Regional collaboration
When several people take turns using the same development environment, placing the node near the primary operators matters more than simply locating it near end users.
Five available nodes
Measure interaction distance first, then choose a cloud Mac node
RunAMac currently offers five nodes in Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), South Korea (Seoul), Hong Kong, and the US West. Every region offers RunAMac M4: a dedicated physical machine with M4, 16GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD—not a virtual machine.
- 5
- available nodes
- 1
- available configuration
- 365
- days of normal operation
- $19.6
- starting daily price
RUNAMAC / REGION ROUTE
05 NODES
Interactive node map
Current selection
Singapore node
Ideal for teams with core members in Southeast Asia, frequent macOS GUI interaction, or CI runners that need to stay close to regional code and artifact services.
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Consistent testing methodology
Compare median latency first—not one-off lows
Use the table below to narrow your regional options. Each data point was collected during busy local network hours on weekdays. Each path sent 30 consecutive ICMP requests; timeouts were removed before calculating the median. The carrier column describes the access type and does not represent every local connection.
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Test window
14:00–16:00 local time at the access location on weekdays, avoiding isolated off-peak results.
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Access network
Local fixed broadband or an enterprise internet gateway; no results from an internal network in the same data center.
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Sample size
30 requests per access path; packet loss was recorded separately and then retested.
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Calculation
All values are in milliseconds and use the median of valid round-trip samples.
| Access location & connection type | Singapore | Tokyo | Seoul | Hong Kong | US West |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore Enterprise internet gateway |
8 ms | 72 ms | 83 ms | 39 ms | 169 ms |
| Tokyo Fixed broadband |
74 ms | 7 ms | 34 ms | 52 ms | 111 ms |
| Seoul Enterprise internet gateway |
88 ms | 35 ms | 6 ms | 46 ms | 128 ms |
| Hong Kong Fixed broadband |
38 ms | 51 ms | 47 ms | 5 ms | 151 ms |
| US West Enterprise internet gateway |
171 ms | 109 ms | 126 ms | 149 ms | 9 ms |
Singapore node
Choose the Singapore node
Southeast Asian teams: check session latency first, then dependency location
When most team members are in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, or nearby regions, the Singapore node typically shortens input-to-feedback time for remote graphical interfaces. It also suits regional teams sharing a long-running macOS development environment, reducing differences caused by moving devices between members.
Continuous integration
Confirm the direction of code pulls, dependency downloads, and artifact uploads. For long builds, stable throughput usually matters more than a difference of a few milliseconds.
Remote sessions
For extended Xcode or macOS GUI sessions, run continuous tests from the actual office network rather than relying on geographic distance alone.
Northeast Asia & Greater China
Compare locations by operator and network route
The three nodes are geographically close, but cross-border routes can vary significantly by office network. First identify who needs frequent GUI interaction, then compare the transfer directions for repositories, dependencies, and build artifacts.
JP / TOKYO
Available
Japan (Tokyo)
Suitable for teams whose primary developers are in Japan or whose cloud Mac should be close to Northeast Asian workflows. If code and artifact services are in the US West, also measure trans-Pacific pull and upload times.
- Check first
- GUI input feedback
- Best for
- Daily development, automated testing
- Compare with
- Seoul, Hong Kong
KR / SEOUL
Available
South Korea (Seoul)
Suitable for local Korean developers and CI workflows operated primarily from Seoul. When a team spans Japan and South Korea, do not compare averages alone; record median latency and packet loss for each location’s network.
- Check first
- Peak-hour paths for both team locations
- Best for
- Shared development environments, CI execution
- Compare with
- Tokyo, Hong Kong
HK / HONG KONG
Available
Hong Kong
Suitable for collaboration between Southern China and Southeast Asia, and a practical compromise for teams accessing the environment from multiple locations. If daily work is mainly command-line builds, focus on sustained transfer speeds for dependency caches and artifact archives.
- Check first
- Stability of inter-region routes
- Best for
- Cross-location collaboration, long-running builds
- Compare with
- Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul
US West node
Remove a trans-Pacific round trip from North American development and release workflows
When your team is mainly on the North American West Coast, or your repositories, build dependencies, and release artifacts are concentrated in the US West, placing RunAMac M4 in the same region typically provides a more stable transfer path. For Asian teams, it works best as a build node close to North American releases—not as the default for frequent GUI work.
- Local development teams:Prioritize measuring latency from the office network to the node during working hours.
- Trans-Pacific collaboration:Evaluate interactive work and batch builds separately; do not use one metric to represent the entire experience.
- Release workflow:Record the time required for dependency pulls, archive uploads, and log downloads separately to identify the true long path.
US-W / ROUTE CHECK
Runbook
Primary operators
North American West Coast team
Repository direction
Verify the code pull region
Artifact direction
Verify archive and release paths
Remote frequency
Separate GUI sessions from batch jobs
Configuration
M4 / 16GB / 256GB
Four-step decision
Do not simply choose the node that looks closest on the map
The goal of regional selection is not a theoretical minimum, but a shorter path for the link that is most frequent, time-consuming, and difficult to cache. Record the facts in these four steps to usually narrow five candidate regions to one or two.
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Output: primary and backup operator list
Map your team’s locations
List the members who actually operate the cloud Mac each day, rather than recording only the company’s registered address. If the team spans multiple regions, measure each fixed office network separately; do not use occasional mobile-network results to represent the whole team.
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Output: pull volume, cache hits, and failed-retry records
Confirm the repository location
Record the repository, submodules, and dependency-cache paths required for a complete build. When dependencies frequently miss the cache despite a small codebase, the dependency download path may affect build wait time more than the distance to the main repository.
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Output: artifact size per build and upload destination region
Confirm where build artifacts go
Separate local downloads, team archives, and subsequent releases. If every build uploads large artifacts, measure sustained upload speed rather than looking only at a ping response of a few dozen bytes.
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Output: GUI session duration and automated-task share
Calculate remote interaction frequency
For long daily GUI sessions, prioritize reducing round-trip latency between operators and the node. When automation runners do most of the work, give greater weight to repository, cache, and artifact paths.
Catalog & ordering
One RunAMac M4 configuration across all five nodes
Node selection does not change the base hardware specification. The catalog currently offers one configuration, RunAMac M4: M4, 16GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD. All regions operate normally 365 days a year.
| Node | Model | Chip | Memory | Storage | Status | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | RunAMac M4 | M4 | 16GB | 256GB SSD | Available | Choose region |
| Japan (Tokyo) | RunAMac M4 | M4 | 16GB | 256GB SSD | Available | Choose region |
| South Korea (Seoul) | RunAMac M4 | M4 | 16GB | 256GB SSD | Available | Choose region |
| Hong Kong | RunAMac M4 | M4 | 16GB | 256GB SSD | Available | Choose region |
| US West | RunAMac M4 | M4 | 16GB | 256GB SSD | Available | Choose region |
Three final checks before ordering
Confirm the node, rental period, and any required storage add-ons. All catalog combinations can be ordered; actual availability and delivery details at submission are returned in real time by the console.
- Starting price: $19.6/day
- Billing currency: USD
- Payment methods: USDT-TRC20 or Visa, Mastercard, and Amex processed by Stripe
Bring your measurements to the order
Once the region is chosen, configure a dedicated RunAMac M4
Choose Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, or the US West, then review daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly terms and add-ons. Connection details, rental terms, and billing are provided in the console.