The map

The regions

Two of them. Both run the same platform and the same images, and an Ember, Flare or Blaze costs $5, $10 or $20 a month whichever one you pick.

RegionCoordinatesStatusNear
Houston — US, Americas29.76°N · 95.36°WLiveDallas, Mexico City, Miami, São Paulo
Singapore — SG, APAC1.35°N · 103.82°ELiveTokyo, Mumbai, Sydney, Jakarta
2Regions at launch
6Regions mapped
$0Region surcharge
Latency

Latency follows distance

Distance decides. A packet from your user to your server takes a physical path across the internet, and nothing we do at our end makes that path shorter, which is why the region you pick matters more than any setting you will ever change in the dashboard.

We publish no latency figures, because we haven't measured yours. Your route, your ISP and your users' location set it. Boot a server in the region nearest your users and measure it from where they sit.

Same everywhere

A region is only a location

It's where your server sits. The product is the same either way: a KVM virtual machine that boots its own kernel, with root and a public IPv4.

One price, both regionsEmber is $5/mo in Houston and $5/mo in Singapore. Flare $10, Blaze $20. Same in both.
Identical imagesThe same one-click Linux images boot in either region, so a script you write for one works on the other.
Data stays in its regionA server's disk, snapshots and backups live in the region you picked. They don't move unless you move them.
One account, one billBoth regions draw from the same wallet. Hourly rate is the monthly price ÷ 730, and it never bills above the monthly price.
Same add-on ratesBandwidth over allowance $0.01/GB. Block storage $0.10/GB/mo. Reserved IP $3/mo, up to 3. The rate card doesn't change by region.
Choosing a region

Questions about regions

Which region should I pick?

The one closest to the people who will use the server. Serving the Americas, pick Houston. Serving India or East Asia, pick Singapore. If your users are split, run one in each: the price is the same and both come off the same wallet.

Where does my data live?

In the region you picked. A server's disk, its snapshots and its backups stay there for as long as the server exists.

Can I move a server between regions?

Not in place. Snapshot the server, then launch that image in the other region. It's the same platform on both ends, so the image boots the same way.

Does a server in either region bill while it's stopped?

Yes. A stopped server still holds its vCPU, memory and disk, so it bills at the same rate until you destroy it. Destroying it stops billing that hour. The same goes for block storage and reserved IPs: they bill while they exist, even detached, and a snapshot you keep past the free three bills $1/mo.