💰 Cost Calculator
OpenClaw Total Cost Calculator
Estimate your real monthly cost — VPS server + AI API fees — based on your specific setup and usage.
Step 1 — Choose Your Hosting Plan
Include automated backups
Add-on cost from provider (~$1–3/mo)
Add-on cost from provider (~$1–3/mo)
Step 2 — Primary AI Model
Step 3 — Usage Level
5 (light)150 (heavy)300 (power)
Automated tasks running
Scheduled checks, monitoring, digests (adds ~30% token usage)
Scheduled checks, monitoring, digests (adds ~30% token usage)
Browser automation active
Web research, scraping, screenshots (significant overhead)
Web research, scraping, screenshots (significant overhead)
Step 4 — Optional Extras
Domain name
Custom domain for your OpenClaw endpoint (~$1/mo amortized)
Custom domain for your OpenClaw endpoint (~$1/mo amortized)
Monitoring service
UptimeRobot / Betterstack free tier — $0. Paid plan for 1-min checks ~$7/mo
UptimeRobot / Betterstack free tier — $0. Paid plan for 1-min checks ~$7/mo
Estimated Monthly Total
$9.50/mo
VPS + AI API costs combined
VPS hosting$4.99
Backups add-on—
AI API (estimated)$4.51
Extras—
Monthly total$9.50
Annual Cost
$114
per year for your OpenClaw setup
Cost Verdict
✅
Budget Friendly
Well under typical SaaS assistant costs
💡 Best Fit Provider
Hostinger KVM 2
8 GB RAM at $6.99/mo — best balance of specs, ease of setup, and built-in AI credits for your usage level.
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Estimates are based on published provider pricing as of Q1 2026 and typical token-per-message averages. AI API costs are highly variable — actual costs depend on your system prompt length, conversation history included per request, and specific model pricing. Set API spending limits before going live. Prices shown are approximate and may not reflect promotional or renewal rates.
