OpenClaw Hosting — Hosted AI Agent Service on Your Server
OpenClaw is an autonomous agent that lives on your server and works through your messaging apps. Tell it what to do on WhatsApp or Slack. It reads files, runs commands, browses the web, and reports back — without you hovering over a chat window.
Chatbots talk. OpenClaw works.
Most AI tools are a text box that requires you to copy-paste everything. OpenClaw operates directly on your system.
| What you ask | Chatbot response | OpenClaw response |
|---|---|---|
| “Back up the production database” | Here are the steps to create a backup... | Runs pg_dump, compresses the output, uploads to S3, confirms in Slack with the file link. |
| “Summarize last week's sales” | I'd need you to paste the data first... | Reads the CSV from /reports, generates a comparison summary, sends a formatted PDF to your WhatsApp. |
| “Deploy the staging branch” | You can use git push to deploy... | Pulls the branch, runs tests, deploys the container, pings you on Telegram when health checks pass. |
| “Monitor competitor pricing” | I can help you set up a spreadsheet... | Scrapes three competitor sites daily, diffs prices, alerts you on Discord only when something changes. |
How the pieces fit together
You own the left side. We manage the middle. AI providers handle the right.
- OpenClaw Agent runtime
- Local storage (your data)
- Full root access
- Optional GPU for local models
- Update manager
- Health monitoring
- Dashboard UI
- Backup orchestration
- Anthropic Claude
- OpenAI GPT
- Ollama / llama.cpp (local)
- WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack
Real workflows people run every day
Morning standup prep
Every day at 8:45 AM, OpenClaw pulls open PRs from GitHub, checks CI status, summarizes overnight Slack threads, and posts a standup-ready brief in your team channel.
Client report generation
Say 'generate the October report for Acme' on WhatsApp. OpenClaw queries your database, builds charts, renders a branded PDF, and emails it to the client.
Infrastructure monitoring
OpenClaw watches CPU, memory, and disk across your fleet. When a threshold trips, it diagnoses the issue, attempts a fix, and only pages you if human judgment is needed.
Competitive intelligence
Schedule a weekly crawl of competitor pricing pages. OpenClaw diffs the results, highlights changes, and drops a summary in a Discord channel every Monday at 9 AM.
Onboarding automation
When a new hire appears in your HR system, OpenClaw provisions their accounts, sends welcome messages, shares documentation links, and schedules introductory meetings.
Content pipeline
Describe a blog topic on Telegram. OpenClaw researches it, drafts an outline, writes the post, generates meta tags, and commits it to your CMS repository for review.
Total monthly cost, no surprises
Your OpenClaw subscription plus your server. That is the whole bill.
| Provider | Server cost | OpenClaw (Solo) | Total from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hetzner | €3.79/mo | $29/mo | ~$33/mo |
| Vultr | $5/mo | $29/mo | $34/mo |
| DigitalOcean | $6/mo | $29/mo | $35/mo |
| Akamai / Linode | $5/mo | $29/mo | $34/mo |
| AWS EC2 | ~$15/mo | $29/mo | ~$44/mo |
| Your hardware | $0 | $29/mo | $29/mo |
All prices for the Solo tier. Team and Business tiers add more agents, seats, and features. Compare plans →
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