A server for an AI agent

1,700 servers from 53 providers, from €4.49 a month. Prices checked 8 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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+€6.24/mo(49% 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 €6.24 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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AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 8 GB · Sydney +1 location 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 3 TB traffic +€117.61–€151.46/TB Check due
Dedicated 4vCPU 8 GB SSD 320 GB 3 TB +€117.61–€151.46/TB €74.84(lowest complete bill on this page) €898.08 12 mo
AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 8 GB · Malaysia +2 locations 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD · 6 TB traffic +€96.22–€133.64/TB Check due
Dedicated 4vCPU 8 GB SSD 160 GB 6 TB +€96.22–€133.64/TB €74.84(lowest complete bill on this page) €898.08 12 mo
AWS Lightsail Lightsail 16 GB +6 locations 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 6 TB traffic +€80.19–€133.64/TB Check due
4vCPU 16 GB SSD 320 GB 6 TB +€80.19–€133.64/TB +10€74.84(lowest complete bill on this page) €898.08 12 mo
AWS Lightsail Lightsail 16 GB · Mumbai +2 locations 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 3 TB traffic +€115.82–€151.46/TB Check due
4vCPU 16 GB SSD 320 GB 3 TB +€115.82–€151.46/TB €74.84(lowest complete bill on this page) €898.08 12 mo
BinaryLane HDD Storage 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 4 TB HDD · 6 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due
2vCPU 8 GB HDD 4 TB 6 TB +€6.24/TB €74.85 €898.15 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VPS 18 · Mumbai 18 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 600 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due
18vCPU 96 GB SSD 600 GB Unmetered €74.85 €898.20 12 mo
WinterNode VPS Max · 250 GB NVMe 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 250 GB NVMe · 10 TB traffic Check due
8vCPU 32 GB NVMe 250 GB 10 TB €75.29 €903.42 12 mo
Scaleway Dedibox Pro-4-L · Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 · 3 × 500 GB SSD 6 cores · 12 threads · 96 GB RAM · 1,500 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due
6 cores 12threads DDR4 96 GB SSD 1.5 TB Unmetered €75.82 incl. €5.83 setup€909.87 12 mo
Scaleway Dedibox Pro-8-XS · Intel Xeon E5-1410 v2 · 3 × 1 TB SSD 4 cores · 8 threads · 96 GB RAM · 3 TB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due
4 cores 8threads DDR3 96 GB SSD 3 TB Unmetered €75.82 incl. €5.83 setup€909.87 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 12 · Seattle 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 600 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due
12vCPU 48 GB NVMe 600 GB Unmetered €75.85 €910.20 12 mo
Akamai (Linode) G8 Dedicated 8x2 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 82 GB · 0 TB traffic +€4.45/TB Check due
Dedicated 2vCPU 8 GB 82 GB 0 TB +€4.45/TB +2€76.00 incl. €4.46 Traffic€911.98 12 mo
Contabo Cloud VPS 18 · Singapore 18 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 600 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due
18vCPU 96 GB SSD 600 GB Unmetered €76.50 €918.00 12 mo
SwissLayer KVM-8 · 100 GB SSD 8 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 100 GB SSD · 10 TB traffic Check due
8vCPU 12 GB SSD 100 GB 10 TB €76.58 Setup fee not published€918.92 12 mo
Akamai (Linode) Premium 8GB +1 identical plan 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB · 5 TB traffic +€4.45/TB Check due
Dedicated 4vCPU 8 GB 160 GB 5 TB +€4.45/TB +8€76.62 €919.46 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.