San Rafael, United States
Server infrastructure for InsurTech in San Rafael
Infrastructure for InsurTech is a question of matching the machine to the application, then putting it near the people using it. For a medium InsurTech business in San Rafael that is about 4 Cores, 48 GB of memory and 250 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 San Rafael. 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 Most likely here
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 50,000 visits a month and roughly 400,000 requests a day, about 32 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.
- 13.9 req/sec at peak
- 32 GB working set
- 10 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.
San Rafael is closest to Santa Clara. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from San Rafael ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 53 miles | 1–3 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 362 miles | 9–17 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 666 miles | 16–32 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,488 miles | 36–72 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,856 miles | 45–90 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 2,141 miles | 52–103 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,264 miles | 55–109 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,567 miles | 62–124 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,599 miles | 63–125 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,129 miles | 124–248 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,881 miles | 166–332 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,425 miles | 179–359 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,664 miles | 185–370 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,798 miles | 188–376 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,370 miles | 202–404 ms |
| Singapore | 8,427 miles | 203–407 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 5,346 miles | 129–258 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,346 miles | 129–258 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,443 miles | 131–263 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,666 miles | 137–274 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,784 miles | 140–279 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,938 miles | 143–287 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,416 miles | 155–310 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,381 miles | 178–356 ms |
Distances are from San Rafael. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
InsurTech in San Rafael
The closest of our 24 data centres to San Rafael is Santa Clara, about 53 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
San Rafael has a population of about 59,162, which is why the medium 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/Los Angeles, 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 San Rafael
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from San Rafael | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Claraamericas | 53 miles | 1–3 ms |
| Los Angelesamericas | 362 miles | 9–17 ms |
| Seattleamericas | 666 miles | 16–32 ms |
San Rafael sits in California, 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.
InsurTech hosting in San Rafael — FAQs
What size server does a InsurTech business in San Rafael, CA need?
Where would the server for my San Rafael, CA 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 San Rafael
Same city, different workload.
InsurTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.