Alma, Canada
Software VPS in Alma
Dedicated cores for builds, CI and compute that cannot wait its turn. Built by hand, usually the same day.
- ✓ Dedicated cores throughout
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
- ✓ Root access, any toolchain
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Alma. 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
Cheap for a build box that runs overnight and that nobody waits on.
$283.50USD
per month
ConfigureGeneral purpose
Recommended
Consistent processor time, which keeps build times roughly repeatable.
$294.50USD
per month
ConfigureDedicated
The usual choice
Dedicated cores mean nothing else competes for them, so a build takes as long as it takes and no longer.
$305.50USD
per month
ConfigureBurstable
Not for compilation
A poor fit. Throttles under sustained load, and compilation is sustained load throughout.
$0.5859USD
per hour — booked for a window, not subscribed
Book by the hourAdd cores for a heavy release week and take them off afterwards — the change is made by hand on the same server, usually within the hour.
Your toolchain, your runners
A build server is only useful if it can run what you actually build with. This is a machine with root on it, not a platform with a supported-language list.
Any runtime, any version
Install the compiler, SDK or interpreter you need, at the version you need, including the ones your CI provider stopped supporting.
Self-hosted CI runners
Point GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins at it and stop paying per build minute. The machine is yours whether it is busy or idle.
Nothing else on your cores
On the Dedicated class no other customer shares the processor, which is what makes a build time repeatable rather than merely typical.
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 pushing code and to whatever the build pulls from — package registries and your git host are the two round trips a build makes most.
Alma is closest to Toronto. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Alma ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Toronto, Canada | 807 km | 12–24 ms |
| New York, United States | 891 km | 13–27 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,451 km | 22–44 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,955 km | 29–59 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,641 km | 40–79 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 2,730 km | 41–82 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 3,697 km | 55–111 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 4,136 km | 62–124 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 4,196 km | 63–126 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 4,912 km | 74–147 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,177 km | 78–155 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,285 km | 79–159 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,530 km | 83–166 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,530 km | 83–166 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,842 km | 88–175 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,956 km | 104–209 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 8,467 km | 127–254 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 10,150 km | 152–304 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 10,907 km | 164–327 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 11,713 km | 176–351 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 11,860 km | 178–356 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 12,114 km | 182–363 ms |
| Singapore | 14,449 km | 217–433 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 16,140 km | 242–484 ms |
Distances are from Alma. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Root access and your choice of toolchain
Daily off-server backups
No shared CPU — dedicated cores throughout
Any Linux image, or Windows if you build for it
Included with every Software server, in every class, at every location.
Build hosting for Alma
We host servers for companies throughout Alma, QC and the rest of Canada. 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.
Toronto is our closest location at 807 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.
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