Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for API Platforms in Portsmouth
There is no single correct server for API Platforms; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a medium API Platforms business in Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth. 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.
Portsmouth is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Portsmouth ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 64 miles | 2–3 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 279 miles | 7–13 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 432 miles | 10–21 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 600 miles | 14–29 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 728 miles | 18–35 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 954 miles | 23–46 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,332 miles | 32–64 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,230 miles | 54–108 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,437 miles | 83–166 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,532 miles | 85–171 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,933 miles | 95–190 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,183 miles | 101–202 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,395 miles | 106–212 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,732 miles | 114–228 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,797 miles | 116–232 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,371 miles | 130–259 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,442 miles | 131–263 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,232 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,510 miles | 109–218 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,000 miles | 121–241 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,003 miles | 145–290 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,041 miles | 146–292 ms |
| Singapore | 6,792 miles | 164–328 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,620 miles | 256–513 ms |
Distances are from Portsmouth. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
API Platforms in Portsmouth
The closest of our 24 data centres to Portsmouth is London, about 64 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Portsmouth has a population of about 208,100, 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 Europe/London, 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 UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Pricing is quoted in GBP, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Portsmouth
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Portsmouth | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 64 miles | 2–3 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 279 miles | 7–13 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 432 miles | 10–21 ms |
Portsmouth sits in England, 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 Portsmouth — FAQs
What size server does a API Platforms business in Portsmouth, England need?
Where would the server for my Portsmouth, England 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 Portsmouth
Same city, different workload.
API Platforms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.