Novato, United States

Software VPS in Novato

Dedicated cores for builds, CI and compute that cannot wait its turn. Built by hand, usually the same day.

Configure your build server → Recommended from $305.50 USD / month
  • Dedicated cores throughout
  • Same price in all 24 locations
  • Root access, any toolchain
Closest location live
Novato and its closest data centre Novato joined by a link to the Santa Clara data centre, 100 km away. Novato Santa Clara California, United States
100 km from Novato
1–3 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Novato. 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

Configure

General purpose

Recommended

Consistent processor time, which keeps build times roughly repeatable.


$294.50USD

per month

Configure
Hourly only

Burstable

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 hour

Add 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.

Americas coverage 9 live
Americas data centre locations 9 locations across Americas, with Santa Clara marked as the closest to Novato. Santa Clara Novato

Novato is closest to Santa Clara. Every marker costs the same per month.

Show all 24 locations and distances from Novato ▾
Location Distance Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Santa Clara, United States 100 km 1–3 ms
Los Angeles, United States 595 km 9–18 ms
Seattle, United States 1,056 km 16–32 ms
Dallas, United States 2,400 km 36–72 ms
Chicago, United States 2,985 km 45–90 ms
Atlanta, United States 3,447 km 52–103 ms
Toronto, Canada 3,641 km 55–109 ms
New York, United States 4,129 km 62–124 ms
Miami, United States 4,187 km 63–126 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan 8,243 km 124–247 ms
Hong Kong, China 11,063 km 166–332 ms
Sydney, Australia 11,955 km 179–359 ms
Delhi NCR, India 12,319 km 185–370 ms
Kolkata, India 12,535 km 188–376 ms
Mumbai, India 13,455 km 202–404 ms
Singapore 13,552 km 203–407 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
Stockholm, Sweden 8,591 km 129–258 ms
London, United Kingdom 8,592 km 129–258 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 8,748 km 131–262 ms
Frankfurt, Germany 9,108 km 137–273 ms
Madrid, Spain 9,299 km 139–279 ms
Milan, Italy 9,546 km 143–286 ms
Bucharest, Romania 10,314 km 155–309 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel 11,865 km 178–356 ms

Distances are from Novato. 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 Novato

We host servers for companies throughout Novato, CA 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.

Santa Clara is our closest location at 100 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.

Software VPS in Novato — FAQs

Can I run my own CI runners on it?
Yes. It is your server with root access, so self-hosted GitHub Actions runners, GitLab runners, Jenkins agents or anything else you want to install. No per-minute billing and no queue you are sharing with strangers.
Why does the hardware class matter so much for builds?
Compilation is sustained load from the first second to the last. Shared classes give you processor time when it is spare, which makes build times vary; dedicated cores do not, so a build takes as long as it takes and no longer.
Which runtimes and languages can I use?
All of them. You choose the image and install what you like — there is no supported-language list, because there is nothing between you and the machine.
How fast will it feel from Novato?
An estimated 1–3 ms to Santa Clara at 100 km. For a build server what usually matters more is the round trip to your package registry and your git host, so pick the region closest to those and to the people pushing code.
How much does it cost in Novato?
From $283.50 USD per month, with $305.50 USD on the Dedicated class for compilation work. The same prices apply in all 24 locations.

Other servers in Novato

Same hardware, tuned for a different job.

Software hosting nearby

Other towns we host for in the region.