Madison, United States
Server infrastructure for InsurTech in Madison
Infrastructure for InsurTech is a question of matching the machine to the application, then putting it near the people using it. For a large InsurTech business in Madison that is about 16 Cores, 196 GB of memory and 900 GB of storage on Dedicated Server.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Madison. 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 InsurTech
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$164.90 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 16 GB RAM
- 100 GB storage
About 1.4 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 11.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium InsurTech
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 13.9 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 32 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large InsurTech Most likely here
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 138.9 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 InsurTech size up this way
Working from about 500,000 visits a month and roughly 4,000,000 requests a day, about 128 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast; and each request costs real computation rather than a cache lookup, so cores matter more here than on a typical site.
- 138.9 req/sec at peak
- 128 GB working set
- 40 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit InsurTech
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. |
InsurTech workloads you can host
Pricing runs a model per quote, so the cost of a page view is real computation rather than a database read.
- Underwriting API
- Pricing models
- Digital claims flow
- Policy issuance
- Data enrichment services
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Madison is closest to Chicago. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Madison ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Chicago, United States | 122 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 505 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 699 miles | 17–34 ms |
| New York, United States | 807 miles | 19–39 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 817 miles | 20–39 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,304 miles | 31–63 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 1,617 miles | 39–78 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,668 miles | 40–81 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 1,751 miles | 42–85 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,959 miles | 96–191 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,112 miles | 99–199 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 4,216 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,257 miles | 103–206 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,334 miles | 105–209 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,545 miles | 110–219 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,204 miles | 126–251 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,159 miles | 149–297 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,181 miles | 149–298 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,419 miles | 179–358 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,676 miles | 185–371 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,899 miles | 191–381 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,997 miles | 193–386 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,169 miles | 221–443 ms |
| Singapore | 9,259 miles | 224–447 ms |
Distances are from Madison. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
InsurTech in Madison
The closest of our 24 data centres to Madison is Chicago, about 122 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Madison has a population of about 280,305, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a InsurTech business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/Chicago, 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 Madison
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Madison | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Chicagoamericas | 122 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 505 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Atlantaamericas | 699 miles | 17–34 ms |
Madison sits in Wisconsin, 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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 4,000,000 requests a day crossing that link.
InsurTech hosting in Madison — FAQs
What size server does a InsurTech business in Madison, WI need?
Where would the server for my Madison, WI business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for InsurTech, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host underwriting API for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Madison
Same city, different workload.
InsurTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.