Wealdstone, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for API Platforms in Wealdstone
Sizing infrastructure for API Platforms starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a small API Platforms business in Wealdstone 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 Wealdstone. 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.
Wealdstone has a data centre of its own. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Wealdstone ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | Same city | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 229 miles | 6–11 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 406 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 607 miles | 15–29 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 789 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 892 miles | 22–43 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,310 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,221 miles | 54–107 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,451 miles | 83–167 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,539 miles | 85–171 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,937 miles | 95–190 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,196 miles | 101–203 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,419 miles | 107–213 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,737 miles | 114–229 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,774 miles | 115–230 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,354 miles | 129–258 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,430 miles | 131–262 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,190 miles | 101–202 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,478 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,955 miles | 120–239 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,939 miles | 143–287 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,984 miles | 144–289 ms |
| Singapore | 6,748 miles | 163–326 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,564 miles | 255–510 ms |
Distances are from Wealdstone. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
API Platforms in Wealdstone
The closest of our 24 data centres to Wealdstone is London, about 11 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Wealdstone has a population of about 18,500, 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 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 Wealdstone
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Wealdstone | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | In your metro | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 229 miles | 6–11 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 406 miles | 10–20 ms |
Wealdstone 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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 66,667 requests a day crossing that link.
API Platforms hosting in Wealdstone — FAQs
What size server does a API Platforms business in Wealdstone, England need?
Where would the server for my Wealdstone, 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 Wealdstone
Same city, different workload.
API Platforms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.