Quebec, Canada
Server infrastructure for InsurTech in Quebec
Sizing infrastructure for InsurTech starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a small InsurTech business in Quebec that is about Single Core, 16 GB of memory and 100 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 Quebec. 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 Most likely here
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
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 5,000 visits a month and roughly 40,000 requests a day, about 11 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.
- 1.4 req/sec at peak
- 11.2 GB working set
- 4 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.
Quebec is closest to Toronto. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Quebec ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Toronto, Canada | 343 miles | 8–17 ms |
| New York, United States | 366 miles | 9–18 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 771 miles | 19–37 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,030 miles | 25–50 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,449 miles | 35–70 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,546 miles | 37–75 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,288 miles | 55–110 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,485 miles | 60–120 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,544 miles | 61–123 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,211 miles | 78–155 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 3,381 miles | 82–163 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,409 miles | 82–165 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 3,598 miles | 87–174 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 3,618 miles | 87–175 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 3,783 miles | 91–183 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 4,489 miles | 108–217 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 5,420 miles | 131–262 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,436 miles | 155–311 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,968 miles | 168–336 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,466 miles | 180–360 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,561 miles | 183–365 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,695 miles | 186–372 ms |
| Singapore | 9,161 miles | 221–442 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,976 miles | 241–482 ms |
Distances are from Quebec. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
InsurTech in Quebec
The closest of our 24 data centres to Quebec is Toronto, about 343 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Quebec has a population of about 4,447, which is why the small 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/Toronto, 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 PIPEDA. Pricing is quoted in CAD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Quebec
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Quebec | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Torontoamericas | 343 miles | 8–17 ms |
| New Yorkamericas | 366 miles | 9–18 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 771 miles | 19–37 ms |
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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 40,000 requests a day crossing that link.
InsurTech hosting in Quebec — FAQs
What size server does a InsurTech business in Quebec need?
Where would the server for my Quebec 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 Quebec
Same city, different workload.
InsurTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.