Quickstart for SimStudio

Sim (formerly Sim Studio) lets teams build AI agents and workflows visually, conversationally, or with code, connecting 1,000+ integrations and every major LLM provider. Workflows, chat, tables, files and a knowledge base all live in the same workspace, so agents can query structured data and search synced documents without separate tooling. Runs are monitored through built-in logs, schedules and workflow-activity tracking, giving visibility into what agents actually did. This self-hosted deployment uses a Next.js app, a separate realtime/Socket.IO service, and a pgvector-enabled Postgres database behind nginx. It's used by over 100,000 builders on the hosted sim.ai platform, with the same codebase available to self-host under Apache-2.0.

Deploy SimStudio on Elestio

1. Open the SimStudio deployment page and sign in, or create an account.
2. Choose a cloud provider, a region and a data center. Pick the region closest to your users for the lowest latency.
3. Choose an instance size. Elestio only lists the sizes that can run SimStudio properly (at least 2 vCPU and 12 GB of RAM).
4. Choose your support plan and the maintenance window for system and software updates (times are in UTC).
5. Click Create Service. SimStudio is deployed and ready in a few minutes, and you receive an email with the access details.

The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the installation guide.

Access SimStudio

Open your service in the Elestio dashboard and go to the Overview tab. Click Display Admin UI to reveal the URL, username and password of your SimStudio instance.

If the password field is blank, SimStudio does not ship with a pre-created admin user: open the admin URL to start its setup. Software without a web interface, such as databases, is reached with the credentials and port listed in the same tab. See Admin UI and credentials.

Next steps

• Custom domain and SSL: point your own domain to SimStudio (guide).
• Backups: new services follow a 3-2-1 backup strategy by default (backups).
• Updates: manage the SimStudio version and update policy (software versions and updates).
• Learn SimStudio: read the official SimStudio documentation.