Overview
side-by-side comparison of Hostinger, DigitalOcean, Vultr, RunPod for OpenClaw. We keep this page focused on what is actionable today — current versions, current pricing, current best practices.
Details
OpenClaw is designed for self-hosted autonomous AI agents. Everything on this page assumes you are running OpenClaw on your own VPS or GPU instance, not a managed service. If you are evaluating whether to self-host, the home page and provider guides cover that decision.
Next steps
Once you have absorbed this page, the natural next step is the Tutorial (end-to-end deploy walkthrough), the Hosting Comparison (which provider for which workload), or one of the use-case guides for the specific agent type you want to build.
| Provider | Price from | Specs | Regions | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger | $5.99/mo | KVM 1-8 vCPU, 4-32 GB RAM, NVMe SSD | global (Europe, US, Asia, Brazil) | lowest entry price for OpenClaw runtime |
| DigitalOcean | $6/mo | Premium AMD Droplets, 1-32 vCPU, 25 GB-640 GB SSD | 14 regions worldwide | transparent pricing and clean API |
| Vultr | $5/mo | High Frequency 1-96 vCPU, NVMe, AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon | 32 datacenters worldwide | high-frequency CPUs ideal for OpenClaw inference loops |
| Linode (Akamai) | $5/mo | Shared and Dedicated CPU, 1-64 vCPU, NVMe | 11 global regions | Dedicated CPU plans for production OpenClaw SaaS |
| RunPod | $0.20/hr (RTX 3090) | RTX 3090, 4090, A100 80GB, H100 80GB on-demand and spot | Community Cloud and Secure Cloud | lowest GPU $/hour for OpenClaw LLM inference |
| Vast.ai | $0.10/hr (RTX 3060) | consumer and datacenter GPUs from independent hosts | global peer marketplace | cheapest spot GPU rates for batch OpenClaw jobs |
| ScalaHosting | $14.95/mo | managed cloud VPS, SPanel control panel, free SShield malware protection | DigitalOcean and AWS infrastructure | managed control panel for non-DevOps OpenClaw operators |