Preston, Australia
Software Build Server in Preston
Build, test and ship on hardware you control — no per-minute billing and no shared queue.
- ✓ Self-hosted CI runners
- ✓ No per-minute billing
- ✓ Dedicated cores throughout
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.
Bring your own CI
Hosted CI is priced per minute and shared with everyone else on the plan. A build server is a fixed cost that does not care how often you push.
Self-hosted runners
Point GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins or Buildkite at it. The machine is yours whether it is busy or idle.
No queue but yours
Nobody else is waiting in front of your job, and nothing throttles you for building too often.
Caches that persist
Dependency and layer caches stay on the disk between runs rather than being rebuilt from cold each time.
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 servers 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.
Software Build Server in Preston — FAQs
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