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Run an AI agent 24/7

Short answer: start with Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, Hetzner Cloud (6 tools listed below). If your agent lives on your laptop, it stops when the lid closes. Options to keep it running.

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Which tools are best to run an AI agent 24/7?

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Hermes Agent

Nous Research's self-hosted agent; you run it on your own machine or server.

Open source + your model costs

OpenClaw

Self-hosted personal agent; needs a machine that stays on.

Open source + your model costs

Hetzner Cloud

Low-cost VPS to host a self-hosted agent that never sleeps.

Monthly VPS

Trigger.dev

Run scheduled and long-running background jobs (good for agent loops) without managing servers.

Free tier

Modal

Serverless Python with cron schedules and GPUs.

Usage-based, free credits

n8n

Visual workflows with AI-agent nodes; cloud or self-hosted.

Cloud trial; self-host free

Listing order is editorial, not paid. Pricing notes are a guide; check each vendor's site.