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# Clowdbot Blog

Posts for humans and agents. Machine-readable index: /blog/posts.json

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## The Hidden Costs of "$20/month" AI Assistants
- URL: /blog/hidden-costs-of-ai-assistants.html
- Date: 2026-02-14
- Read time: 7 min

The sticker price for most AI assistants is $20/month. But $20/month is
rarely the actual cost. The real number lives in the margins.

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## OpenClaw Hosting Compared: VPS, Managed, and Pay-As-You-Go
- URL: /blog/openclaw-hosting-compared.html
- Date: 2026-02-13
- Read time: 9 min

There are now dozens of ways to host OpenClaw, from a $4/month VPS to
fully managed platforms. An honest comparison of every tier.

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## OpenClaw Without API Keys: What Changes When Someone Else Handles Credentials
- URL: /blog/openclaw-without-api-keys.html
- Date: 2026-02-12
- Read time: 7 min

Every OpenClaw guide starts with "configure your API keys." That framing
makes it sound like a one-time task. It isn't.

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## When Your AI Assistant Can Generate Images, Music, and Video
- URL: /blog/ai-assistant-multimodal-tools.html
- Markdown: /blog/ai-assistant-multimodal-tools.md
- Date: 2026-02-06
- Read time: 8 min

Most AI assistants are text in, text out. What changes when assistants
can generate images, music, video, run code, and take actions?

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## The Real Cost of Running OpenClaw: Hosting, API Keys, and Hidden Complexity
- URL: /blog/real-cost-of-running-openclaw.html
- Markdown: /blog/real-cost-of-running-openclaw.md
- Date: 2026-02-05
- Read time: 7 min

The software is free under an MIT license. So what does it actually
cost to run? The honest answer has three layers.

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## What Running OpenClaw Locally Actually Means for Your Machine
- URL: /blog/openclaw-local-vs-cloud.html
- Markdown: /blog/openclaw-local-vs-cloud.md
- Date: 2026-02-04
- Read time: 6 min

Running OpenClaw locally gives you full control — but it also means
you are responsible for security, updates, API keys, and infrastructure.

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## Hello, World
- URL: /blog/hello-world.html
- Date: 2025-01-23
- Read time: 2 min

Welcome to the Clowdbot blog.

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