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Why We Built OpenClawBotHosting and What Problem It Solves

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Daniel Park
Founder & CEO
January 15, 2024
3 min read

OpenClaw lets you run a personal AI assistant that works across WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, and more. The project is open source, actively maintained, and genuinely impressive.

The Deployment Problem

The catch? Getting OpenClaw running on real infrastructure requires provisioning a server, installing dependencies, configuring reverse proxies, managing TLS certificates, and setting up webhooks for each messaging platform. Most developers either stalled during setup or spent entire weekends debugging networking issues.

Our Approach

We built OpenClawBotHosting as a BYOS-first platform. You bring a server from any provider — [DigitalOcean](/byos/digitalocean), [Vultr](/byos/vultr), [Hetzner](/byos/hetzner), [AWS](/byos/aws), [Akamai](/byos/akamai), or [any SSH-accessible machine](/byos/custom-server) — and we handle the deployment pipeline.

What the Platform Does

  • **Automated provisioning** — We install the OpenClaw runtime, database, and reverse proxy in one step
  • **Multi-platform wiring** — Connect to [WhatsApp](/integrations/whatsapp), [Telegram](/integrations/telegram), [Discord](/integrations/discord), and [Slack](/integrations/slack) from a single dashboard
  • **Ongoing maintenance** — Updates, monitoring, and TLS renewal happen automatically
  • **Full root access** — You are never locked out of your own hardware
  • What You Bring

    You supply your own AI provider key (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, or a local model via Ollama) and your own server. We supply the management layer.

    Next Steps

    Browse our [plans starting at $29/month](/pricing) and see how quickly you can go from bare server to live AI bot.

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