A server for an AI agent
1,852 servers from 53 providers, from €4.49 a month. Prices checked 11 hours ago
A self-hosted AI agent such as OpenClaw or Hermes Agent is a small always-on program: it keeps your chat channels connected, runs tools and calls a model provider’s API to think. The model runs at the provider, so the server needs no GPU. OpenClaw’s documentation puts the absolute minimum at 1 vCPU and 1 GB of memory and recommends 2 GB or more for logs, media and several channels, so this list starts at 2 vCPU and 2 GB.
- Lowest bill
- €4.49(The lowest bill with every charge known. Rows priced lower leave out a charge their provider doesn’t publish.)
- Typical hidden fees
- +€20.83/mo(31% of these servers cost more than their price tag once the required fees are added (IPv4, setup, traffic, minimum term). On those, the extra is typically €20.83 a month. The list is always sorted by the full bill.)
1,852 servers match, sorted by bill per month.
| Tick 2 to 4 servers to compare their bills side by side | Traffic | Locations | Total | Actions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Scaleway Dedibox Start-1-L · Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2 · 2 × 1 TB HDD 4 cores · 4 threads · 16 GB RAM · 2 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4 cores 4threads | DDR3 16 GB | HDD 2 TB | Unmetered |  | €21.66(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €1.67 setup | €259.87 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 160 GB | — |  | €21.75 Setup fee, Traffic allowance not published | €260.94 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 24 GB | SSD 300 GB | Unmetered |  | €21.85 | €262.20 12 mo | |||
| 6vCPU | 18 GB | SSD 1 TB | Unmetered | | €21.85 | €262.20 12 mo | |||
| 4vCPU | 4 GB | SSD 130 GB | 3 TB |   +1 | €21.91 Setup fee not published | €262.90 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 24 GB | SSD 300 GB | Unmetered |  | €22.00 | €264.00 12 mo | |||
| 6vCPU | 18 GB | SSD 1 TB | Unmetered | | €22.00 | €264.00 12 mo | |||
| 2vCPU | 4 GB | NVMe 50 GB | — |   +9 | €22.23 Setup fee, Traffic allowance not published | €266.75 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 2vCPU | 2 GB | NVMe 20 GB | 5 TB |  +10 | €22.27 Setup fee not published | €267.28 12 mo | |||
| 2vCPU | DDR5 4 GB | 100 GB | Unmetered | +7 | €22.27 Setup fee not published | €267.18 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 2vCPU | 4 GB | NVMe 50 GB | 3 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €22.45 | €269.44 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 240 GB | 20 TB |   | €22.99 Setup fee not published | €275.88 12 mo | |||
| 4vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 200 GB | 16 TB |  +5 | €23.15 | €277.76 12 mo | |||
 Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 6 · Portsmouth, St. Louis 6 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 300 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 6vCPU | 12 GB | NVMe 300 GB | Unmetered | | €23.40 | €280.80 12 mo | ||
| 8vCPU | 24 GB | NVMe 200 GB | Unmetered |  +2 | €23.49 | €281.88 12 mo | |||
 OVHcloud VPS-4 2027 · 200 GB NVMe · Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai 8 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 200 GB NVMe · 3 TB traffic Check due | 8vCPU | 24 GB | NVMe 200 GB | 3 TB |  | €23.49 | €281.88 12 mo | ||
| 4vCPU | DDR5 8 GB | NVMe 240 GB | 7 TB |   +4 | €23.59 Setup fee not published | €283.11 12 mo | |||
 Cloudzy High Frequency CPU 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 240 GB NVMe · 7 TB traffic Check due | 4vCPU | DDR5 8 GB | NVMe 240 GB | 7 TB | +4 | €23.59 Setup fee not published | €283.11 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 128 GB | Unmetered |  | €23.65 | €283.80 12 mo | |||
| OVHcloud Kimsufi KS-5-B · Intel Xeon E5-1650v4 · 2 × 450 GB NVMe 6 cores · 12 threads · 16 GB RAM · 900 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR4ECC 16 GB | NVMe 900 GB | Unmetered | +1 | €23.82 incl. €1.83 setup | €285.87 12 mo | ||
| 8vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 120 GB | 8 TB | | €23.99 Setup fee not published | €287.88 12 mo | |||
 HostAfrica Linux Cloud C4 · 100 GB NVMe 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 100 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 2vCPU | DDR4 4 GB | NVMe 100 GB | Unmetered |  | €24.01 Setup fee not published | €288.12 12 mo | ||
| 2vCPU | 2 GB | 80 GB | 3.07 TB +€8.91/TB | | €24.06 | €288.67 12 mo | |||
 Vultr High Performance AMD · São Paulo 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 60 GB · 4.1 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 2vCPU | 2 GB | 60 GB | 4.1 TB +€8.91/TB | | €24.06 | €288.67 12 mo | ||
| Vultr High Performance Intel · São Paulo 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 60 GB · 4.1 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 2vCPU | 2 GB | 60 GB | 4.1 TB +€8.91/TB | | €24.06 | €288.67 12 mo |
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When to choose more: browser automation is the heavy part. Hermes Agent installs its own Chromium for browsing by default, and a headless browser can use more memory than the agent itself. If your agent browses the web or runs several tasks at once, or you run more than one agent on the server, raise the memory filter to 4 GB. Running a language model on the server itself is a different job: that needs a GPU server, not a VPS.
What it really costs: agent hosting is often sold as a one-click template on a VPS with a 12- to 48-month term, a low first-term price and a higher renewal price. The ranking here uses the average monthly bill over the period you choose, with the renewal price, the IPv4 address and any setup fee included, so you can see what the same server costs once the introductory term is over. The agent software is open source and installs with one script; the model provider bills you separately for what the agent uses.
Keep it safe: an agent holds API keys and can run commands on its server. Give it a server of its own, keep the system updated, and turn on backups so a bad tool run can be rolled back.