Asia is not one market, and choosing a VPS in Asia is less about "Asia" than about which part of it your users live in. Cloudj runs cloud servers in three Asian locations: Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. They sit thousands of kilometres apart and serve different audiences. This guide profiles each one, compares them side by side, explains which suits users in Vietnam (where Cloudj has no servers), and gives a short test plan so you can confirm the choice with real measurements rather than guesses.
The three Asian VPS locations in brief
| Singapore | Tokyo | Hong Kong | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country page | Singapore | Japan | Hong Kong |
| Traffic on monthly plans | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB |
| Smallest plan | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk |
| Largest size | Up to 104 vCPU, 512 GB RAM | Up to 104 vCPU, 512 GB RAM | Up to 104 vCPU, 512 GB RAM |
| Natural audience | Southeast Asia | Japan, East Asia | Hong Kong, Greater China region |
The other spec that matters, price, varies by location and size; see live prices on the pricing page.
Singapore: the regional default for Southeast Asia
Singapore is the location most teams pick when they serve several Southeast Asian markets from one server: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam together. It has the full catalogue, from 1 vCPU and 1 GB RAM up to custom builds of 104 vCPU and 512 GB RAM, with shared, general purpose and dedicated CPU types.
Common workloads here include regional SaaS backends, crypto trading bots for exchanges hosted in the region, game servers for SEA players and Windows servers for teams that need a remote desktop in the region. See best VPS in Singapore for a buyer checklist.
Not the right fit when your audience is mainly in Japan or the Greater China region; Tokyo or Hong Kong will usually be closer for them.
Tokyo: Japan and the East Asian edge
Tokyo serves Japanese users first, and it is also a sensible point of presence for East Asia more broadly. Teams use it for Japanese-language sites and apps, for game communities in Japan, and as an edge node in front of an origin elsewhere. Our guide to a Tokyo edge reverse proxy shows that pattern with Nginx: a small Tokyo server terminates TLS and caches, while the application runs in another region.
Tokyo has the full catalogue and 1 TB of traffic per month on monthly plans. The Japan VPS guide goes into sizing and OS choices.
Not the right fit when your audience is mainly in Southeast Asia; Singapore will usually be closer for them.
Hong Kong: a hub for the Greater China region
Hong Kong is the usual choice for users in Hong Kong itself and for businesses that serve Chinese-speaking audiences across the region. It also suits trading and fintech workloads that need to be near infrastructure in Hong Kong.
One honest caveat: if part of your audience is in mainland China, network routes from there to any server outside the mainland vary by ISP and over time. Do not assume; test from the networks your users actually use. Hong Kong VPS for a China audience covers what to check and how to set expectations, and best VPS in Hong Kong covers the location itself.
Not the right fit when your users are in Southeast Asia or Japan; Singapore or Tokyo will typically serve them better.
Serving users in Vietnam
Cloudj has no VPS or cloud servers in Vietnam. If your customers browse from Vietnamese ISPs, the nearest Cloudj locations are Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo:
- Singapore is the usual starting point, especially when you also serve other Southeast Asian countries from the same server.
- Hong Kong is a reasonable alternative, and can suit projects that also serve Chinese-speaking users.
- Tokyo makes sense when part of your audience is in Japan or elsewhere in East Asia.
Any server abroad adds network distance compared with a host inside Vietnam, and international routes from Vietnamese ISPs can differ by provider and change over time. So do not pick on assumptions: deploy small test servers in two or three of these locations and measure with ping and mtr from the ISPs your users actually use. The Vietnam VPS guide and Vietnam vs Singapore VPS go deeper into this choice.
Choosing a VPS in Asia: Singapore, Hong Kong or Tokyo?
These three are often compared because each can act as a regional hub. A simple rule:
- Users mostly in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam: Singapore, with Hong Kong as the alternative to test.
- Users mostly in Japan or Korea: Tokyo.
- Users mostly in Hong Kong, Taiwan or a Chinese-speaking market: Hong Kong.
- Users split evenly: deploy test servers in two of them and measure.
For a deeper comparison with test commands, read Singapore vs Hong Kong vs Tokyo VPS.
A 30-minute test plan
Measurements beat assumptions. Hourly billing makes a short test cheap:
- Deploy the smallest server in each candidate city from the console. Pick Ubuntu or Debian to keep things simple.
- From a machine on your users' network, run
pingandmtragainst each server's IP. Our guide to testing latency with ping and mtr explains how to read the output. - Serve a test page and load it from a phone on mobile data in the target country.
- Keep the winner and delete the others. Hourly servers are charged for as long as they exist, even when stopped, because the disk and IP stay reserved.
# run from a client in your target market
mtr --report --report-cycles 50 203.0.113.10Practical details that apply across Asia
- Traffic. Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong include 1 TB per month on monthly plans. If you expect heavy media transfer, compare with the 5 TB European and American locations in the VPS locations guide.
- Billing. Pay by the hour from your balance, or prepay 1, 3, 6 or 12 months with optional auto-renew. On hourly billing, traffic is charged per GB used.
- Operating systems. Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS and Windows are offered, but the list can differ by location, so check it in the console for the city you choose.
- Payment. Top up a USD balance; Vietnamese customers can top up by bank transfer in VND.
- Proxies instead of servers. If you only need an IP address in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong or Vietnam rather than a server, a dedicated proxy may be simpler.
FAQ
Does Cloudj have a VPS in Vietnam?
No. Cloudj's Asian server locations are Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. For Vietnamese users, start by testing Singapore and Hong Kong, and add Tokyo if you also serve East Asia. Cloudj does offer dedicated proxy IPs in Vietnam if you only need a Vietnamese IP address.
Which Asian location has the most traffic included?
They are the same: Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong each include 1 TB per month on monthly plans.
Can I run Windows in Asia?
Yes, Windows images are offered alongside Linux. Windows servers use password login and include a monthly licence fee that the console shows before you deploy. Check the OS list for your chosen city in the console.
Is Hong Kong a good way to reach users in mainland China?
It can be, but results depend on the user's network and change over time. Test from real mainland networks before committing, and keep content compliant with local rules.
Can I start small and grow?
Yes. You can resize CPU and RAM and grow the disk later, up to 104 vCPU and 512 GB RAM.
Choose your Asian city
Start from where your users are: Singapore for Southeast Asia (and the first one to test for Vietnam), Tokyo for Japan and Hong Kong for the Greater China region. Deploy a small test server in the Cloudj console, measure from your users' networks, and check live prices on the pricing page before you pick a term.