You can run OpenClaw on a managed host, a 1-click server, a deploy template or a bare VPS. They differ less on price than on how much of the work stays with you. Here are the five we would look at, ranked. Faivelo is one of them, and we wrote this, so check our claims against the others' pages.
OpenClaw hosting at a glance
| Type | Entry price | Term | Email for the agent | You run the server | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faivelo | Managed | $9 a month | Monthly | Yes, its own mailbox | No |
| Hostinger managed | Managed | $119.76 for 24 months | 24 months upfront | Yes | No |
| DigitalOcean 1-Click | VPS, preinstalled | From $12 a month | Monthly | No | Yes |
| Railway template | Usage-billed container | $5 minimum usage | Monthly | No | Partly |
| Hetzner | Bare VPS | From € 5.99 a month | Monthly | No | Yes |
1. Faivelo: $9 a month, month to month
Our pick, and our product. Each OpenClaw or Hermes gets a box of its own with 1 CPU, 2 GB of memory and 20 GB of disk, the size OpenClaw recommends. You paste your model key in the browser and it is checked as you paste it. There is no SSH, no config file and no update script; releases roll out for you.
What sets it apart is email. Faivelo began as an email host, so the agent gets a real mailbox on your own domain, or on a free address from us. You can read it in webmail or on your phone. Hermes comes with WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and Slack already linked. The trade: you bring your own model key, and there is no local-model GPU option.
2. Hostinger managed: $119.76 upfront for two years
The best-known managed option, and the cheapest if you commit. Its managed OpenClaw and Hermes plans include an agent mailbox, Telegram pairing and AI credits you can buy in its dashboard, with your own key allowed instead. The catch is the term. The $4.99 a month is paid as $119.76 for 24 months, and it renews at $11.99 a month on the same term. The pages do not say how much CPU or memory you get. We compare it with us line by line in the Hostinger OpenClaw alternative.
3. DigitalOcean 1-Click: from $12 a month
A solid server with OpenClaw installed and sensible security defaults. After that it is yours to run. You SSH in to paste your key, edit an env file to change settings, run an update script for new releases and make your own Telegram bot. The listing recommends 2 vCPUs and 4 GB, which is $24 a month. Good if you want root and plan to run other things beside it. More in OpenClaw on DigitalOcean.
4. Railway template: usage-billed
The popular OpenClaw template on Railway is a community template, not a Railway product, and so is the Hermes one. Setup happens in the browser, with your model key and any chat tokens. Billing follows what the container uses. Memory is $0.00000386 per GB per second, about $10 for each GB held for a whole month. The Hobby plan's $5 monthly minimum counts toward that. Fine for trying it out on the free trial; harder to predict for an agent that is always on.
5. Hetzner: from € 5.99 a month, all yours
The cheapest server here, and the most work. Hetzner has no OpenClaw or Hermes app, so you follow OpenClaw's Hetzner guide: set a firewall, install Docker, reach the dashboard through an SSH tunnel, and bring your own keys and bots. Pick it if you like running servers and want the most memory per euro.
The cheapest box is rarely the cheapest agent. Count the hours too.
How to choose
Want root and do not mind SSH? Hetzner or DigitalOcean. Sure you want an agent for two years? Hostinger's prepay is the lowest total for that stretch. Want to try an agent for a month, give it its own email address and never open a terminal? That is what we built Faivelo for. Still deciding between the two agents? Read OpenClaw vs Hermes Agent.
Start with one month
OpenClaw or Hermes on its own always-on box, with its own email address, for $9 a month. Cancel any month.