Soho, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Subscription Boxes in Soho
The right server for Subscription Boxes is decided by the work it has to do, not by the size of the plan you happen to land on. For a small Subscription Boxes business in Soho that is about Single Core, 6 GB of memory and 80 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 Soho. 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 Subscription Boxes Most likely here
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$81.20 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
About 1.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2.8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Subscription Boxes
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$136.55 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 12 GB RAM
- 150 GB storage
- Managed
About 14.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Subscription Boxes
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$533.65 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 8 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 500 GB storage
- Managed
About 145.8 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 32 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 Subscription Boxes size up this way
Working from about 5,000 visits a month and roughly 18,000 requests a day, peaks run about 7× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 1.5 req/sec at peak
- 2.8 GB working set
- 3 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Subscription Boxes
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 | Workable | Fine for a first storefront with a small catalogue, but checkout under load is where shared hosting shows its limits. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | Enough headroom for a catalogue, a cart and a payment gateway, with the caching layers a store needs to stay quick. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Guaranteed CPU is what keeps checkout responsive during a sale, when traffic arrives all at once rather than evenly. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | The right tier for a high-traffic store, or one whose database has outgrown what a virtual instance can cache. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | Reserved for very large catalogues and enterprise commerce platforms running their own search and queue tiers. |
Subscription Boxes workloads you can host
Everything happens on renewal day — billing, picking and dispatch all land together each month.
- Recurring billing
- Subscriber preferences
- Fulfilment batching
- Churn & pause handling
- Shipping labels
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Soho has a data centre of its own. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Soho ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | Same city | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 223 miles | 5–11 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 397 miles | 10–19 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 597 miles | 14–29 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 785 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 890 miles | 21–43 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,300 miles | 31–63 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,210 miles | 53–107 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,461 miles | 84–167 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,549 miles | 86–171 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,947 miles | 95–191 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,206 miles | 102–203 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,428 miles | 107–214 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,748 miles | 115–229 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,784 miles | 115–231 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,364 miles | 129–259 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,440 miles | 131–263 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,182 miles | 101–202 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,469 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,948 miles | 119–239 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,939 miles | 143–287 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,979 miles | 144–289 ms |
| Singapore | 6,741 miles | 163–325 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,560 miles | 255–510 ms |
Distances are from Soho. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Subscription Boxes in Soho
The closest of our 24 data centres to Soho is London, about 1 mile away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Soho has a population of about 19,634, which is why the small build above is the one most likely to fit a Subscription Boxes 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 Soho
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Soho | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | In your metro | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 223 miles | 5–11 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 397 miles | 10–19 ms |
Soho 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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 18,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Subscription Boxes hosting in Soho — FAQs
What size server does a Subscription Boxes business in Soho, England need?
Where would the server for my Soho, England business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Subscription Boxes, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host recurring billing for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Soho
Same city, different workload.
Subscription Boxes hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.