Business Bay, United Arab Emirates
Server infrastructure for API Platforms in Business Bay
Sizing infrastructure for API Platforms starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a medium API Platforms business in Business Bay that is about 2 Cores, 16 GB of memory and 200 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 Business Bay. 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
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 Most likely here
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.
Business Bay is closest to Mumbai. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Business Bay ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Mumbai, India | 1,202 miles | 29–58 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 1,381 miles | 33–67 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 2,093 miles | 51–101 ms |
| Singapore | 3,627 miles | 88–175 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 3,700 miles | 89–179 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,928 miles | 119–238 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,487 miles | 181–361 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 1,328 miles | 32–64 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 2,103 miles | 51–102 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 2,899 miles | 70–140 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 2,957 miles | 71–143 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 3,006 miles | 73–145 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 3,207 miles | 77–155 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 3,402 miles | 82–164 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,515 miles | 85–170 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 6,841 miles | 165–330 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 6,880 miles | 166–332 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 7,232 miles | 175–349 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 7,405 miles | 179–358 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 7,579 miles | 183–366 ms |
| Miami, United States | 7,830 miles | 189–378 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 8,030 miles | 194–388 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 8,112 miles | 196–392 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 8,322 miles | 201–402 ms |
Distances are from Business Bay. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
API Platforms in Business Bay
The closest of our 24 data centres to Business Bay is Mumbai, about 1,202 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Business Bay has a population of about 191,000, which is why the medium 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 Asia/Dubai, 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 the UAE Personal Data Protection Law. Pricing is quoted in AED, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Business Bay
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Business Bay | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Mumbaiapac | 1,202 miles | 29–58 ms |
| Tel Avivemea | 1,328 miles | 32–64 ms |
| Delhi NCRapac | 1,381 miles | 33–67 ms |
Business Bay sits in Dubai, 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 medium size assumed above, that is roughly 666,667 requests a day crossing that link.
API Platforms hosting in Business Bay — FAQs
What size server does a API Platforms business in Business Bay, Dubai need?
Where would the server for my Business Bay, Dubai 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 Business Bay
Same city, different workload.
API Platforms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.