Waterloo, Canada

Software VPS in Waterloo

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
Waterloo and its closest data centre Waterloo joined by a link to the Toronto data centre, 94 km away. Waterloo Toronto Ontario, Canada
94 km from Waterloo
1–3 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Waterloo. 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 Toronto marked as the closest to Waterloo. Toronto Waterloo

Waterloo is closest to Toronto. Every marker costs the same per month.

Show all 24 locations and distances from Waterloo ▾
Location Distance Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Toronto, Canada 94 km 1–3 ms
Chicago, United States 608 km 9–18 ms
New York, United States 618 km 9–19 ms
Atlanta, United States 1,131 km 17–34 ms
Dallas, United States 1,849 km 28–55 ms
Miami, United States 1,969 km 30–59 ms
Seattle, United States 3,249 km 49–97 ms
Los Angeles, United States 3,402 km 51–102 ms
Santa Clara, United States 3,536 km 53–106 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
London, United Kingdom 5,797 km 87–174 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 6,064 km 91–182 ms
Madrid, Spain 6,127 km 92–184 ms
Stockholm, Sweden 6,400 km 96–192 ms
Frankfurt, Germany 6,416 km 96–192 ms
Milan, Italy 6,723 km 101–202 ms
Bucharest, Romania 7,843 km 118–235 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel 9,352 km 140–281 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan 10,322 km 155–310 ms
Delhi NCR, India 11,698 km 175–351 ms
Hong Kong, China 12,548 km 188–376 ms
Mumbai, India 12,549 km 188–376 ms
Kolkata, India 12,584 km 189–378 ms
Singapore 15,013 km 225–450 ms
Sydney, Australia 15,475 km 232–464 ms

Distances are from Waterloo. 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 Waterloo

We host servers for companies throughout Waterloo, ON 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 94 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 Waterloo — 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 Waterloo?
An estimated 1–3 ms to Toronto at 94 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 Waterloo?
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 Waterloo

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