Klaus
The most recommended of 5 agent hosting services
Recommended as a turnkey way to run OpenClaw on a VM without managing the instance yourself, with its own email included. Critics point to privacy and security concerns and reliability problems.
Recommended as a turnkey way to run OpenClaw on a VM without managing the instance yourself, with its own email included. Critics point to privacy and security concerns and reliability problems.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 65%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy one-click, turnkey setup
“Nice turn key solution I like that it comes with it's own email and you don't need to add anything”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries included” “one major milestone - which is the one-click setup of OpenClaw”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries included” “It's a simple setup and works great.”
Comment from 20 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?” No instance to manage yourself
“quite a good fit for people who don't want to manage their own OpenClaw instance”
Comment from 12 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries included” “exactly like the easy and safe on-ramp to OpenClaw that I've been looking for”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries included” Control over data at risk
“by defaulting to an EC2 instance, you're in control of what data is at risk”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries included” “for us it's more of a defense in depth thing”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries included”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Privacy and security concerns
“privacy and security are meshed up in one soup, there is no mention of internal access controls”
Comment from 12 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries included” “Sounds like a perfect data leak any% speedrun to me”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries included” Machines break; outages reported
“The week after our launch we spent 20+ hours fixing broken machines by hand.”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries included” “System is unavailable every 2nd Tuesday?”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol”
Other agent hosting services people recommend
The four most recommended other agent hosting services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KlausThis page | 11 | 6 | 65% | 3 | — | — |
| Terminal Use | 10 | 2 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
| Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | 9 | 1 | 90% | 3 | — | — |
| Kimi Claw | 8 | 5 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| agent37 Managed OpenClaw hosting | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
17 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“System is unavailable every 2nd Tuesday?”
“I sense you'd enjoy the signup process for Klaus Programmieren”
“It's a simple setup and works great.”
“quite a good fit for people who don't want to manage their own OpenClaw instance”
“privacy and security are meshed up in one soup, there is no mention of internal access controls”
“not having a Mac option is pretty limiting”
“For average users, Klaus is a much better fit.”
“one major milestone - which is the one-click setup of OpenClaw”
“Nice turn key solution I like that it comes with it's own email and you don't need to add anything”
“for us it's more of a defense in depth thing”
“this is reallly fucking interesting”
“The week after our launch we spent 20+ hours fixing broken machines by hand.”
“by defaulting to an EC2 instance, you're in control of what data is at risk”
“Sounds like a perfect data leak any% speedrun to me”
“Our average user spends $50 a month all-in (tokens and subscription).”
“exactly like the easy and safe on-ramp to OpenClaw that I've been looking for”
“Klaus is a new classic for me.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.