If you are looking for a VPS in the USA, Canada or Australia, the first surprise is how much choice sits inside a single country. Cloudj runs cloud servers in eight US cities (New York, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Seattle, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and Miami), plus Toronto in Canada, Sydney in Australia and five cities in Israel (Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Rosh Haayin and Haifa). This guide groups them by the audience they serve, explains the one important difference in traffic allowance, and suggests common pairings for teams that need more than one region.
VPS in the USA, Canada, Australia and Israel: all cities at a glance
| City | Country page | Traffic on monthly plans | Typical reason to choose it |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | United States | 5 TB | US East Coast users, finance, links to Europe |
| Atlanta | United States | 5 TB | US Southeast |
| Miami | United States | 5 TB | Florida, Latin America and Caribbean audiences |
| Chicago | United States | 5 TB | US Midwest, central point for the whole country |
| Dallas | United States | 5 TB | Texas, US South and central states |
| Los Angeles | United States | 5 TB | Southern California, West Coast |
| Santa Clara | United States | 5 TB | Northern California and the Bay Area |
| Seattle | United States | 5 TB | Pacific Northwest |
| Toronto | Canada | 5 TB | Canadian users, data kept in Canada |
| Sydney | Australia | 1 TB | Australia and New Zealand |
| Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Rosh Haayin, Haifa | Israel | 5 TB | Israel and the eastern Mediterranean |
Sizes are consistent across all of these cities: from 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM and 20 GB disk up to custom builds of 104 vCPU and 512 GB RAM, with 30 ready-made plans per location and three CPU types (shared, general purpose and dedicated).
Choosing a VPS in the USA: east, central or west
The United States is wide enough that coast matters. A user in Boston and a user in San Diego are on opposite sides of a continent, and a single server will always be closer to one of them.
East Coast: New York, Atlanta, Miami
New York is the default for the Northeast and for services that talk to financial systems there; see forex VPS in New York for that use case. Atlanta covers the Southeast. Miami is a common pick for audiences in Florida and, for some networks, Latin America and the Caribbean; test from your users' ISPs to confirm.
Central: Chicago and Dallas
If your users are spread across the whole country, a central city keeps the worst-case distance to either coast lower than a coastal server would. Chicago suits the Midwest, Dallas suits Texas and the South.
West Coast: Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Seattle
Los Angeles serves Southern California, Santa Clara the Bay Area, and Seattle the Pacific Northwest. A West Coast server is also the US location closest to Asia across the Pacific, which helps if you serve both US and Asian users from one place.
The US East vs West VPS comparison shows how to test both sides, and best VPS in the United States is the buyer guide for all eight cities.
Canada: Toronto
Toronto serves Canadian users and Canadian businesses that prefer to keep data in Canada. It is also close to the US Northeast, so it can serve both markets from one server. For a hosted product with Canadian customers, SaaS hosting in Canada covers the setup, and best VPS in Canada covers the location.
Australia: Sydney, and the one traffic difference
Sydney serves Australia and New Zealand. It is the only location in this group with a different traffic allowance: monthly plans in Sydney include 1 TB per month, while every US city, Toronto and the Israeli cities include 5 TB. For a shop, booking site or API, 1 TB is normally plenty; for heavy media or downloads, watch your usage. On hourly billing, traffic is charged per GB used in every location.
For online stores serving Australian shoppers, e-commerce hosting in Australia walks through a practical stack, and best VPS in Australia covers the location.
Israel: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Rosh Haayin and Haifa
Cloudj's Israeli locations are Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Rosh Haayin and Haifa. They serve users in Israel and are a reasonable point for the eastern Mediterranean. Each has the full catalogue and 5 TB of monthly traffic. Teams building for Israeli customers, or needing a server in the country for testing local services, start here; Tel Aviv is a common default, and the other cities are there if you prefer a specific one; see best VPS in Israel.
Workloads that often land in the US
Some jobs end up in the United States regardless of where the team sits:
- AI agents and API-heavy tools. Many AI and SaaS APIs are commonly hosted in the US, so an agent that calls them often does well nearby. See running an AI agent on a US VPS.
- Web scraping and data collection. Targets are often US sites; web scraping from a US VPS covers the setup. Follow each site's terms and robots rules.
- CI runners. A self-hosted GitHub Actions runner placed near your other infrastructure keeps builds fast.
- Chat bots. Telegram and Discord bots on a VPS need very little CPU; a small shared plan is usually enough.
Common multi-region pairings
When one server is not enough, these pairs cover large audiences with two locations:
- New York and Los Angeles. Both US coasts.
- Chicago and Sydney. North America plus Australia and New Zealand.
- Toronto and Dallas. Canada plus the southern US.
- New York and an Israeli city such as Tel Aviv. US East Coast plus Israel.
- Los Angeles and a city in Asia. US West Coast plus an Asian hub; see the Asia VPS guide.
Start with one server, measure where real users come from, and add the second only when the data says so. The VPS locations guide helps if your audience also includes Europe, which is covered in the Europe VPS guide.
Testing before you commit
Hourly billing makes a test inexpensive. Deploy the smallest plan in two candidate cities from the console, then run mtr from a client in your target market:
mtr --report --report-cycles 50 192.0.2.30Compare the results, keep the better server, and delete the other. Hourly servers are charged while they exist, even when stopped, because the disk and IP stay reserved. The guide to testing latency with ping and mtr explains how to read the report.
FAQ
Which US city should I choose if my users are nationwide?
A central city such as Chicago or Dallas keeps the distance to both coasts balanced. If most users cluster on one coast, pick a city on that coast instead.
Why does Sydney include less traffic?
Monthly plans in Sydney include 1 TB per month, the same as Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. US cities, Toronto and the Israeli cities include 5 TB. Most web and API workloads fit within 1 TB.
Can I run Windows in these locations?
Windows images are offered alongside Linux, with a monthly licence fee the console shows before you deploy. The OS list can differ by location, so check it for your city in the console.
How do I see prices for each city?
See live prices on the pricing page. The console also shows the exact price before you deploy.
Pick your city and deploy
Match the city to where your users are: a coast or central US city, Toronto for Canada, Sydney for Australia and New Zealand, Tel Aviv or another Israeli city for Israel. Deploy a small test server in the Cloudj console, measure from your users' networks, and resize later as traffic grows.