A server for an AI agent
1,852 servers from 53 providers, from €4.49 a month. Prices checked 13 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 | |||||
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 Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 8 · Portsmouth, St. Louis 8 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 450 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8vCPU | 24 GB | NVMe 450 GB | Unmetered |   | €43.10(lowest complete bill on this page) | €517.20 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Dedibox Pro-5-S · Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 · 3 × 250 GB SSD 4 cores · 8 threads · 32 GB RAM · 750 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4 cores 8threads | DDR4 32 GB | SSD 750 GB | Unmetered |  | €43.32 incl. €3.33 setup | €519.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Pro-5-S-LE · Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 · 2 × 250 GB SSD 4 cores · 8 threads · 32 GB RAM · 500 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4 cores 8threads | DDR4 32 GB | SSD 500 GB | Unmetered | | €43.32 incl. €3.33 setup | €519.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Start-9-M · AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR4 32 GB | NVMe 2 TB | Unmetered |  | €43.32 incl. €3.33 setup | €519.87 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 2vCPU | 6 GB | SSD 100 GB | 2 TB | | €44.10 Setup fee not published | €529.25 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 12 GB | NVMe 300 GB | Unmetered |  | €44.44 incl. €0.83 setup | €533.27 12 mo | |||
| 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 100 GB | — |   +9 | €44.50 Setup fee, Traffic allowance not published | €534.03 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | DDR5 16 GB | NVMe 350 GB | 10 TB |  +4 | €44.53 Setup fee not published | €534.35 12 mo | |||
 Cloudzy High Frequency CPU 16 GB · 350 GB NVMe 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 350 GB NVMe · 10 TB traffic Check due | 8vCPU | DDR5 16 GB | NVMe 350 GB | 10 TB | +4 | €44.53 Setup fee not published | €534.35 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 12 GB | SSD 200 GB | 4 TB | | €44.54 Setup fee not published | €534.46 12 mo | |||
BandwagonHost SPECIAL 40G KVM PROMO V5 - OSAKA CN2 GIA +1 location 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 40 GB · 0.5 TB traffic Check due | 2vCPU | 2 GB | 40 GB | 0.5 TB |   | €44.54 Setup fee, Traffic not published | €534.46 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 256 GB | Unmetered |  | €44.73 | €536.76 12 mo | |||
 Akamai (Linode) Dedicated 4GB · Sao Paulo 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB · 4 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €44.90 | €538.85 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 100 GB | 4 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €44.91 | €538.89 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 24 GB | NVMe 450 GB | Unmetered | | €45.00 | €540.00 12 mo | |||
 OVHcloud So you Start SYS-3 · Intel Xeon-E 2288G · 2 × 960 GB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,920 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4ECC 32 GB | NVMe 1.92 TB | Unmetered |  +1 | €45.49 incl. €3.50 setup | €545.87 12 mo | ||
| Contabo Cloud VPS 16 · Portsmouth, St. Louis 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 500 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 500 GB | Unmetered | | €45.55 | €546.60 12 mo | ||
| Contabo Storage VPS 50 · Portsmouth, St. Louis 14 vCPU · 50 GB RAM · 1,400 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 14vCPU | 50 GB | SSD 1.4 TB | Unmetered | | €45.55 | €546.60 12 mo | ||
| Akamai (Linode) G7 Dedicated 4x2 · Jakarta 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB · 4 TB traffic +€13.36/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB +€13.36/TB |  | €45.97 | €551.68 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 2vCPU | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB +€13.36/TB | | €46.19 | €554.24 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 400 GB | 32 TB | +5 | €46.31 | €555.74 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 24 GB | NVMe 450 GB | Unmetered | | €46.95 | €563.40 12 mo | |||
| 16vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 500 GB | Unmetered | | €47.60 | €571.20 12 mo | |||
| 14vCPU | 50 GB | SSD 1.4 TB | Unmetered | | €47.60 | €571.20 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.