Scarborough, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for FinTech in Scarborough
What FinTech actually need from a server is predictable performance under load, and enough headroom to grow into. For a medium FinTech business in Scarborough 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 Scarborough. 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.
Scarborough is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Scarborough ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 192 miles | 5–9 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 256 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 480 miles | 12–23 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 743 miles | 18–36 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 778 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 970 miles | 23–47 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,362 miles | 33–66 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,303 miles | 56–111 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,394 miles | 82–164 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,463 miles | 84–167 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,851 miles | 93–186 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,137 miles | 100–200 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,388 miles | 106–212 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,626 miles | 112–223 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,654 miles | 112–225 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,219 miles | 126–252 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,305 miles | 128–256 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,163 miles | 100–201 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,485 miles | 108–217 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,915 miles | 119–237 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,782 miles | 140–279 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,887 miles | 142–284 ms |
| Singapore | 6,712 miles | 162–324 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,469 miles | 253–505 ms |
Distances are from Scarborough. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
FinTech in Scarborough
The closest of our 24 data centres to Scarborough is London, about 192 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Scarborough has a population of about 61,749, 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 Scarborough
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Scarborough | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 192 miles | 5–9 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 256 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 480 miles | 12–23 ms |
Scarborough 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 Scarborough — FAQs
What size server does a FinTech business in Scarborough, England need?
Where would the server for my Scarborough, 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 Scarborough
Same city, different workload.
FinTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.