Crystal, United States
VPS for Coding in Crystal
A machine with root on it, your own toolchain, and cores nothing else competes for.
- ✓ Root access, any language
- ✓ Dedicated cores
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Crystal. Your real figure depends on your connection and route, and lands inside this range.
Choose how the processor is shared
Every class ships the same hardware menu and the same Ubuntu Server 24.04 (LTS) 64-bit image. What changes is how the processor is shared — and the price moves with it.
Availability
Budget friendly
Cheap for a build box that runs overnight and that nobody waits on.
$283.50USD
per month
ConfigureGeneral purpose
Recommended
Consistent processor time, which keeps build times roughly repeatable.
$294.50USD
per month
ConfigureDedicated
The usual choice
Dedicated cores mean nothing else competes for them, so a build takes as long as it takes and no longer.
$305.50USD
per month
ConfigureBurstable
Not for compilation
A poor fit. Throttles under sustained load, and compilation is sustained load throughout.
$0.5859USD
per hour — booked for a window, not subscribed
Book by the hourAdd cores for a heavy release week and take them off afterwards — the change is made by hand on the same server, usually within the hour.
A machine, not a platform
Most managed hosting decides what you may install. A server does not: you get an operating system and administrator rights, and everything above that is your choice.
Any runtime, any version
Install the compiler, SDK or interpreter you need, at the version you need — including ones a managed platform has stopped supporting.
Your editor, remotely
Run VS Code Remote, JetBrains Gateway or plain SSH against it. The machine keeps running when you close the laptop.
Repeatable build times
On a shared class you get processor time when it is spare, so the same build takes a different time each run. Dedicated cores remove that variance.
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server. Choose the region closest to the people pushing code and to whatever the build pulls from — package registries and your git host are the two round trips a build makes most.
Crystal is closest to Chicago. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Crystal ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Chicago, United States | 580 km | 9–17 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 1,121 km | 17–34 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,395 km | 21–42 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,471 km | 22–44 ms |
| New York, United States | 1,644 km | 25–49 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,230 km | 33–67 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,444 km | 37–73 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,445 km | 37–73 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,525 km | 38–76 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 6,457 km | 97–194 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 6,684 km | 100–201 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 6,841 km | 103–205 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 6,948 km | 104–208 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 7,046 km | 106–211 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 7,409 km | 111–222 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 8,417 km | 126–253 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 9,969 km | 150–299 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 9,579 km | 144–287 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 11,781 km | 177–353 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 12,023 km | 180–361 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 12,496 km | 187–375 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 12,751 km | 191–383 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 14,484 km | 217–435 ms |
| Singapore | 14,585 km | 219–438 ms |
Distances are from Crystal. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Root access and your choice of toolchain
Daily off-server backups
No shared CPU — dedicated cores throughout
Any Linux image, or Windows if you build for it
Included with every Software server, in every class, at every location.
Development servers for Crystal
We host servers for companies throughout Crystal, MN and the rest of United States. You tell us what the server is for, we build it by hand, and you get access and the login details the same working day.
Chicago is our closest location at 580 km, which makes it the usual starting point. If the people using the server are somewhere else, host it somewhere else — every location costs the same.
VPS for Coding in Crystal — FAQs
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Other servers in Crystal
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