Amsterdam, United States
Server infrastructure for API Platforms in Amsterdam
Sizing infrastructure for API Platforms starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a small API Platforms business in Amsterdam that is about Single Core, 8 GB of memory and 80 GB of storage on VPS.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Amsterdam. Your real figure depends on your connection and route, and lands inside this range.
Choose the infrastructure for your workload
Three sizes of business, each sized from an assumed traffic figure rather than a measured one. If you know your own numbers, tell us and the estimate changes with them.
Small API Platforms Most likely here
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$97.40 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 8 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
About 3.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 4.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium API Platforms
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$186.50 USD USD
per month · VPS
- 2 Cores
- 16 GB RAM
- 200 GB storage
- Managed
About 30.9 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 12 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large API Platforms
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,114.15 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 20 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 700 GB storage
- Managed
About 308.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 48 GB of working data.
Configure this build →These figures are assumptions stated out loud, not predictions about your business. Memory, cores and disk can all be raised on the same server later, usually within the hour, with no rebuild and no new IP address — so starting one size below the estimate is normally the cheaper mistake.
Which tiers suit API Platforms
Including the ones that do not, and why — that is usually the more useful half.
| Infrastructure | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Hosting Managed space on a shared server | Not this one | Shared hosting cannot run background workers, queues or long-lived processes, which a SaaS application depends on. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | The natural home for an early-stage product: root access, your own runtime, and the ability to resize as you grow. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Pinned resources give you the predictable latency your customers will hold you to in an SLA. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | Right once the database and the application tier are competing for the same memory on a single virtual instance. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For platforms running their own virtualization, or holding a large working set entirely in memory. |
API Platforms workloads you can host
An API is measured in requests per second rather than page views, and the failure mode is a noisy client rather than a busy week.
- API gateway
- Rate limiting
- Auth & token issuing
- Request logging
- Developer portal
- Webhook delivery
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Amsterdam is closest to New York. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Amsterdam ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 154 miles | 4–7 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 266 miles | 6–13 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 689 miles | 17–33 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 841 miles | 20–41 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,234 miles | 30–60 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,413 miles | 34–68 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,325 miles | 56–112 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,431 miles | 59–117 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,518 miles | 61–122 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,374 miles | 81–163 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,531 miles | 85–170 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 3,550 miles | 86–171 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 3,764 miles | 91–182 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 3,812 miles | 92–184 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 3,938 miles | 95–190 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 4,661 miles | 113–225 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 5,581 miles | 135–269 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,602 miles | 159–319 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,179 miles | 173–347 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,668 miles | 185–370 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,776 miles | 188–375 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,897 miles | 191–381 ms |
| Singapore | 9,374 miles | 226–453 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,932 miles | 240–480 ms |
Distances are from Amsterdam. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
API Platforms in Amsterdam
The closest of our 24 data centres to Amsterdam is New York, about 154 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Amsterdam has a population of about 18,008, which is why the small build above is the one most likely to fit a API Platforms business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/New York, so routine maintenance and backups are scheduled against your overnight rather than ours.
Data stays in the jurisdiction you choose, which matters if you are working to state privacy laws such as the CCPA. Pricing is quoted in USD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Amsterdam
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Amsterdam | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| New Yorkamericas | 154 miles | 4–7 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 266 miles | 6–13 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 689 miles | 17–33 ms |
Amsterdam sits in New York, and every one of our 24 locations costs the same — so the only thing worth optimising is which of them your users are closest to. At the small size assumed above, that is roughly 66,667 requests a day crossing that link.
API Platforms hosting in Amsterdam — FAQs
What size server does a API Platforms business in Amsterdam, NY need?
Where would the server for my Amsterdam, NY business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for API Platforms, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host aPI gateway for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Amsterdam
Same city, different workload.
API Platforms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.