A server for an AI agent

1,852 servers from 53 providers, from €4.49 a month. Prices checked 17 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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OVHcloud Rise RISE-7 · AMD EPYC 7402 · 2 × 480 GB SSD 24 cores · 48 threads · 128 GB RAM · 960 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due
24 cores 48threads DDR4ECC 128 GB SSD 960 GB Unmetered +1€184.16(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €14.17 setup€2,209.87 12 mo
Scaleway Dedibox Core-2-M-SSD · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 · 3 × 500 GB SSD 16 cores · 32 threads · 192 GB RAM · 1,500 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due
16 cores 32threads DDR3 192 GB SSD 1.5 TB Unmetered €184.16(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €14.17 setup€2,209.87 12 mo
Scaleway Dedibox Core-3-M-SATA · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 · 3 × 6 TB HDD 16 cores · 32 threads · 192 GB RAM · 18 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due
16 cores 32threads DDR4 192 GB HDD 18 TB Unmetered €184.16(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €14.17 setup€2,209.87 12 mo
Scaleway Dedibox Core-4-M-SSD · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 · 5 × 960 GB SSD 20 cores · 40 threads · 192 GB RAM · 4,800 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due
20 cores 40threads DDR4 192 GB SSD 4.8 TB Unmetered €184.16(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €14.17 setup€2,209.87 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B4as v2 · 32 GB SSD · Frankfurt, Netherlands 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB
4vCPU 16 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB €184.42 incl. €69.76 Traffic€2,213.00 12 mo
Akamai (Linode) Premium 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 €184.75 €2,216.96 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VDS XL · Sydney 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 480 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 16vCPU 64 GB NVMe 480 GB Unmetered €184.80 €2,217.60 12 mo
Akamai (Linode) G7 Dedicated 16x8 · 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 €184.96 €2,219.53 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B2als v2 · 32 GB SSD · São Paulo 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€161.26/TB
2vCPU 4 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€161.26/TB €188.48 incl. €145.14 Traffic€2,261.77 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2356G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe (s2.c1.medium) 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due
6 cores 12threads 64 GB NVMe 2 TB 15 TB +€8.91/TB €188.61 €2,263.36 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2356G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s2.c1.medium) 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due
6 cores 12threads 64 GB NVMe 2 TB 5 TB +€26.73/TB €188.61 €2,263.36 12 mo
Cherry Servers Bare Metal Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 · 2 × 500 GB SSD 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB SSD · 30 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due
6 cores 12threads DDR4ECC 64 GB SSD 1 TB 30 TB +€0.50/TB €189.00 Setup fee not published€2,268.00 12 mo
Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 7 9700X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 96 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due
8 cores 16threads DDR5 96 GB NVMe 2 TB 100 TB +€0.50/TB €189.00 Setup fee not published€2,268.00 12 mo
Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 7 9700X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Chicago 8 cores · 16 threads · 96 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due
8 cores 16threads DDR5 96 GB NVMe 2 TB 100 TB +€0.50/TB €189.00 Setup fee not published€2,268.00 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VDS XXL 24 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 720 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 24vCPU 96 GB NVMe 720 GB Unmetered €189.00 €2,268.00 12 mo
Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B330E-NVMe-128G · AMD EPYC 4465P · 2 × 2.05 TB NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 128 GB RAM · 4,100 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
12 cores 24threads DDR5 128 GB NVMe 4.1 TB Unmetered €189.99 €2,279.88 12 mo
Scaleway Dedibox Pro-11-L-128G · AMD EPYC 4465P · 2 × 2 TB NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 128 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
12 cores 24threads DDR5 128 GB NVMe 4 TB Unmetered €189.99 €2,279.88 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VDS XL · Mumbai 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 480 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 16vCPU 64 GB NVMe 480 GB Unmetered €191.30 €2,295.60 12 mo
Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 9 12 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 500 GB SSD · 8 TB traffic Check due
Dedicated 12vCPU 64 GB SSD 500 GB 8 TB €191.55 Setup fee not published€2,298.54 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure F4s v2 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB
Dedicated 4vCPU 8 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB €192.44 incl. €69.76 Traffic€2,309.23 12 mo
Vultr High Performance AMD · São Paulo 12 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 500 GB · 12.29 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due
12vCPU 24 GB 500 GB 12.29 TB +€8.91/TB €192.45 €2,309.34 12 mo
Vultr High Performance Intel · São Paulo 12 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 500 GB · 12.29 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due
12vCPU 24 GB 500 GB 12.29 TB +€8.91/TB €192.45 €2,309.34 12 mo
hosttech vServer Tornado 12 vCPU · 120 GB RAM · 1,500 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
12vCPU 120 GB NVMe 1.5 TB Unmetered €193.26 incl. €0.83 setup€2,319.11 12 mo
Hostwinds Managed 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 €194.61 Setup fee not published€2,335.29 12 mo
Akamai (Linode) G8 Dedicated 16x4 · Sao Paulo 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 164 GB · 0 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due
Dedicated 4vCPU 16 GB 164 GB 0 TB +€6.24/TB €194.85 incl. €6.24 Traffic€2,338.20 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.