Measured latency to Paymium around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
Paymium latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~349 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~397 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~807 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~1128 ms |
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~1369 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~1518 ms |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~1549 ms |
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~1685 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 Paymium
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1): it reaches Paymium in about 349 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against Paymium from Seoul or other distant regions. At ~1685 ms (5× 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 Paymium's servers located?
Paymium responds fastest from AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1) — about 349 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Frankfurt.
What is the best server location for Paymium?
AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1). A server there reaches Paymium in ~349 ms, versus ~1685 ms from Seoul — a 5× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to Paymium?
In our measurements: ~349 ms from Frankfurt versus ~1685 ms from Seoul — a 5× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.