Ames, United States
Software Build Server in Ames
Build, test and ship on hardware you control — no per-minute billing and no shared queue.
- ✓ Self-hosted CI runners
- ✓ No per-minute billing
- ✓ Dedicated cores throughout
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Ames. 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.
Bring your own CI
Hosted CI is priced per minute and shared with everyone else on the plan. A build server is a fixed cost that does not care how often you push.
Self-hosted runners
Point GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins or Buildkite at it. The machine is yours whether it is busy or idle.
No queue but yours
Nobody else is waiting in front of your job, and nothing throttles you for building too often.
Caches that persist
Dependency and layer caches stay on the disk between runs rather than being rebuilt from cold each time.
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.
Ames is closest to Chicago. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Ames ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Chicago, United States | 496 km | 7–15 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,067 km | 16–32 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 1,173 km | 18–35 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,225 km | 18–37 ms |
| New York, United States | 1,640 km | 25–49 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,187 km | 33–66 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,321 km | 35–70 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,333 km | 35–70 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,468 km | 37–74 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 6,702 km | 101–201 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 6,940 km | 104–208 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 7,134 km | 107–214 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 7,141 km | 107–214 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 7,300 km | 110–219 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 7,649 km | 115–229 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 8,687 km | 130–261 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 10,232 km | 153–307 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 9,818 km | 147–295 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 12,114 km | 182–363 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 12,310 km | 185–369 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 12,828 km | 192–385 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 13,080 km | 196–392 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 14,395 km | 216–432 ms |
| Singapore | 14,882 km | 223–446 ms |
Distances are from Ames. 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.
Build servers for Ames
We host servers for companies throughout Ames, IA 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 496 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.
Software Build Server in Ames — FAQs
Can I host my own CI runners on it?
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How much does a build server cost in Ames?
Other servers in Ames
Same hardware, tuned for a different job.
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