Taiwan Kolkata Eastern India and Bangladesh Mumbai Western India Sydney Australia and New Zealand Singapore Most central South-east Asia, and the most central choice for the region

No ping figures here on purpose: your players' latency depends on where they are, and we have not measured a route we cannot see. Distances and estimated round trips from Ankeny are in the table below.

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 players, not to you. Ping is the whole experience in a shooter, and thirty milliseconds is the difference between a hit and a miss.

Americas coverage 9 live

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

Chicago Nearest 496 km · 7–15 ms Dallas 1,035 km · 16–31 ms Toronto 1,180 km · 18–35 ms Atlanta 1,200 km · 18–36 ms New York 1,640 km · 25–49 ms Miami 2,160 km · 32–65 ms

Show all 24 locations and distances from Ankeny ▾

Location	Distance	Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Chicago, United States	496 km	7–15 ms
Dallas, United States	1,035 km	16–31 ms
Toronto, Canada	1,180 km	18–35 ms
Atlanta, United States	1,200 km	18–36 ms
New York, United States	1,640 km	25–49 ms
Miami, United States	2,160 km	32–65 ms
Los Angeles, United States	2,314 km	35–69 ms
Seattle, United States	2,349 km	35–70 ms
Santa Clara, United States	2,467 km	37–74 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
London, United Kingdom	6,725 km	101–202 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands	6,964 km	104–209 ms
Madrid, Spain	7,158 km	107–215 ms
Stockholm, Sweden	7,162 km	107–215 ms
Frankfurt, Germany	7,324 km	110–220 ms
Milan, Italy	7,671 km	115–230 ms
Bucharest, Romania	8,713 km	131–261 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel	10,257 km	154–308 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan	9,845 km	148–295 ms
Delhi NCR, India	12,147 km	182–364 ms
Hong Kong, China	12,341 km	185–370 ms
Kolkata, India	12,862 km	193–386 ms
Mumbai, India	13,112 km	197–393 ms
Sydney, Australia	14,388 km	216–432 ms
Singapore	14,913 km	224–447 ms

Distances are from Ankeny. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.

Dedicated cores, never shared

Any port range you need, TCP or UDP

Root access for your own server binaries

Daily off-server backups of world data

Included with every Gaming server, in every class, at every location.

Game server hosting for Ankeny

We host servers for companies throughout Ankeny, IA 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 496 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.

Gaming VPS in Ankeny — FAQs

Should I host near me or near my players?

Near your players, always. Ping is the whole experience in a fast game, and it belongs to them rather than to you. Chicago is closest to Ankeny at 496 km, but if your community is elsewhere, host elsewhere — every location costs the same.

Which hardware class does a game server need?

Dedicated. A game server has to finish every tick on time, and that only holds when nothing else is competing for the cores. The shared classes show up as stutter the moment a fight starts, and Burstable throttles under exactly the sustained load a full match creates.

Can I open custom ports and run my own binaries?

Yes. Root access, any TCP or UDP port range, and your own server build — there is no supported-games list because there is nothing between you and the machine.

What ping will my players get?

That depends entirely on where they are, and we will not quote a figure for a player whose location we do not know. What we can tell you is the distance from each of our 24 locations, which is on this page — pick the one nearest your community.

How much does a game server cost in Ankeny?

From $514.35 USD per month, with $536.35 USD on the Dedicated class, which is the one worth buying here. The same prices apply in all 24 locations.

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