Real labs. Real skills.
No setup required.
Testbed gives individuals/students and instructors instant access to full virtual machine labs, right in the browser — no downloads, no VPNs, no “it works on my machine.”
Access from any browser, anywhere, anytime.
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For individuals/students
Stop wrestling with VirtualBox settings and broken ISOs. Log in, click, and you're inside a working lab environment — from any laptop, anywhere, in under a minute.
Got a VM your institute gave you for a subject? Host it on Testbed instead of your own laptop. One fixed weekly cost starting from AUD $4/week — scaling up depending on the size of VM you need — with no bill shock, no need to remember to shut it down after a late-night study session, and the same fast performance whether you're on an Intel laptop, a MacBook, or a Snapdragon-powered machine, because the VM runs in our cloud, not on your hardware.
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For instructors
Build a lab once, hand it to your whole class. Set exactly what individuals/students can and can't touch, track progress, and spend class time teaching — not troubleshooting VM installs.
Already have VM images built for your course? Send them to us as-is — we'll convert them to run on Testbed, so you don't have to rebuild anything from scratch. Or if you'd rather not build labs at all, our academic team can design them for you — see Services for details.
how it works
From login to lab in under a minute
Log in
Sign in with email or Google. No installs, no license keys.
Launch your lab
Pick a lab template and get a fresh VM in your browser within moments.
Get to work
Full remote desktop access, straight from the browser tab you’re already in.
why testbed
Built for real hands-on work
- ■Browser-based access — no client software, no plugins, works on any device
- ■Real VMs, not simulations — genuine operating systems for genuine hands-on practice
- ■Same speed on any laptop — Intel, Apple Silicon, or Snapdragon, it doesn’t matter
- ■Instructor lab templates — build once, deploy to every individual/student
- ■Snapshots — save your progress, roll back if something breaks
- ■Fixed, predictable pricing — starting from AUD $4/week, scaling with VM size, no surprise bills
Simple pricing that scales with you.
Individual plans start from AUD $4/week, increasing based on the size of the VM you choose. Institutions are billed per individual/student, per semester. No hidden fees, no usage meters to watch.
see_full_pricing() →More than just hosting.
Whether you're an individual wanting to host your own VM, or an institute wanting fully designed practical labs for your course, Testbed has a plan for you.
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Bring your own VM, or host any OS you choose.
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Class-wide access, staff marking permissions, and — if you don't have time to build labs yourself — our academic team can design them for you.
Got questions?
Check our FAQ for answers on billing, access, and how labs work — or get in touch directly.
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