Alliance, United States
Server infrastructure for EdTech in Alliance
There is no single correct server for EdTech; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a small EdTech business in Alliance that is about Single Core, 16 GB of memory and 100 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 Alliance. 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 EdTech Most likely here
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$164.90 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 16 GB RAM
- 100 GB storage
About 2.8 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 11.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium EdTech
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$432.40 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 250 GB storage
- Managed
About 27.8 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 32 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large EdTech
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,721.65 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 16 Cores
- 196 GB RAM
- 900 GB storage
- Managed
About 277.8 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 128 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.
Why EdTech size up this way
Working from about 5,000 visits a month and roughly 40,000 requests a day, peaks run about 6× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one; and about 11 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast.
- 2.8 req/sec at peak
- 11.2 GB working set
- 4 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit EdTech
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. |
EdTech workloads you can host
School timetables mean every tenant peaks at the same hour of the same weekday.
- Multi-tenant learning platform
- Content authoring
- Analytics & reporting
- LTI/SSO integrations
- Assessment engine
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Alliance is closest to Toronto. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Alliance ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Toronto, Canada | 209 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 345 miles | 8–17 ms |
| New York, United States | 371 miles | 9–18 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 527 miles | 13–25 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,031 miles | 25–50 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,048 miles | 25–51 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,066 miles | 50–100 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,074 miles | 50–100 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,183 miles | 53–105 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,738 miles | 90–180 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 3,909 miles | 94–189 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,912 miles | 94–189 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,126 miles | 100–199 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,137 miles | 100–200 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,308 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,017 miles | 121–242 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 5,948 miles | 144–287 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,547 miles | 158–316 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,445 miles | 180–359 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,959 miles | 192–384 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,968 miles | 192–385 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,998 miles | 193–386 ms |
| Singapore | 9,500 miles | 229–459 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,567 miles | 231–462 ms |
Distances are from Alliance. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
EdTech in Alliance
The closest of our 24 data centres to Alliance is Toronto, about 209 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Alliance has a population of about 22,055, which is why the small build above is the one most likely to fit a EdTech 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 Alliance
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Alliance | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Torontoamericas | 209 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 345 miles | 8–17 ms |
| New Yorkamericas | 371 miles | 9–18 ms |
Alliance sits in Ohio, 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 40,000 requests a day crossing that link.
EdTech hosting in Alliance — FAQs
What size server does a EdTech business in Alliance, OH need?
Where would the server for my Alliance, OH business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for EdTech, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host multi-tenant learning platform for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Alliance
Same city, different workload.
EdTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.