Inverness, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for FinTech in Inverness
There is no single correct server for FinTech; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a medium FinTech business in Inverness that is about 4 Cores, 48 GB of memory and 300 GB of storage on VDS.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Inverness. 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 FinTech
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$251.50 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 150 GB storage
About 1.9 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 14 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium FinTech Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$439.15 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 300 GB storage
- Managed
About 18.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 40 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large FinTech
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,735.15 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 16 Cores
- 196 GB RAM
- 1000 GB storage
- Managed
About 185.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 160 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 FinTech size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 400,000 requests a day, about 40 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast.
- 18.5 req/sec at peak
- 40 GB working set
- 10 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit FinTech
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. |
FinTech workloads you can host
The API is the product, so uptime is contractual and every failed webhook is somebody's missing money.
- Payments API
- KYC/AML onboarding
- Ledger service
- Webhook delivery
- Reconciliation jobs
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Inverness is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Inverness ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 444 miles | 11–21 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 505 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 730 miles | 18–35 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 813 miles | 20–39 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 1,007 miles | 24–49 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 1,179 miles | 28–57 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,578 miles | 38–76 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,535 miles | 61–122 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,199 miles | 77–154 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,249 miles | 78–157 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,627 miles | 88–175 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 3,938 miles | 95–190 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,219 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,362 miles | 105–211 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,432 miles | 107–214 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 4,959 miles | 120–239 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,050 miles | 122–244 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,274 miles | 103–206 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,637 miles | 112–224 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,007 miles | 121–242 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,666 miles | 137–274 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,887 miles | 142–284 ms |
| Singapore | 6,801 miles | 164–328 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,443 miles | 252–504 ms |
Distances are from Inverness. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
FinTech in Inverness
The closest of our 24 data centres to Inverness is London, about 444 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Inverness has a population of about 47,790, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a FinTech 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 Inverness
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Inverness | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 444 miles | 11–21 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 505 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 730 miles | 18–35 ms |
Inverness sits in Scotland, 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 400,000 requests a day crossing that link.
FinTech hosting in Inverness — FAQs
What size server does a FinTech business in Inverness, Scotland need?
Where would the server for my Inverness, Scotland business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for FinTech, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host payments API for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Inverness
Same city, different workload.
FinTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.