Leigh, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Freelance Developers in Leigh
There is no single correct server for Freelance Developers; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a medium Freelance Developers business in Leigh that is about Single Core, 6 GB of memory and 40 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 Leigh. 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 Freelance Developers
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
On request
Shared Hosting
- Single Core
- 4 GB RAM
- 30 GB storage
About 0.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 0.7 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Freelance Developers Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$77.15 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 40 GB storage
- Managed
About 1.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Freelance Developers
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$129.80 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 12 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
- Managed
About 14.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 8 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 Freelance Developers
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 | Recommended | A brochure site with light traffic runs comfortably on shared hosting, and the managed platform means no server to look after. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | A VPS gives you root, your own PHP and Nginx versions, and room for the site to grow past what shared hosting allows. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Workable | Worth moving to once the site fronts an application rather than pages, or when a slow neighbour has cost you a lead. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Workable | More machine than a brochure site needs, but the right answer when it sits alongside other systems on the same box. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Not this one | Bare metal is sized for sustained heavy compute; a brochure site would leave almost all of it idle. |
Freelance Developers workloads you can host
Small, predictable and mostly idle — the machine is a workspace rather than a production platform.
- Client projects
- Staging sites
- Git repositories
- Portfolio site
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Leigh is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Leigh ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 170 miles | 4–8 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 319 miles | 8–15 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 532 miles | 13–26 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 763 miles | 18–37 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 879 miles | 21–42 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 905 miles | 22–44 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,429 miles | 34–69 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,357 miles | 57–114 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,325 miles | 80–161 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,403 miles | 82–164 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,796 miles | 92–183 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,070 miles | 98–196 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,309 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,599 miles | 111–222 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,614 miles | 111–223 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,196 miles | 125–251 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,275 miles | 127–255 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,257 miles | 103–206 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,570 miles | 110–221 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,012 miles | 121–242 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,873 miles | 142–284 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,988 miles | 145–289 ms |
| Singapore | 6,808 miles | 164–329 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,570 miles | 255–510 ms |
Distances are from Leigh. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Freelance Developers in Leigh
The closest of our 24 data centres to Leigh is London, about 170 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Leigh has a population of about 43,626, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Freelance Developers 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 Leigh
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Leigh | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 170 miles | 4–8 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 319 miles | 8–15 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 532 miles | 13–26 ms |
Leigh 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 41,667 requests a day crossing that link.
Freelance Developers hosting in Leigh — FAQs
What size server does a Freelance Developers business in Leigh, England need?
Where would the server for my Leigh, England business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Freelance Developers, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host client projects for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Leigh
Same city, different workload.
Freelance Developers hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.