Location overview

Choose your server location: Istanbul or New York

Istanbul and New York are HostKontor's two active locations — same platform, same guarantee, different markets. There are 16 VPS packages with KVM virtualisation and NVMe storage to choose from; you set the location right at checkout. A third location in Germany is in preparation.

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Choosing a location is a market decision

Both locations deliver the same scope of service — so the real question is not which one offers more, but where your users are. Proximity to your audience is a tangible argument; actual latency, however, depends on access provider and peering, which is why we do not promise blanket figures. As a rule of thumb: Istanbul for Türkiye, the eastern Mediterranean and the adjacent markets, New York for North America and services with an international audience. And if you serve both regions, you do not have to choose — two servers in one account, one per location, cover both markets.

Istanbul: eight packages at 25 Gbit for Türkiye and the region

The Istanbul location puts your application directly into a market that many projects otherwise serve from far away. Eight configurations are available — from 1 core, 1 GB of DDR4 RAM and a 20 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 cores, 12 GB of RAM and a 240 GB NVMe SSD, all on the 25 Gbit uplink. Net prices start at EUR 2.00 per month plus VAT. That covers the range from websites and shops to API, database and application servers that should run close to users in Türkiye and the eastern Mediterranean.

New York: eight packages at 10 Gbit for the US East Coast

New York is the choice for audiences in North America and for services that need to be reachable internationally. The eight US packages range from 1 core, 2 GB of RAM and a 40 GB NVMe SSD up to 20 cores, 24 GB of DDR4 RAM and a 240 GB NVMe SSD on the 10 Gbit uplink — net prices start at EUR 2.00 per month plus VAT here as well. With up to 20 cores, the location also suits workloads with many parallel processes, such as build systems, worker queues or multi-tier applications. If you process personal data, running it in the USA calls for proper data-protection documentation — for purely technical systems without personal data, the point does not arise.

One platform, identical at both locations

Whatever you set up at one location behaves the same at the other: KVM virtualisation, one IPv4 and one IPv6 address per server, and automatic provisioning, usually within a few minutes of payment. The operating-system selection is identical too — Ubuntu 18.04 to 25.04, Debian 9 to 13, AlmaLinux 8 and 9, Rocky Linux 9, Windows Server 2019 and 2022, MikroTik RouterOS, or your own ISO image. Full root or administrator access, the KVM console for emergencies and three free snapshots per server are included at both locations; automated backups are available as a paid add-on. Traffic is not metered — the fair-use rule against continuously saturating the port speed applies.

Guarantee and growth, whichever location you pick

Availability of 99.98% is contractually guaranteed at both locations; if we fall short, the unusable time is credited back to your account. When your project grows, you move up to a larger package at any time — up to 10 cores in Istanbul, up to 20 in New York; moving back down is not supported, so plan your entry size around the load you expect. For strongly fluctuating loads, the cloud server completes the picture: hourly billing from your account balance, resources that can be scaled up and down at any time, and as many servers as you need in one account — the current hourly rates are shown in the customer portal. That way, steady and fluctuating workloads both find their place on the same platform.

Germany: in preparation

A third location in Germany is in preparation; the cabinets are currently being fitted out. It cannot be ordered yet — we will announce the launch on this website once it is firmly set. That restraint is deliberate: we do not advertise a location that does not yet deliver. Until then, Istanbul and New York are available with the full scope of service — your project does not have to wait for the German launch.

Pick a location and start in minutes

Ordering runs through the customer portal at id.hostkontor.de: choose a location and a package, pay by credit card, bank transfer or cryptocurrency — setup then runs automatically, and the server is usually reachable within a few minutes. You have root access from the first minute, and you can add further servers, including at the other location, within the same account at any time. HostKontor is a brand of the White Label Services group (USA); the group serves more than 50,000 active customers. Choose your location below and start with the package that matches the load you expect.

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