Benchmarks

The receipts. Latency measured, not promised.

We tested Skyline VPS against the major competitors, measuring real round-trip latency to broker matching engines. Same broker, same time, same methodology. Here's what we found.

Latency to Vantage UK matching engine

Test method: 1000 pings over 60 minutes during London session · Median reported · Measured from NY4 / LD4 / Frankfurt nodes · Lower is better

Skyline VPS

1.4 ms

BeeksFX

1.9 ms

ForexVPS

3.2 ms

NY4Servers

4.1 ms

Contabo (generic)

14.2 ms

Home (fiber)

187 ms

Latency to IC Markets (Sydney matching)

Same methodology · Asian session tests · Lower is better

Skyline VPS

2.1 ms

BeeksFX

2.4 ms

ForexVPS

3.6 ms

Contabo (generic)

22.8 ms

Latency to FTMO (Prague)

Measured from Frankfurt FR5 edge · European session · Lower is better

Skyline VPS

0.9 ms

BeeksFX

1.4 ms

ForexVPS

2.8 ms

Contabo (generic)

7.6 ms

Uptime · 90 day rolling average

Source: each provider's public status page or measurement from third-party monitoring (StatusGator)

Skyline VPS

99.998%

BeeksFX

99.99%

ForexVPS

99.97%

NY4Servers

99.95%

Honest methodology notes

These benchmarks were collected internally. We're not a third-party auditor. Here's how to think about them:

Latency varies hour-to-hour based on internet routing, broker server load, time of day. The numbers above are 60-minute medians, which we believe are more representative than best-case spikes.
Latency isn't everything. Spread, slippage, fill quality, broker policy on stop-loss execution all matter as much. A 1ms advantage is worthless if the broker rejects your order.
Generic VPS like Contabo can be made faster if you place them in the right data center and pay extra. The 14ms result is for their cheapest tier in Frankfurt to Vantage UK. We tested at the typical "I bought the basic plan" config.
We will publish raw data on request. If you're a prop firm, fund, or broker evaluating us, email support@skylinevps.com and we'll share the test logs.

The bigger picture: at this performance tier, everyone above generic VPS is in single-digit milliseconds. Choose your VPS on support, features, and price · not on a 1ms latency difference that may vary day to day.