Croydon, Australia
Server infrastructure for Software Development in Croydon
The right server for Software Development is decided by the work it has to do, not by the size of the plan you happen to land on. For a medium Software Development business in Croydon that is about 2 Cores, 16 GB of memory and 400 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 Croydon. 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 Software Development
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$104.15 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 8 GB RAM
- 150 GB storage
About 2.3 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 4.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Software Development Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$213.50 USD USD
per month · VPS
- 2 Cores
- 16 GB RAM
- 400 GB storage
- Managed
About 23.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 12 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Software Development
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,154.65 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 16 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 1500 GB storage
- Managed
About 231.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 48 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 Software Development size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 400,000 requests a day, peaks run about 5× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 23.2 req/sec at peak
- 12 GB working set
- 25 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Software Development
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. |
Software Development workloads you can host
Build agents are the spike: idle most of the day, then every core saturated the moment a branch merges.
- Git hosting
- CI/CD runners
- Container registry
- Staging environments
- Artifact storage
- Code review
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Croydon is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Croydon ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 429 miles | 10–21 ms |
| Singapore | 3,781 miles | 91–183 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 4,619 miles | 112–223 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,090 miles | 123–246 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,570 miles | 134–269 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 6,118 miles | 148–295 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,343 miles | 153–306 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,857 miles | 190–379 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,921 miles | 191–382 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 8,177 miles | 197–395 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 8,983 miles | 217–434 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 9,660 miles | 233–466 ms |
| Miami, United States | 9,669 miles | 233–467 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 9,671 miles | 233–467 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 10,092 miles | 244–487 ms |
| New York, United States | 10,343 miles | 250–499 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 8,572 miles | 207–414 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 9,311 miles | 225–450 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 9,703 miles | 234–468 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 10,139 miles | 245–489 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 10,155 miles | 245–490 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 10,294 miles | 248–497 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 10,516 miles | 254–508 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 10,773 miles | 260–520 ms |
Distances are from Croydon. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Software Development in Croydon
The closest of our 24 data centres to Croydon is Sydney, about 429 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Croydon has a population of about 26,502, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Software Development business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is Australia/Melbourne, 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 Privacy Act 1988. Pricing is quoted in AUD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Croydon
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Croydon | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 429 miles | 10–21 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 3,781 miles | 91–183 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 4,619 miles | 112–223 ms |
Croydon sits in Victoria, 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.
Software Development hosting in Croydon — FAQs
What size server does a Software Development business in Croydon, VIC need?
Where would the server for my Croydon, VIC business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Software Development, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host git hosting for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Croydon
Same city, different workload.
Software Development hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.