Portishead, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for FinTech in Portishead
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 Portishead 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 Portishead. 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.
Portishead is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Portishead ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 114 miles | 3–5 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 332 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 508 miles | 12–25 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 686 miles | 17–33 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 766 miles | 18–37 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 974 miles | 24–47 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,411 miles | 34–68 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,314 miles | 56–112 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,353 miles | 81–162 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,446 miles | 83–166 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,847 miles | 93–186 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,099 miles | 99–198 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,316 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,646 miles | 112–224 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,715 miles | 114–228 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,286 miles | 128–255 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,356 miles | 129–259 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,294 miles | 104–207 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,582 miles | 111–221 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,058 miles | 122–244 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,999 miles | 145–290 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,075 miles | 147–293 ms |
| Singapore | 6,852 miles | 165–331 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,658 miles | 257–515 ms |
Distances are from Portishead. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
FinTech in Portishead
The closest of our 24 data centres to Portishead is London, about 114 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Portishead has a population of about 26,355, 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 Portishead
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Portishead | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 114 miles | 3–5 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 332 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 508 miles | 12–25 ms |
Portishead 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 400,000 requests a day crossing that link.
FinTech hosting in Portishead — FAQs
What size server does a FinTech business in Portishead, England need?
Where would the server for my Portishead, England 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 Portishead
Same city, different workload.
FinTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.