#I need to know hardware specs and what clawd use to think

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vague vale
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I understand that I can host my clawd bot model in a VPS which is the most efficient and safe way to limit its access.

However I have 2 questions:

  1. Can I just buy any VPS? Or does it need to have a pro gamer XPTO GPU high-end?

  2. After clawdbot is live in the VPS how does he think I bet he needs a LLM either from open ai or google for example or can I just host one on the VPS instead so its 100% free and only pay VPS cost? What hardware I need for that?

I would love to optimize my workflow with AI.

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twilit impBOT
# vague vale I understand that I can host my clawd bot model in a VPS which is the most effic...

I can help with those questions! Let me break it down:

1. VPS Requirements for Clawdbot

Good news: Clawdbot itself doesn't need a fancy VPS! It's a Node.js application that just makes API calls. Any basic VPS will do:

  • 2 vCPUs, 2-4GB RAM is plenty
  • Even a $5-10/month VPS works fine
  • No GPU needed for running Clawdbot itself

2. The LLM Question

This is the important part. Clawdbot is the bot framework — it needs to talk to an LLM to "think." You have two options:

Option A: Cloud APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.)

  • Pros: Best performance, easy setup, no hardware worries
  • Cons: Costs money per API call
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Option B: Self-hosted LLM on your VPS

  • Pros: No per-query costs (just VPS cost)
  • Cons:
    • You need serious hardware (GPUs with 24GB+ VRAM for decent models)
    • Performance is typically worse than cloud APIs
    • The docs warn: "needs $30k+ hardware for decent agentic performance"

Real talk: Running local models like Llama/Ollama works, but for agentic workflows (where the bot reasons, uses tools, etc.), cloud APIs are much more reliable. The community discusses this in detail in #models (channel: 1456704705219661980).

Recommendation

Start with cloud APIs — you'll get the best experience. If you want to optimize costs later, the community has tips on their forums.

Links:

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Want me to help you set up Clawdbot on a VPS? 🦐

vague vale
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How much would be the costs for on the reqquests? As they cannot go out of control give me a monthly cost

twilit impBOT
# vague vale How much would be the costs for on the reqquests? As they cannot go out of contr...

Great question! But I need to be upfront: I can't give you accurate monthly costs — my knowledge of current model pricing is stale.

What I can tell you:

Costs depend on:

  • How much you use the bot (messages, reasoning, tool calls)
  • Which model you choose (cloud vs. local)
  • Your workflow complexity

For real-time, accurate pricing:

👉 Ask in #models (channel: 1456704705219661980) — the community has hands-on experience with current pricing and can help you estimate based on your use case.

Quick resources:

vague vale
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Then @twilit imp give me different examples of different usage costs for different AI job roles it can take the most common ones by users.