San Bruno, United States
Server infrastructure for API Platforms in San Bruno
The right server for API Platforms is decided by the work it has to do, not by the size of the plan you happen to land on. For a medium API Platforms business in San Bruno 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 San Bruno. 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.
San Bruno is closest to Santa Clara. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from San Bruno ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 31 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 340 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 689 miles | 17–33 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,479 miles | 36–71 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,858 miles | 45–90 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 2,136 miles | 52–103 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,268 miles | 55–109 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,569 miles | 62–124 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,589 miles | 63–125 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,147 miles | 124–249 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,901 miles | 167–333 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,419 miles | 179–358 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,689 miles | 186–371 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,821 miles | 189–378 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,395 miles | 203–405 ms |
| Singapore | 8,445 miles | 204–408 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 5,362 miles | 129–259 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,367 miles | 130–259 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,460 miles | 132–264 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,684 miles | 137–274 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,797 miles | 140–280 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,955 miles | 144–288 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,436 miles | 155–311 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,401 miles | 179–357 ms |
Distances are from San Bruno. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
API Platforms in San Bruno
Technology & Software is one of the sectors San Bruno is known for, so this is a workload we are asked about here more than most.
The closest of our 24 data centres to San Bruno is Santa Clara, about 31 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
San Bruno has a population of about 43,185, 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 America/Los Angeles, 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 San Bruno
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from San Bruno | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Claraamericas | 31 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Los Angelesamericas | 340 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Seattleamericas | 689 miles | 17–33 ms |
San Bruno sits in California, 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 San Bruno — FAQs
What size server does a API Platforms business in San Bruno, CA need?
Where would the server for my San Bruno, CA 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 San Bruno
Same city, different workload.
API Platforms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.