OpenClaw Pricing 2026: Plans, Costs & Free Tier

About OpenClaw

OpenClaw is a free, open-source, self-hosted AI agent runtime that connects large language models to your messaging apps, file system, browser, smart home devices, and 50+ third-party services. It acts as a personal AI assistant that can execute shell commands, browse the web, manage files, send emails, control IoT devices, and autonomously extend its own capabilities by writing new skills. Originally created as a weekend project in November 2025 by Peter Steinberger (founder of PSPDFKit), it exploded to 180,000+ GitHub stars by February 2026, making it one of the fastest-growing open-source projects in history.

Category: Agent Platform
Provider: Peter Steinberger (Open Source)
Billing model: BYOK (API costs only) or free local models
Free tier: Fully free and open source (MIT). API costs depend on chosen LLM provider.

Pricing Details

Self-Hosted (Open Source)

Free software. API costs range from $0 (local models or Gemini free tier) to $30-80/mo typical usage. One-click deploy on Railway, DigitalOcean, Hostinger, and more.

Full agent capabilities
50+ integrations (WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.)
5,700+ community skills via ClawHub
Persistent memory across sessions
Browser automation
Self-extending skill creation
All model providers supported
Docker, npm, and one-click deploy options

Pricing verified 2026-03-20. Official pricing page