Hi HN, I built the cheapest managed OpenClaw hosting I could - $0.99/mo for your own instance. I tried hosting it myself first - went through GCP (e2-micro and e2-small both too little RAM, e2-medium was ~$25/mo), Hostinger ($5.99 is a 12-month lock-in), Hetzner (auto ID verification failed twice). Finally got it running on OVH and noticed it was idle 90% of the time. So I containerized the setup and started sharing it with friends.

What each person gets: their own isolated instance with full UI, terminal access, SSL. Setup takes about 30 seconds. $0.99/mo.

How it works: Containerized shared infrastructure with per-tenant isolation. Each instance runs in its own container with dedicated resources and burst capacity. SSL is automated via Let's Encrypt. The economics work because OpenClaw usage is bursty - nobody's hammering it 24/7, so density is high.

The question I'm testing: how cheap can managed hosting for open-source tools actually get? The marginal cost of a small container is cents. Most of the cost in managed hosting is support, marketing, and margin, not compute. I wanted to offer the most affordable way to try OpenClaw without the setup headache.