Speedify gives you three ways to configure the server side of your combined internet connection. The differences between them matter for performance, control, and cost. The right choice depends on what you’re actually trying to accomplish.
This article covers the 3 types of Speedify servers: public servers, Speedify Dedicated Servers and Speedify Self-Hosted Servers.
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Speedify offers three commercial paths. They work together, and most enterprise customers use two or more.
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Speedify Teams
Speedify on every supported OS for every team member
Centralized dashboard for billing, user provisioning, and usage analytics
CSV import/export and a RESTful management API
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Speedify for Routers
License for supported OpenWrt routers
Powered by Speedify hardware lineup ready to deploy out of the box
Miri, GL.iNet and other partner models
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A · DIY
Build it yourself with the Speedify SDK.
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Have the Speedify team build it for you.
Speedify Public Servers
When you install Speedify and connect without changing server settings, you’re connecting to one of Speedify’s public servers, where server infrastructure is shared across many users. This is the default and is included with every Speedify plan.
Speedify public servers work well for individual users and small teams using Speedify primarily for reliability and failover. Failover needs two or more internet connections on the device; on a single connection Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop that connection from dropping. You get access to Speedify’s global server network, automatic server selection based on your location, and all of Speedify’s features for combining internet connections.
The tradeoff is that server resources and IP addresses are shared. For most users, this doesn’t matter. For users with higher throughput demands, IP-sensitive applications, or specific compliance requirements, it becomes a limitation.
Speedify Dedicated Servers
Speedify’s Dedicated Servers give you reserved capacity on Speedify’s infrastructure. Your clients connect to a server where you’re not sharing CPU, bandwidth, or IP addresses with other customers.
Speedify Dedicated Servers provide up to 1 Gbps of throughput, 3 TB of data a month (more on request), a static IPv4 address and port forwarding for demanding use cases: streaming, large file transfers, high-frequency data collection, all without the operational overhead of managing your own server infrastructure. Speedify handles provisioning, maintenance, and uptime.
Because no other customer connects through a Speedify Dedicated Server, its IP address is yours alone. Services that accept only approved addresses can add it to their whitelist, other users cannot get it banned from games or websites, and you see fewer CAPTCHA-style anti-fraud checks than on an address shared by thousands of users.
A Speedify Dedicated Server costs $120 billed monthly or $900 billed yearly and needs an active Speedify subscription (Individual, Families or Teams). Speedify Dedicated Servers are bought in the Speedify Account Management portal under Manage Subscription. After checkout, reply to the confirmation email with the location you want; the server is usually set up within 24 hours. Each Speedify Dedicated Server comes with its own SLA: one free day of service for every hour the server is down.
The limitation is that Speedify Dedicated Servers run on Speedify’s server infrastructure in Speedify’s locations. You don’t control where the Speedify Dedicated Server runs or what happens to traffic between the server and its destination.
Speedify Self-Hosted Servers
A Speedify Self-Hosted Server is the Speedify server software running on infrastructure you provision and manage. Your clients connect to your Speedify Self-Hosted Server; traffic flows through your environment.
Self-hosting provides the most control. You choose the Speedify Self-Hosted Server location, the hardware or VM specs, the network configuration, and the access policies. Traffic doesn’t go through Speedify’s server infrastructure, although the server still activates through my.speedify.com. IP addresses are yours. Logs belong to you. If you are also looking at Peplink, here is how a Speedify Self-Hosted Server compares with FusionHub.
A Speedify Self-Hosted Server installs with Docker Compose on an x86_64 machine with at least 2 CPU cores, 4 GB of RAM, 20 GB of storage and a static public IP address, with port 8443/TCP and ports 32768 to 65535 (TCP and UDP) open. Plans are Personal (up to 5 devices) at $40 a month or $300 a year, and Enterprise (up to 1,000 devices) at $120 a month or $900 a year. Speedify sets no bandwidth limit on a self-hosted server, and its traffic does not count against the plan’s data.
The cost is operational responsibility. You’re running server software: which means keeping it up to date, monitoring it, and managing the infrastructure it runs on. For organizations with IT staff already doing this for other systems, that’s not a significant burden. For individuals or small teams without dedicated IT, it’s something you have to consider.
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How to Choose the Right Speedify Server Type for Your Needs
Use Speedify public servers if:
- You’re an individual or small team
- Your primary use case is reliability and failover, not maximum throughput
- You don’t have specific compliance or data handling requirements
Use Speedify Dedicated Servers if:
- You need faster upload and download speeds than shared servers reliably provide
- You want a static IP address for IP-sensitive applications
- You want performance isolation without managing infrastructure yourself
Use a Speedify Self-Hosted Server if:
- You need the Speedify server that reassembles your traffic inside your own environment
- You have data residency or compliance requirements that preclude third-party infrastructure
- You need a server in a location Speedify’s network doesn’t cover
- You’re already managing cloud or on-premises server infrastructure
These Speedify server options aren’t mutually exclusive: you can use a combination of them, depending on your infrastructure needs. Some organizations use Speedify’s public or Dedicated Servers for most users while deploying a Speedify Self-Hosted server for a specific team or location with stricter requirements. Speedify clients can be pointed at any server, so you can mix configurations across your deployment.
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Speedify Embedded Solutions and Integrations
Add Speedify to your own app or hardware with the Speedify SDK. Your product then combines internet connections, fails over automatically when one drops, and encrypts the traffic, using the same technology as the Speedify app.