A server for an AI agent

1,852 servers from 53 providers, from €4.49 a month. Prices checked 15 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.

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€4.49(The lowest bill with every charge known. Rows priced lower leave out a charge their provider doesn’t publish.)
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+€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.)
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25 servers, bills over 12 mo
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BinaryLane Dedicated Intel Xeon E-2136 · 400 GB RAID-1 NVMe 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due
6 cores 12threads 32 GB NVMe 400 GB 5 TB +€6.24/TB €109.15(lowest complete bill on this page) €1,309.80 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2356G · 1 × 1 TB NVMe (s2.c1.small) 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due
6 cores 12threads 64 GB NVMe 1 TB 15 TB +€8.91/TB €110.57 €1,326.80 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2356G · 1 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s2.c1.small) 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due
6 cores 12threads 64 GB NVMe 1 TB 5 TB +€26.73/TB €110.57 €1,326.80 12 mo
Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 8 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 400 GB SSD · 6 TB traffic Check due
Dedicated 8vCPU 32 GB SSD 400 GB 6 TB €111.36 Setup fee not published€1,336.32 12 mo
Vultr Storage Optimized 2 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB NVMe · 6.14 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due
Dedicated 2vCPU 16 GB NVMe 320 GB 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB +14€111.37 €1,336.42 12 mo
Vultr Memory Optimized 2 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 6.14 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due
Dedicated 2vCPU 16 GB NVMe 400 GB 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB +14€111.37 €1,336.42 12 mo
BinaryLane HDD Storage 3 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 6 TB HDD · 7 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due
3vCPU 12 GB HDD 6 TB 7 TB +€6.24/TB €112.27 €1,347.22 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B2pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
Arm 2vCPU 4 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €113.14 incl. €96.22 Traffic€1,357.70 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B2als v2 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
2vCPU 4 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €114.58 incl. €96.22 Traffic€1,374.91 12 mo
HostDime Intel Xeon E3-1230 V5 · Orlando 4 cores · 8 threads · 16 GB RAM · 480 GB SSD · 25 TB traffic Check due
4 cores 8threads 16 GB SSD 480 GB 25 TB €114.93 Setup fee not published€1,379.19 12 mo
Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B130E-NVMe-64G · AMD EPYC 4245P · 2 × 1.02 TB NVMe 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 2,040 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
6 cores 12threads DDR5 64 GB NVMe 2.04 TB Unmetered €114.99 €1,379.88 12 mo
Scaleway Dedibox Pro-11-S-64G · AMD EPYC 4245P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
6 cores 12threads DDR5 64 GB NVMe 2 TB Unmetered €114.99 €1,379.88 12 mo
Cherry Servers Bare Metal Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 · 2 × 250 GB SSD 4 cores · 8 threads · 32 GB RAM · 500 GB SSD · 30 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due
4 cores 8threads DDR4ECC 32 GB SSD 500 GB 30 TB +€0.50/TB €115.00 Setup fee not published€1,380.00 12 mo
Cherry Servers Bare Metal Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 · 2 × 250 GB SSD 4 cores · 8 threads · 32 GB RAM · 500 GB SSD · 30 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due
4 cores 8threads DDR4ECC 32 GB SSD 500 GB 30 TB +€0.50/TB €115.00 Setup fee not published€1,380.00 12 mo
Cherry Servers Bare Metal Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 · 2 × 250 GB SSD · Amsterdam 4 cores · 8 threads · 32 GB RAM · 500 GB SSD · 30 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due
4 cores 8threads DDR4ECC 32 GB SSD 500 GB 30 TB +€0.50/TB €115.00 Setup fee not published€1,380.00 12 mo
HostAfrica VDS Linux L · 900 GB NVMe 6 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 900 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 6vCPU DDR4 48 GB NVMe 900 GB Unmetered €115.27 Setup fee not published€1,383.20 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B2ps v2 · 32 GB SSD 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB
Arm 2vCPU 8 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB €115.61 incl. €69.76 Traffic€1,387.31 12 mo
RoseHosting NVMe 12 VPS 6 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 160 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 6vCPU DDR5 12 GB NVMe 160 GB Unmetered €115.81 Setup fee not published€1,389.77 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VDS L · Portsmouth, St. Louis 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 360 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 12vCPU 48 GB NVMe 360 GB Unmetered €116.10 €1,393.20 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 16 · Sydney 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 750 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
16vCPU 64 GB NVMe 750 GB Unmetered €116.35 €1,396.20 12 mo
Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 6 (Gen 2) · AMD EPYC 9354P · 300 GB NVMe 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 300 GB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due
Dedicated 12vCPU DDR5 48 GB NVMe 300 GB 20 TB +€0.50/TB €119.00 Setup fee not published€1,428.00 12 mo
Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 6 (Gen 2) · AMD EPYC 9354P · 300 GB NVMe · Tokyo 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 300 GB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due
Dedicated 12vCPU DDR5 48 GB NVMe 300 GB 5 TB +€1.69/TB €119.00 Setup fee not published€1,428.00 12 mo
OVHcloud Rise RISE-3 · AMD Ryzen 9 5900X · 2 × 512 GB NVMe · Mumbai +1 location 12 cores · 24 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,024 GB NVMe · 25 TB traffic Check due
12 cores 24threads DDR4ECC 32 GB NVMe 1.02 TB 25 TB €119.17 incl. €9.17 setup€1,430.00 12 mo
Akamai (Linode) Linode 16GB · Sao Paulo 6 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 8 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due
6vCPU 16 GB SSD 320 GB 8 TB +€6.24/TB €119.74 €1,436.92 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.