SELF-MANAGED VPS HOSTING FOR OPENCLAW

Deploy OpenClaw in one click

Run OpenClaw 2.0 around the clock: no downtime overnight, no lost work on restart, no missed messages.

 

  • One hub, full rollback: Add plugins, skills, MCP, undo any of it. 
  • Everywhere your team is: Slack, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Teams.
  • Full data control: Your server. Your keys. Your prompts. 

Starting at just ₹501/mo


terminal — openclaw-deploy
# Deploy OpenClaw on Bluehost VPS
$ bluehost vps create --app openclaw --plan standard
► Provisioning 4 vCPU, 8GB RAM...
► Installing OpenClaw runtime
► Configuring firewall rules...
► Setting up SSL certificate...
► Initializing monitoring agent...
 
✓ OpenClaw deployed successfully
ℹ Dashboard: https://vps-4821.bluehost.com
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Choose the right OpenClaw
VPS hosting plan

Every plan meets OpenClaw 2.0's requirements. The workload decides the tier.

Purpose-built VPS hosting for OpenClaw automation

Select a VPS plan for secure, uninterrupted OpenClaw automation.


NVMe 8

Multi-container production and heavy traffic

₹793/mo

1VAT not included

1GST not included

Save 55%

For 24 month term
Renews at ₹1,773/mo

NVMe 16

Heavy AI workloads, large databases, and enterprise stacks

₹1,676/mo

1VAT not included

1GST not included

Save 55%

For 24 month term
Renews at ₹3,748/mo

Unmetered Web Hosting

How much bandwidth will my plan include?

Bandwidth is "Unmetered" which means you are not charged according to the amount of bandwidth you typically use in the normal operation of a personal or small business website.

However, we do require all customers to be fully compliant with our Terms of Service and to not exceed 25% or more of system resources for longer than 90 seconds.

What happens if I exceed usage?

If we have concerns about your account's bandwidth utilization, you will receive an email asking you to reduce usage.

It is rare for a customer who is managing a personal or small business website to exceed our usage policies.

Terms of Service

Multiple Data Centers

Deploy your VPS closer to your users with multiple data center locations, helping reduce latency and improve performance.

Locations to display:

  • USA (Virginia)

  • USA (Arizona)

  • London

  • Toronto

  • Amsterdam

Get OpenClaw 2.0 features
on the server it was built for

You get the OpenClaw features that matter the most, from reusable skills to managed plugins and MCP connectors that roll back cleanly, running inside your own environment.


Skills, plugins, and MCP

Skills, plugins, MCP

Create, validate and call reusable skills. Install or roll back ClawHub skills and vetted MCP connectors, all from one admin hub.

Rebuilt 
Control UI

Rebuilt Control UI

Conversations, files, approvals, settings, and live agent work sit in one browser workspace, so nothing sends you hunting through separate tools.

Agents 
and models

Agents and models

Coordinate one or more agents through the observe, reason, act, persist loop. Bring OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or Ollama with your own keys.

Automations and scheduling 

Automations and scheduling

Schedule across the agent, Control UI, CLI, and apps. Every run tells you whether it fired, delivered, and completed, then resumes after a restart.

Approvals and security

Approvals and security

Every approval stays bound to the exact request, command, session, and person. Remove a device and its access goes with it.

Multi-channel messaging

Multi-channel messaging

Run one agent across Slack, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, Teams, and Twilio SMS. Connection state is reported honestly, never silently.

How OpenClaw handles every run
on your VPS

A trigger arrives, the agent calls a skill, connectors do the work, without relying on a laptop staying awake.



openclaw.yourdomain.com/control
Triggers
Slack Telegram WhatsApp Teams schedule heartbeat
Agent calls a skill
idle
Connectors
Notion GitHub webhook mcp
Written to disk
0 runs on
persistent storage
Run history tracks each stage on its own
Connection usable Persisted 0 Held 0

  1. Triggers arrive around the clock

    Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Teams, plus scheduled and heartbeat runs.

  2. Each run reports whether it finished

    Fired, delivered, and completed tracked separately. Missed runs resume after restart.

  3. The workspace stays reachable anytime

    Conversations, files, approvals, and settings in a single browser window.

  4. Nothing restarts when the server does

    Sessions, run history, and installed skills survive every reboot.

Why choose Bluehost VPS hosting
for OpenClaw?

OpenClaw has hosting requirements you can't skip, which is why every Bluehost NVMe plan meets them.


root access

Root access

You get full root, so plugins, skills, and MCP connectors install and roll back cleanly.

docker

Docker support

You get Docker support, so OpenClaw's runtime deploys exactly as its docs require.

nvme

NVMe storage

You get persistent storage, so sessions, skills, and configuration survive every reboot.


always

Always-on execution

You get an always-on VPS, so your agent stays available when your laptop isn’t.

uptime

99.99% uptime

You get a server that stays up, so automations keep firing and resume what they missed.

cost

Predictable cost

You get the renewal rate upfront, so you know your real price before you ever check out.

Turn OpenClaw from an experiment
into infrastructure

A dedicated NVMe VPS with root from the first minute, so every automation, skill, and transcript is waiting where you left it.


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 LEARN AUTOMATION YOUR WAY

Resources to get you running

From step-by-step guides to troubleshooting docs and video walkthroughs, we've got what you need to run automation with confidence.


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Blog

Explore detailed setup guides, deployment tutorials and best practices for AI applications, automation tools and VPS hosting.

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Find step-by-step documentation, setup instructions and troubleshooting articles to configure and manage your VPS with ease.

 

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Video

Watch step-by-step video tutorials to install applications, configure your VPS and get up and running faster.

 

FAQs: OpenClaw VPS Hosting


Which version of OpenClaw does the one-click install deploy?

Bluehost VPS deploys OpenClaw 2.0, version v2026.8.1, the open-source Community edition. That release reworked installation, the Control UI, skills, automations, plugins and security. Because you have full root access, you control updates from there and can move to newer releases on your own schedule.


What are the OpenClaw self-hosting requirements?

OpenClaw needs three things from a server: full root access, Docker support and persistent storage. Root access lets you install and roll back plugins, ClawHub skills and MCP connectors. Docker runs the runtime as documented. Persistent storage keeps sessions and skills through a reboot. Every Bluehost NVMe plan meets all three.


Does OpenClaw stay responsive as I add more channels and Automations, or does that depend on the VPS?

It depends on the VPS. Steady CPU and disk I/O matter more as load grows. At Bluehost, our NVMe plans are built just for that. Bluehost NVMe 4 plan ranked 3rd out of 37 plans tested in VPSBenchmarks' Best VPS 2026 (last updated September 2026), with the top network performance score in that group. Every channel connection and every Automation run depends on that same network throughput, so it's the headroom your agent draws on as usage grows. 


What are the minimum OpenClaw VPS hosting requirements?

NVMe 4 is the functional minimum: 2 vCPU, 4 GB DDR5 RAM and 100 GB NVMe storage. Below that, OpenClaw does not run reliably once you connect multiple channels and run several Automations. NVMe 2 suits light apps and dev sandboxes, not AI agent workloads. The engineer's guide to the best VPS size for OpenClaw maps each tier to a workload.


Can I self-host OpenClaw on shared hosting?

No. Shared hosting typically blocks root access and Docker, which the plugin, skill and MCP ecosystem depends on. Shared hosts also rarely offer persistent volumes, so your skills and run history would reset. A self-managed VPS is the minimum viable environment. The VPS vs shared hosting comparison walks through the process limits and resource caps behind that.


Do I need root access to host OpenClaw?

Yes. The admin hub installs, enables, disables, and rolls back plugins and MCP connectors at the system level. Without root, a failed install cannot roll back cleanly. Updates also cannot inspect your existing install before replacing it.


Which OpenClaw VPS hosting plan should I choose?

Start on NVMe 4 for one agent, a few channels and a handful of Automations. Move to NVMe 8 for multi-container production and heavier traffic. Choose NVMe 16 for large teams and enterprise stacks. You can scale CPU, RAM and storage without changing environments. If you are still weighing infrastructure, the guide to the best VPS for OpenClaw covers what to look for before you commit to a size.


How do OpenClaw self-host requirements differ from managed hosting?

Bluehost maintains the hardware, network and virtualization layer. You manage the operating system, your OpenClaw configuration and your applications. That is the trade. You get full control over the runtime, model provider and integration logic, and you own the maintenance. The managed vs self-managed VPS comparison breaks down the cost, security and performance differences in detail.


Does OpenClaw server hosting keep my prompts and data private?

Yes. Prompts, credentials and conversation history stay on infrastructure you control. Nothing routes through a third party by default. Connect your own model provider with your own API keys, or run local models through Ollama for full data isolation. The OpenClaw private server walkthrough shows how credential and gateway token isolation works in practice.


Do OpenClaw Automations survive a server restart?

Yes. OpenClaw logs separately whether each run fired, delivered and completed. Work missed during a restart resumes without re-running finished jobs. This depends on infrastructure that restarts predictably and comes back online quickly, which is what a VPS provides. The OpenClaw automation commands reference shows what you can put on a schedule, from file cleanups to full deployments.


Which AI models and messaging channels does OpenClaw support?

Connect OpenAI, Anthropic Claude or local models via Ollama with your own API keys. Messaging covers Slack, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, Microsoft Teams and Twilio SMS. Accepted messages persist through restarts, and connection state reports as usable, recovering or blocked. The guide on how to connect APIs in OpenClaw walks through adding a key and setting a default model.


Can several teammates share one OpenClaw host?

Yes. Approvals stay bound to the exact request, command, session and person that granted them, so permissions cannot be replayed out of context. Removing or re-pairing a device revokes its old access immediately. Role-based access controls who can create and change Automations. For the layer underneath that, harden the OpenClaw server with key-based SSH, a strict firewall and container isolation.

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