A server for an AI agent

1,852 servers from 53 providers, from €4.49 a month. Prices checked 16 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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1,852 servers match, sorted by bill per month.

25 servers, bills over 12 mo
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AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 16 GB · Malaysia +2 locations 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 7 TB traffic +€96.22–€133.64/TB Check due
Dedicated 8vCPU 16 GB SSD 320 GB 7 TB +€96.22–€133.64/TB €149.68(lowest complete bill on this page) €1,796.15 12 mo
BinaryLane HDD Storage 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 8 TB HDD · 8 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due
4vCPU 16 GB HDD 8 TB 8 TB +€6.24/TB €149.69 €1,796.30 12 mo
Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B230E-NVMe-128G · AMD EPYC 4345P · 2 × 1.02 TB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2,040 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
8 cores 16threads DDR5 128 GB NVMe 2.04 TB Unmetered €149.99 €1,799.88 12 mo
Scaleway Dedibox Pro-11-M-128G · AMD EPYC 4345P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
8 cores 16threads DDR5 128 GB NVMe 2 TB Unmetered €149.99 €1,799.88 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B4pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
Arm 4vCPU 8 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €150.15 incl. €96.22 Traffic€1,801.82 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 18 · Mumbai 18 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 900 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
18vCPU 96 GB NVMe 900 GB Unmetered €151.25 €1,815.00 12 mo
Scaleway Dedibox Core-5-S · 2× Intel Xeon Silver 4114 · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 20 cores · 40 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
20 cores 40threads DDR4 128 GB NVMe 2 TB Unmetered €151.66 incl. €11.67 setup€1,819.87 12 mo
ScalaHosting Managed Cloud VPS Build #3 · 150 GB NVMe 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 150 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
8vCPU 16 GB NVMe 150 GB Unmetered +9€152.31 Setup fee not published€1,827.69 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B2ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · Singapore 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
Arm 2vCPU 8 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €153.51 incl. €96.22 Traffic€1,842.13 12 mo
HostAfrica VDS Linux XL · 1200 GB NVMe 8 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,200 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 8vCPU DDR4 64 GB NVMe 1.2 TB Unmetered €153.69 Setup fee not published€1,844.27 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure E2s v5 · 32 GB SSD 2 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB
Dedicated 2vCPU 16 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB €153.85 incl. €69.76 Traffic€1,846.18 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure F2s v2 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
Dedicated 2vCPU 4 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €153.86 incl. €96.22 Traffic€1,846.30 12 mo
Akamai (Linode) Dedicated 16GB · Jakarta 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB · 6 TB traffic +€13.36/TB Check due
Dedicated 8vCPU 16 GB 320 GB 6 TB +€13.36/TB €153.96 €1,847.47 12 mo
Akamai (Linode) Premium 16GB +1 identical plan 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB · 6 TB traffic +€4.45/TB Check due
Dedicated 8vCPU 16 GB 320 GB 6 TB +€4.45/TB +8€154.13 €1,849.61 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B2ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · New South Wales 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
Arm 2vCPU 8 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €154.28 incl. €96.22 Traffic€1,851.32 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 18 · Singapore 18 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 900 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
18vCPU 96 GB NVMe 900 GB Unmetered €154.55 €1,854.60 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B2ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · Tokyo 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
Arm 2vCPU 8 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €154.55 incl. €96.22 Traffic€1,854.63 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B4als v2 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
4vCPU 8 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €155.29 incl. €96.22 Traffic€1,863.51 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 18 · Tokyo 18 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 900 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
18vCPU 96 GB NVMe 900 GB Unmetered €155.65 €1,867.80 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2276G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe (s1.c1.medium) 6 cores · 12 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due
6 cores 12threads 128 GB NVMe 2 TB 15 TB +€8.91/TB €156.09 €1,873.13 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2276G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s1.c1.medium) 6 cores · 12 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due
6 cores 12threads 128 GB NVMe 2 TB 5 TB +€26.73/TB €156.09 €1,873.13 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2288G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe (s1.c2.medium) 8 cores · 16 threads · 64 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due
8 cores 16threads DDR4 64 GB NVMe 2 TB 15 TB +€8.91/TB €156.09 €1,873.13 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.