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OpenClaw VPS vs DIY VPS (DigitalOcean / Hetzner / Vultr)

Raw VPS you provision, secure, and maintain yourself. Below: side-by-side pricing, isolation model, and honest guidance on when each platform fits your assistant workload.

Quick Summary

Choose OpenClaw VPS if you want:

  • +OpenClaw is a managed layer over DIY VPS, same infrastructure, zero ops
  • +Cloudflare Tunnel, UFW, Fail2ban, cloud-init baked in
  • +SSH key per deployment, AES-256-GCM encrypted credentials

Choose DIY VPS (DigitalOcean / Hetzner / Vultr) if you want:

  • +Teams with dedicated ops engineers
  • +Workloads requiring custom kernel/runtime setups
  • +Very-low-cost hobby projects where downtime is tolerable

Ready to ship an AI assistant without the ops overhead?

OpenClaw VPS deploys your assistant onto a dedicated VPS in minutes. $39.99/mo per assistant on accrued usage, capped, so a 24/7 assistant hits the cap as its whole bill.

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Already using DIY VPS (DigitalOcean / Hetzner / Vultr)? You can migrate your assistant in under 10 minutes. Visit DIY VPS (DigitalOcean / Hetzner / Vultr).