Build vs Buy Calculator
See the real cost of running OpenClaw yourself vs letting us handle it. Enter your hourly rate and watch the math speak for itself.
OpenClaw Managed
Flat monthly rate, everything included
$1.97/day · less than your morning coffee ☕
💰 You save $670/mo vs VPS
15 hrs/mo freed up · $450 of your time back
💡 How can you offer this for $59?
Smart model routing is the secret. When you ask “what's 2+2?”, we route to a fast cheap model — not Claude Sonnet. Combined with bulk API rates and economies of scale across thousands of users, most users never hit the ceiling.
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Self-Hosted (Own Hardware)
Mac Mini + your sweat equity
+$450 one-time setup cost
⏱ You'll spend ~15 hrs/mo on maintenance — forever
Nothing like a 2am kernel panic to build character 🌙
Self-Hosted (VPS)
Hetzner / DigitalOcean + your time
+$450 one-time setup cost
⏱ You'll spend ~15 hrs/mo on maintenance — forever
Your Saturday: coffee, YAML, regret 📄
You save vs VPS
$670/mo
That's $8,036 back in your pocket each year
Hours saved/month
15 hrs
That's a full weekend — every month
Time value saved/mo
$450
At $30/hr — that's real money
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