Android Studio VPS — from €5.49/mo
Build Android apps on a server — SDK, Gradle and the emulator without loading your PC, with a 5-hour test period, completely risk-free
Launch Android Studio
An Android Studio VPS is a virtual server with full root access for developing and building Android apps: you install Android Studio or the command-line SDK with Gradle and run heavy builds on the server instead of your laptop. The IDE and the emulator are memory-hungry — take 16 GB RAM or more, which is Power 1 (10 vCPU, 16 GB, 160 GB NVMe) at €17.99/mo; study projects and light builds fit on 8 GB, and the line-up starts from €5.49/mo. A 5-hour test period before payment lets you time a build of your own project. All configurations are in the VPS catalogue.
Plans
VPS for Android development
Study apps and light builds fit on Standard 3 — 6 vCPU, 8 GB RAM and 80 GB NVMe for €8.99/mo. Heavy Gradle builds, the emulator and CI call for Power 1 (10 vCPU, 16 GB) at €17.99/mo. The line-up starts from €5.49/mo, with a 5-hour test period before payment.
Compare all plansStandard 1
| 4 vCPU · AMD EPYC |
| 4 GB RAM |
| 50 GB NVMe |
| Unlimited traffic |
| 1× IPv4 · KVM |
| 24/7 support |
Standard 2
| 4 vCPU · AMD EPYC |
| 6 GB RAM |
| 60 GB NVMe |
| Unlimited traffic |
| 1× IPv4 · KVM |
| 24/7 support |
Gradle builds on the server
Dedicated vCPU and NVMe disks speed up APK and AAB compilation — heavy builds run on the VPS, not on your laptop.
Your own Android SDK
Install the versions of Android Studio, SDK, NDK and Gradle you need — the environment for your projects is fully in your hands.
Full control
Root access, a CI agent for automatic builds, access over SSH and remote desktop — the environment is set up for you.
How to set up Android Studio on a VPS
Choose a plan and an image
Pick a configuration — from Standard 3 (6 vCPU, 8 GB) for study projects to Power 1 (10 vCPU, 16 GB) for heavy builds — and select a Linux image: Ubuntu, Debian or another distribution.
Install the OS yourself
Through the panel you deploy the chosen OS on a KVM server yourself and keep the configuration fully under your control.
Install the SDK and build
Over SSH or the KVM console install the Android SDK, Gradle and, if needed, Android Studio, then run your build.
A build server for your apps
We will help you estimate how much vCPU and RAM your Gradle builds need so builds and tests finish quickly and reliably.
We can also help set up a CI agent and automatic builds from Git; snapshots of the server with your signing keys you take yourself in the panel. If the build server should carry a whole pipeline, see VPS for CI/CD; for running apps in an emulator — VPS for an Android emulator.
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Yes. Install the Android SDK and Gradle — the server builds release APKs and AABs, and the heavy compilation runs on the VPS instead of your laptop.
For builds the command-line SDK and Gradle are enough. A full Android Studio can be installed and opened over remote desktop.
Builds are accelerated by dedicated cores, NVMe and a persistent Gradle cache on the server disk. On 10 vCPU and 16 GB (Power 1, €17.99/mo) a large project builds several times faster than on a laptop.
Take 16 GB RAM or more — Power 1 (10 vCPU, 16 GB, 160 GB NVMe) at €17.99/mo. It runs on 8 GB, but Gradle builds and project indexing will be memory-bound.
Yes. Set up a CI agent, connect your repository and build the app automatically after every commit.
Yes, our virtualization supports nesting, so the emulator starts. Without a GPU the graphics are rendered in software, so heavy 3D apps will be slow.
A Gradle build of a large project takes minutes and saturates the machine. On a server it does not interrupt your work, and you fetch the result over SSH or from CI.
Ubuntu LTS, Debian or AlmaLinux — all available at installation. You deploy the system yourself; the KVM console gives hardware-level access if the server stops answering over SSH.