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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25 servers, bills over 12 mo
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Contabo Cloud VDS XXL · Portsmouth, St. Louis 24 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 720 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 24vCPU 96 GB NVMe 720 GB Unmetered €229.20(lowest complete bill on this page) €2,750.40 12 mo
LayerStack General Purpose R708 18 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB NVMe · 25 TB traffic Check due
18vCPU 64 GB NVMe 1.28 TB 25 TB €229.87 Setup fee not published€2,758.38 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure D4s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
Dedicated 4vCPU 16 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €229.95 incl. €96.22 Traffic€2,759.45 12 mo
Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B430E-NVMe-128G · AMD EPYC 4545P · 2 × 3.84 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 7,680 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
16 cores 32threads DDR5 128 GB NVMe 7.68 TB Unmetered €229.99 €2,759.88 12 mo
Scaleway Dedibox Pro-11-XL-128G · AMD EPYC 4545P · 2 × 4 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 8 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
16 cores 32threads DDR5 128 GB NVMe 8 TB Unmetered €229.99 €2,759.88 12 mo
HostAfrica VDS Linux XXL · 1800 GB NVMe 12 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 1,800 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 12vCPU DDR4 96 GB NVMe 1.8 TB Unmetered €230.53 Setup fee not published€2,766.40 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure F2s v2 · 32 GB SSD · São Paulo 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€161.26/TB
Dedicated 2vCPU 4 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€161.26/TB €234.33 incl. €145.14 Traffic€2,811.94 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure E4s v5 · 32 GB SSD 4 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB
Dedicated 4vCPU 32 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB €235.80 incl. €69.76 Traffic€2,829.57 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure F4s v2 · 32 GB SSD · Tokyo 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
Dedicated 4vCPU 8 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €237.55 incl. €96.22 Traffic€2,850.54 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VDS XXL · Seattle 24 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 720 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 24vCPU 96 GB NVMe 720 GB Unmetered €238.75 €2,865.00 12 mo
Akamai (Linode) Linode 32GB · Sao Paulo 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 640 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due
8vCPU 32 GB SSD 640 GB 16 TB +€6.24/TB €239.49 €2,873.84 12 mo
HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2620 V3 · João Pessoa 12 cores · 24 threads · 32 GB RAM · 480 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic Check due
12 cores 24threads 32 GB SSD 480 GB 16 TB €239.67 Setup fee not published€2,875.98 12 mo
HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2620 V3 · London 12 cores · 24 threads · 32 GB RAM · 256 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic Check due
12 cores 24threads 32 GB SSD 256 GB 16 TB €239.67 Setup fee not published€2,875.98 12 mo
Time4VPS Linux 48 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 600 GB · 96 TB traffic Check due
12vCPU 48 GB 600 GB 96 TB €239.99 Setup fee not published€2,879.88 12 mo
netcup RS 12000 G12.5 20 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 1,536 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
Dedicated 20vCPU 96 GB NVMe 1.54 TB Unmetered €240.54 €2,886.48 12 mo
Vultr CPU Optimized · São Paulo 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 300 GB NVMe · 7.17 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due
Dedicated 8vCPU 16 GB NVMe 300 GB 7.17 TB +€8.91/TB €240.56 €2,886.67 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2356G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe (s2.c1.large) 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 €240.65 €2,887.74 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2356G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s2.c1.large) 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 €240.65 €2,887.74 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2388G · 1 × 1 TB NVMe (s2.c2.medium) 8 cores · 16 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due
8 cores 16threads DDR4 128 GB NVMe 1 TB 15 TB +€8.91/TB €240.65 €2,887.74 12 mo
phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2388G · 1 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s2.c2.medium) 8 cores · 16 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due
8 cores 16threads DDR4 128 GB NVMe 1 TB 5 TB +€26.73/TB €240.65 €2,887.74 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B8pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB
Arm 8vCPU 16 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB €241.87 incl. €69.76 Traffic€2,902.38 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure F4s v2 · 32 GB SSD · New South Wales 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB
Dedicated 4vCPU 8 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB €243.51 incl. €96.22 Traffic€2,922.17 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B8als v2 · 32 GB SSD 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB
8vCPU 16 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB €244.90 incl. €69.76 Traffic€2,938.84 12 mo
Microsoft Azure Azure B8pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · London 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB
Arm 8vCPU 16 GB SSD 32 GB 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB €245.12 incl. €69.76 Traffic€2,941.41 12 mo
BinaryLane Dedicated AMD Ryzen 7900X · 800 GB RAID-1 NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 64 GB RAM · 800 GB NVMe · 12 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due
12 cores 24threads 64 GB NVMe 800 GB 12 TB +€6.24/TB €246.37 €2,956.40 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.