Portage, United States

Gaming VPS in Portage

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

173 km from Portage

3–5 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Portage. 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 Toronto Canada and the US northeast Atlanta The US southeast New York The US east coast Dallas Texas and the US south Miami Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America Seattle The US Pacific Northwest and western Canada Los Angeles Southern California and the US southwest 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 Portage 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

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

Chicago Nearest 173 km · 3–5 ms Toronto 530 km · 8–16 ms Atlanta 946 km · 14–28 ms New York 978 km · 15–29 ms Dallas 1,439 km · 22–43 ms Miami 1,893 km · 28–57 ms

Show all 24 locations and distances from Portage ▾

Location	Distance	Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Chicago, United States	173 km	3–5 ms
Toronto, Canada	530 km	8–16 ms
Atlanta, United States	946 km	14–28 ms
New York, United States	978 km	15–29 ms
Dallas, United States	1,439 km	22–43 ms
Miami, United States	1,893 km	28–57 ms
Seattle, United States	2,927 km	44–88 ms
Los Angeles, United States	2,976 km	45–89 ms
Santa Clara, United States	3,131 km	47–94 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
London, United Kingdom	6,203 km	93–186 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands	6,463 km	97–194 ms
Madrid, Spain	6,559 km	98–197 ms
Stockholm, Sweden	6,755 km	101–203 ms
Frankfurt, Germany	6,817 km	102–205 ms
Milan, Italy	7,136 km	107–214 ms
Bucharest, Romania	8,234 km	124–247 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel	9,755 km	146–293 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan	10,212 km	153–306 ms
Delhi NCR, India	11,958 km	179–359 ms
Hong Kong, China	12,559 km	188–377 ms
Kolkata, India	12,786 km	192–384 ms
Mumbai, India	12,851 km	193–386 ms
Sydney, Australia	15,049 km	226–451 ms
Singapore	15,081 km	226–452 ms

Distances are from Portage. 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 Portage

We host servers for companies throughout Portage, MI 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 173 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 Portage — 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 Portage at 173 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 Portage?

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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