VPS AI
VPS AI (vpsai.ai) is a hosted service that provides always-on cloud desktops built specifically for AI agents rather than for websites. Each machine is a real graphical desktop with Google Chrome, a filesystem, persistent browser logins, and its own outbound email address, streamed live to the user's browser so a person can watch the agent work and click in to take over the keyboard and mouse at any moment. The service is positioned as an alternative to a plain Linux VPS plus an evening of DIY setup: the agent tooling is already on the box and jobs are handed to it in chat, with no framework to install, and MCP-based agents such as Claude Code can also delegate work to the machine. Plans are sold as one dedicated machine per tier with AI usage bundled into the monthly price: Spark at $19/mo (2 GB burst RAM, 20 GB disk, $10 AI usage), Surge at $39/mo (4 GB / 40 GB, $25 usage), Apex at $79/mo (8 GB / 80 GB, $60 usage) and Godmode at $159/mo (16 GB / 160 GB, $140 usage, priority compute). Billing runs monthly through Stripe, can be cancelled at any time with effect at the end of the period, and the machine's disk is retained for 30 days after cancellation. Included usage resets each billing cycle, while topped-up credits do not expire. The company states that AI usage is metered at provider cost multiplied by 1.35 and paced by rolling 5-hour, 7-day and 30-day windows so that a runaway loop cannot consume a month's allowance in an afternoon. It also notes that the product is not a GPU server: model inference is called through APIs with usage included in the subscription, so the machine's role is to be the agent's computer rather than to host model weights. Receiving email is not yet enabled; the agent's address is currently for sending only, and account sign-up and billing are handled on the companion domain myclawn.com. The advertised core capabilities are sixfold: the machine stays on 24/7 regardless of whether the user's laptop is open; it runs a real Chrome display
- Category
- AI Agent
- Pricing
- Unknown
Problem solved
Most useful agent work happens behind a login on sites with no API, and a cheap headless Linux box cannot do it: it has no real browser, no persistent logins, no identity of its own and no screen a human can intervene on. VPS AI packages the always-on machine, the graphical desktop with Chrome, persistent sessions, an outbound email address, bundled model usage and a live, take-over-able screen into one managed monthly subscription, so users do not have to assemble and babysit that stack themselves.
Use cases
- Running an autonomous browser agent that logs into websites that have no public API
- Researching supplier listings, building comparison spreadsheets and sending enquiries from the agent's own email address
- Delegating long-running cloud tasks to Claude Code or other MCP agents
- Leaving jobs running overnight or 24/7 while the user's laptop is closed
- Human-in-the-loop intervention for CAPTCHAs, two-factor codes and sign-ins only the user can perform
- Persistent agent workflows that keep files, installed tools and browser logins between sessions
- Watching an agent's live desktop from a phone or tablet and taking over the keyboard and mouse mid-task
Audience
- Developers
- Startups
- Hobbyists
- Business Users
- Enterprise
Pros
- Always-on machine with persistent files, tools and browser logins
- Real Chrome on a live desktop, so agents can work on login-walled sites without APIs
- Live screen with one-click human takeover for CAPTCHAs, 2FA and sign-ins
- AI model usage bundled into a flat monthly price, with entry tier from $19/mo
- Chat-driven job handoff plus delegation from MCP agents such as Claude Code
Cons
- Inbound email receiving is not enabled yet; the agent's address is send-only
- Not a GPU server: models are called via API, so no self-hosted model weights
- Metered usage carries a stated 1.35x provider-cost markup plus rolling window caps
- Machine specs are modest (2-16 GB burst RAM, 20-160 GB disk)
- Account sign-up, billing and some documentation live on the separate myclawn.com domain
Official website: https://vpsai.ai/
Canonical LambdaBase page: https://www.lambdabase.com/tools/vps-ai