providers

Providers.

The model APIs, hosts and network tools that self-hosted agents depend on, in short notes: facts from the providers' own pages, with our opinion labelled as such.

LLM providers

llm

Anthropic (Claude API)

Anthropic's API for the Claude models, which several of the agents we follow were built around.

Per token and per model, on Anthropic's pricing page

llm

OpenAI (GPT API)

OpenAI's API for the GPT models. Its chat format is the one that OpenAI-compatible servers and gateways copy.

Per token and per model, on OpenAI's pricing page

llm

OpenRouter

One OpenAI-compatible API in front of many model providers, with fallback between them.

The providers' token prices plus OpenRouter's own fees, on its site

Hosting & VPS

hosting

Hetzner

German hosting company: cloud servers and dedicated servers. PocketClaw itself runs on Hetzner servers in Germany.

Per server type, on Hetzner's price list

hosting

Cloudflare Workers

Serverless platform with a free plan of 100,000 requests a day. Moltworker, which runs OpenClaw in a Sandbox container behind a Worker, needs the paid plan.

Free plan: 100,000 requests a day. Paid plan: from $5 a month

Networking

network

Tailscale

Mesh VPN built on WireGuard: a common way to keep a self-hosted dashboard off the public internet.

Free personal plan; paid plans per user, on Tailscale's pricing page

Partner links and whether they earn anything: disclosure page.

Also on PocketClaw

More AI security tools

AI agents trackerOpenClaw, Hermes, Nanobot and the rest AI CVE trackerNVD records for 20 components AI hardwareHosts for self-hosted AI AI guidesLong-form breakdowns and playbooks AI comparisonsSide-by-side breakdowns AI glossaryEvery term, defined