Measured latency to ALP.COM around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
ALP.COM latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~25 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~61 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~187 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~485 ms |
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~527 ms |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~614 ms |
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~646 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~793 ms |
Indicative REST round-trips from our multi-region measurements — for comparing regions, not an SLA. WebSocket feeds are faster in absolute terms, but the regional proportions hold.
Best server location for trading on ALP.COM
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1): it reaches ALP.COM in about 25 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against ALP.COM from Singapore or other distant regions. At ~793 ms (32× the co-located figure) every price you see is stale before you can act on it, and that staleness turns into slippage on every market order.
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Where are ALP.COM's servers located?
ALP.COM responds fastest from AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1) — about 25 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Frankfurt.
What is the best server location for ALP.COM?
AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1). A server there reaches ALP.COM in ~25 ms, versus ~793 ms from Singapore — a 32× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to ALP.COM?
In our measurements: ~25 ms from Frankfurt versus ~793 ms from Singapore — a 32× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.