OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant you install and run on your own machine or server. Rerun runs your agents for you, on a private, isolated machine in the cloud.
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Pick OpenClaw if you want free, MIT-licensed software you can read and modify, local models on your own hardware, and you are happy to keep a machine on and harden it: its foundation “sells nothing: no paid tier, no hosted service, no token.” Pick Rerun if you want the same autonomy without hosting or securing anything, with approvals, ready-made agents and a board your team can read.
Side by side
OpenClaw is an assistant you install, host and secure, and its foundation sells nothing. Rerun agents do the same jobs from an isolated machine we run for you.
Key differences
Four differences that change your day to day, shown on the real product.
OpenClaw runs on a machine you keep on, your computer or a server, and its foundation offers no hosted service. Rerun agents live on a private machine in the cloud and run on schedule, whether you are online or not.
A payment just failed
Margo is chasing it
New email from a lead
Jules is drafting a reply
Every morning at 7:00
Sam sorted your inbox
In OpenClaw, “sandboxing and exec approvals are off by default”, so its tools reach the files and the shell of the machine it runs on until you harden it. Each Rerun workspace runs on its own isolated virtual machine, agents stop before anything risky and wait for your approval in the app, and a paid data lookup does not run until you approve its cost.
Gmail, Google Calendar, Notion, Stripe and 3,000+ apps connect from the browser, most with a single sign-in, plus any MCP server or API. Bring your own model plan or key, or use ours.
An OpenClaw team shares a gateway someone hosts, and one gateway is one trust domain: people who should not trust each other need one each. On Rerun, invite teammates at no extra cost, share agents and watch every run on a live board, with memory that sharpens the agent after each correction.
## Procedure
1. Pull unpaid invoices from Stripe daily
2. Send a first reminder on day 7 past due
3. Escalate to the account owner after 2 tries
4. Log every touch in the CRM thread
## Exceptions
- Never chase an invoice under $50
- Read references/tone.md before escalating
## Billing
- Pays around day 30, sometimes later
- A PO number is required on every invoice
- Invoices go to ap@acme.co, not to Dana
## People
- Dana Reyes runs ops, answers within a day
- Escalations go through their COO
## Voice
- English, formal, no emoji
- Sign off as the founder, not an assistant
- Keep it under 120 words
## Timing
- Follow up twice, then stop
- Send whenever the draft is ready
Switching
No migration project. Start with the one task that costs you the most, and let it prove itself.
Describe it in plain words. The agent sets up its own instructions and skills.
A sign-in per app. Keep the model you used, with your own API key or sign-in.
The agent now runs on its machine, around the clock, and asks you before anything risky.
Pricing
OpenClaw is free and MIT-licensed, and the OpenClaw Foundation sells nothing: no paid tier, no hosted service, no token. You pay for the model you plug in and for the machine it runs on, and you own uptime, updates and hardening. Rerun is one plan from $29 a month with the private machine, model credit, 5 agents and unlimited seats included, and runs are never counted.
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5 Coworkers
Five Coworkers running side by side, each with its own job and tools.
Your own machine
A private computer in the cloud where every Coworker of your workspace lives, shares its files and its data. Only yours.
Unlimited seats
Your whole team on the same workspace, with no per-seat fee.
Bring your own AI
Optional: your own key, subscription or local model.
3,000+ apps
All your tools ready to connect, plus any MCP or API.
Delegate any task
Hand off the busywork. Your Coworkers run it around the clock.
Invite your teammates
Share your workspace and build your Coworkers together.
Further reading
The Best OpenClaw Alternatives in 2026 (Safer, No-Code, Human-in-the-Loop)OpenClaw is powerful, but it runs with full system access and no approval step. Here are the best OpenClaw alternatives in 2026, ranked for safety, visibility, and no-code use.
Hermes vs OpenClaw (2026): Honest Comparison and When to Skip Self-HostingAn honest, head-to-head comparison of Hermes Agent and OpenClaw across architecture, memory, security, setup, and cost, plus when self-hosting either agent is the wrong call.
OpenClaw vs Claude Code (2026): Different Jobs, Very Different Risk SurfacesOpenClaw and Claude Code barely compete. One is a sandboxed coding agent, the other an always-on assistant with full system access across 29 channels. A per-task decision framework, the real risk surfaces mapped to OWASP, and how to run an always-on agent safely.Other comparisons
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Yes. Rerun gives you autonomous agents without installing anything: each one runs on your private machine in the cloud, with approvals, memory and a live board.
Sandboxing and exec approvals are off by default in OpenClaw, so unless you configure them its tools have shell and file access on the machine it runs on; there is a security audit command to check for drift, and the project publishes advisories you need to follow. Rerun agents run on an isolated machine instead of your laptop and pause for approval before anything consequential.
Yes. Bring your own API key or your Claude or ChatGPT sign-in, or use the models Rerun hosts. Local models on your own hardware, through Ollama or LM Studio, are where OpenClaw has the edge.
No. Everything happens in the browser: create the agent, describe its job, connect your apps.
No. Rerun is a hosted product. Dedicated or self-hosted infrastructure is available on Enterprise.
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