Preston, Australia
Software VPS in Preston
Dedicated cores for builds, CI and compute that cannot wait its turn. Built by hand, usually the same day.
- ✓ Dedicated cores throughout
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
- ✓ Root access, any toolchain
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Preston. Your real figure depends on your connection and route, and lands inside this range.
Choose how the processor is shared
Every class ships the same hardware menu and the same Ubuntu Server 24.04 (LTS) 64-bit image. What changes is how the processor is shared — and the price moves with it.
Availability
Budget friendly
Cheap for a build box that runs overnight and that nobody waits on.
$283.50USD
per month
ConfigureGeneral purpose
Recommended
Consistent processor time, which keeps build times roughly repeatable.
$294.50USD
per month
ConfigureDedicated
The usual choice
Dedicated cores mean nothing else competes for them, so a build takes as long as it takes and no longer.
$305.50USD
per month
ConfigureBurstable
Not for compilation
A poor fit. Throttles under sustained load, and compilation is sustained load throughout.
$0.5859USD
per hour — booked for a window, not subscribed
Book by the hourAdd cores for a heavy release week and take them off afterwards — the change is made by hand on the same server, usually within the hour.
Your toolchain, your runners
A build server is only useful if it can run what you actually build with. This is a machine with root on it, not a platform with a supported-language list.
Any runtime, any version
Install the compiler, SDK or interpreter you need, at the version you need, including the ones your CI provider stopped supporting.
Self-hosted CI runners
Point GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins at it and stop paying per build minute. The machine is yours whether it is busy or idle.
Nothing else on your cores
On the Dedicated class no other customer shares the processor, which is what makes a build time repeatable rather than merely typical.
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server. Choose the region closest to the people pushing code and to whatever the build pulls from — package registries and your git host are the two round trips a build makes most.
Preston is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Preston ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 705 km | 11–21 ms |
| Singapore | 6,063 km | 91–182 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,417 km | 111–223 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 8,183 km | 123–245 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,943 km | 134–268 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 9,822 km | 147–295 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 10,186 km | 153–306 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 12,662 km | 190–380 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 12,767 km | 192–383 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 13,174 km | 198–395 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 14,477 km | 217–434 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 15,566 km | 233–467 ms |
| Miami, United States | 15,585 km | 234–468 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 15,586 km | 234–468 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 16,261 km | 244–488 ms |
| New York, United States | 16,666 km | 250–500 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 13,771 km | 207–413 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 14,962 km | 224–449 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 15,597 km | 234–468 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 16,293 km | 244–489 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 16,321 km | 245–490 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 16,545 km | 248–496 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 16,903 km | 254–507 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 17,313 km | 260–519 ms |
Distances are from Preston. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Root access and your choice of toolchain
Daily off-server backups
No shared CPU — dedicated cores throughout
Any Linux image, or Windows if you build for it
Included with every Software server, in every class, at every location.
Build hosting for Preston
We host servers for companies throughout Preston, VIC and the rest of Australia. You tell us what the server is for, we build it by hand, and you get access and the login details the same working day.
Sydney is our closest location at 705 km, which makes it the usual starting point. If the people using the server are somewhere else, host it somewhere else — every location costs the same.
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