OpenComputer
Persistent cloud VM infrastructure designed for long-running AI agents.
About this tool
Best for
AI agent VM hosting, persistent Linux environments, and long-running agents.
Key Features
- Persistent KVM-based Linux VMs that hibernate and wake dynamically
- Root access environment with full package manager control
- Interactive steerability to monitor and guide agents in real time
- Durable session snapshotting and checkpointing tools
Pricing summary
OpenComputer is freemium. The Basic plan is free, and the Pay-As-You-Go plan bills compute at approximately $0.004 per minute (1 vCPU, 4 GB RAM) and disk storage at $0.0000001 per GB-second.
Pricing Plans
Basic / Free
Starter VM hosting to test stateful agents.
- Always-on basic agent VM
- Durable session storage
- Standard deployment CLI
- Community support
Pay-As-You-Go
Scale compute capacity for production agents.
- Compute: ~$0.004 per minute
- Disk: ~$0.0000001 per GB-sec
- Snapshot & Checkpoint tools
- Priority support access
Enterprise
Dedicated VM clusters and custom compliance.
- Custom VM configurations
- Private network egress controls
- SOC 2 security reporting
- Dedicated account engineer
Other pricing notes
- Pricing checked on 2026-07-27 from the official OpenComputer developer docs.
- Compute charges apply only while the KVM VM is active (not during hibernation).
- Volume discounts are available for enterprise clusters running high agent seat counts.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- State persistence allows agents to run multi-hour developer jobs
- Fast wake times prevent latency when triggering hibernating agents
- Exposing preview URLs makes it easy to test agent web servers
- Root access lets agents configure their own system packages
- Generous free plan for building and testing agent terminals
Cons
- Compute usage billed per minute can scale on heavy tasks
- Requires technical knowledge of Linux terminal administration
- Disk storage space has a separate minor billing increment
- Needs monitoring to ensure agents do not get stuck in loops
- Agent security requires setting up network egress controls
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