People are buying Mac Minis to run their own AI agents. They connect OpenClaw to Telegram, Discord, or WhatsApp and get a personal AI assistant that is always available, always private, and entirely theirs. No subscription to a big tech company. No giving away your conversations. Just your own agent, running on your own terms.

There is one catch. Keeping it running is your problem too.

The hard part nobody talks about

Getting OpenClaw running takes a few minutes. Keeping it running takes a lot more.

Your computer needs to stay on. Your internet connection needs to stay stable. If the power goes out at 2 AM, your agent goes down with it. If a security update ships, you need to install it. If something breaks, you need to fix it.

Most people do not realize this until they are already invested. They have their agent set up, their channels connected, their conversations flowing. Then the first outage happens and they realize they accidentally signed up to be their own IT department.

Security researchers recently found over 135,000 OpenClaw agents exposed on the public internet, many vulnerable to remote code execution. Many of them were wide open to anyone. No password, no encryption, no protection at all. Not because the people running them were careless. Because securing an always-on service is genuinely hard, and most people have better things to do with their time.

Running it yourself: three paths

If you want to run OpenClaw yourself, you have three options. Each one trades simplicity for control.

The quick way. Install OpenClaw on a computer or a rented cloud machine. Fast to set up. But that machine needs to stay online, stay updated, and stay secure. Most people skip the security steps, and that is how agents end up exposed on the internet.

The professional way. Use enterprise tools like Kubernetes to run your agent with proper security, automatic restarts, and monitoring. This is how companies run production software. It is also 500 lines of configuration and a steep learning curve if you have never done it before.

The full-control way. Manage everything yourself, from the operating system to the security rules to the backup schedule. Some people need this. For everyone else, it is a part-time job.

None of these options are bad. They are just a lot of work if all you wanted was an AI agent on your phone.

There is an easier way

That is what managed hosting is. OpenClaw.rocks runs your agent for you. You sign in, pick a plan, connect a messaging channel, and your agent is live. No setup, no maintenance, no staying up at night wondering if your agent is still online.

Behind the scenes, we use the same professional-grade infrastructure from the Kubernetes path above. The OpenClaw Kubernetes Operator powers every instance with the same security hardening, the same monitoring, the same automatic recovery. The difference is that you never have to think about any of it.

What you get

Always on

Your agent runs 24/7 on dedicated infrastructure. If something goes wrong, it restarts automatically. You do not need to keep a computer running at home or worry about your internet connection.

Always secure

Every agent is locked down by default. Encrypted connections, isolated from other agents, protected from the kinds of vulnerabilities that make self-hosted setups risky. Security updates are applied automatically.

Your data stays in Europe

Your agent runs on European infrastructure in Germany. Your conversations, your data, your API keys. All of it stays in the EU. No data transfers to the US or anywhere else.

Channels in seconds

Connect Telegram, Discord, or WhatsApp. Add your channel token and the connection is live. No command line, no configuration files, no debugging webhook URLs.

AI models included

On the Pro plan, AI is pre-configured and ready to go. No need to sign up for a separate AI provider or manage API keys. On the Light plan, you bring your own API key if you prefer to choose your model and control costs directly.

Automatic updates

When a new version of OpenClaw ships, your agent updates automatically. We back up your data first and roll back if anything goes wrong. You always run the latest version without doing anything.

Running it yourself vs letting us handle it

Running OpenClaw yourself is a great option if you enjoy the technical side and want full control. OpenClaw.rocks is for people who want the agent without the work.

Do it yourselfOpenClaw.rocks
SetupMinutes to hours, technical knowledge requiredSign in and go
SecurityYour responsibilityHandled for you
UpdatesManualAutomatic with backup
UptimeDepends on your setup24/7, monitored
CostHardware or cloud rental + your timeFrom €15/mo
FlexibilityUnlimitedWithin platform options
Knowledge neededSignificantNone

Both are valid choices. The worst choice is the most common one: setting up an agent, skipping the security steps, and forgetting about it until something goes wrong.

Who this is for

You want an AI agent, not a technical project. You heard about OpenClaw, you love the idea of your own AI assistant, but you do not want to learn about servers and security to get there.

You tried running it yourself and hit a wall. It worked on your laptop. Then you tried to keep it online 24/7 and ran into a list of problems you did not expect.

You need it to just work. Your agent handles things that matter to you. When it goes down, that is a problem. You need reliability without becoming a system administrator.

You care about privacy but not infrastructure. You want your own AI agent with your data under your control. But you also do not want to become a security expert to keep it safe.

Get started

OpenClaw.rocks exists so you can have your own AI agent without doing the technical work to keep it running.

Pick a plan. Connect a channel. Your agent is live in seconds.