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Your Free AI Agent: Free Forever, No Time Limit

Not a trial. Not a countdown. A real autonomous agent you keep for as long as you want it.

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Fully hosted. Nothing to install, no server to manage. Your agent runs on schedule, connects to your tools, and manages secrets securely. Free for as long as you want it.

Free forever · No expiry · 1 agent · 100 credits/mo · 3 connectors · Secrets auto-purge · No credit card

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BetterClaw free plan at a glance (Updated )

BetterClaw's free plan is a hosted AI agent you can keep forever: 1 agent, 100 credits a month and 3 connectors, with no credit card and no expiry.

Price
$0 per month, no credit card, no expiry
Agents
1 autonomous AI agent, hosted in the cloud
Credits
100 per month, reset monthly (work pauses, never bills, when they run out)
Connectors
3 of 120+ apps (one account each)
Models
Any of 28+ providers with your own key, zero markup
Runs
24/7 on schedules you set; no server, no Docker, no code
Memory
7 days
Security
Sandboxed, AES-256, secrets auto-purge after 5 minutes, action approval
Upgrade
Basic $19/month, Pro $49/month (optional, never forced)

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Works with all of your tools

Whatever your team runs on, your agents run with it

Your agents sign in themselves and carry one job from app to app until it is finished.

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120+ connectors, with per-agent access controls. Explore integrations

Use cases

One workspace, every agent

Every agent keeps its own thread. Hand one a job, watch it work, and step in only when it asks. Switch between them the way you'd switch between colleagues - and reach the same threads from Slack, Telegram, Discord or Gmail (Telegram and Slack on Basic and up). Not sure what to hand it first? Start from one of our AI agent workflow templates.

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No Catch

What "Free" Actually Means Here vs. a Free Trial

Most "free" AI agents are a countdown with a card on file. Here is the difference, stated plainly - including the parts of BetterClaw the free plan does not give you.

A typical free trialBetterClaw free plan
Credit card at signupRequired, and charged automatically when the trial endsNever asked for - there is nothing to cancel
What happens after 14 daysAccess locks or the plan converts to paidNothing. No countdown, no expiry, no downgrade
What you actually getFull features briefly, then a stripped-down tier1 agent, 100 credits/month, 3 connectors - permanently
Model costsMarked-up inference billed through the platformBYOK with zero markup - pair a free key for $0 total

The honest limit: free is 1 agent, 100 credits a month, 3 connectors, 7-day memory, and basic skills, and it is BYOK only. Telegram and Slack start on Basic; team seats and custom skills start on Pro. Nothing expires when you stay on free - you just stay inside those numbers.

5,000+

Agents deployed

50+

Companies

Unlimited

Skills

99.9%

Uptime SLA

What's Different

What Makes BetterClaw Different From Every Other Free AI Agent

Most free AI agent tools fall into two camps: open-source frameworks you self-host, or no-code builders with stripped-down free tiers. Neither gives you a working autonomous agent without significant trade-offs.

Open-source frameworks

n8n, LangChain, CrewAI, Agent Zero, AutoGPT

Powerful but you need a server, Docker, and programming knowledge. The framework is free. Your time is not. Setup takes hours. Maintenance takes more.

No-code builders

Gumloop, Botpress, MindPal, Flowise

Easier to start, but free tiers are stripped down or replaced by trials. Limited integrations, automations, storage. Most core features are locked behind paid plans. You're testing a demo.

BetterClaw free plan

A real agent on a no-code builder, managed, free forever

Not a trial. No countdown, no credit card, no expiry. You get a real autonomous agent - 1 agent, 100 credits a month, 3 connectors - running on managed infrastructure for as long as you want it. Pro is there when you outgrow it, not when a timer runs out.

The row-by-row version of this argument lives in the platform comparison below, against ten named tools.

No-Code Builder

A Free AI Agent Builder, With No Code

BetterClaw is a no-code AI agent builder, and the free plan includes the builder itself, not a cut-down demo of it. You describe the job in plain English or start from a ready-made workflow, pick the apps it can use, choose a model, and set a schedule. There's no flowchart to wire up and nothing to deploy.

What you can build on the free plan:

  • A morning briefing that reads your inbox and calendar and sends you one summary.
  • An inbox triage agent that labels email and drafts replies for you to send.
  • A research or monitoring agent that checks sources on a schedule and reports back.

How it compares with other free AI agent builders: open-source builders such as n8n, Flowise and Langflow are free to download but need a server, Docker and some technical setup. Hosted builders with free tiers usually limit you to a trial period or a handful of runs. BetterClaw's free builder runs your agent on our infrastructure with no expiry. Start from a template in the workflow directory and adjust it, rather than building from a blank page.

Coding Agents

Is There a Free AI Coding Agent?

Yes, but "free" means different things for coding agents, and it helps to know which one you need.

Free and open-source coding agents you run yourself

Tools such as OpenCode, Pi and Hermes Agent are free software. You still pay for the model unless you use a free model tier or run a local model on your own machine. See our ranked list of free LLMs for agents.

Free tiers of hosted coding tools

Several editor-based tools have free tiers with monthly limits. They help you write code while you're in the editor.

A free agent that does scheduled repo work

That's what BetterClaw's free plan covers: an agent that connects to a repo and runs on a schedule to review open pull requests against your conventions, draft changelog entries from commits and triage new issues. It isn't an in-editor assistant and doesn't replace one.

Is any AI coding agent free and unlimited?

Not on hosted infrastructure, because every model call costs someone money. The closest thing to unlimited is open-source software with a local model on your own hardware: no per-request fees, but you pay in hardware and setup time.

What You Get

What the Free Plan Ships. Not a Demo. Not a Sandbox.

A real autonomous agent on managed infrastructure, free for as long as you want it. Free is a smaller plan than Pro, not a crippled one - here is exactly what is in the box, and what isn't.

Autonomous AI agent, running 24/7

Your agent runs on managed infrastructure. It wakes up on schedule, checks for tasks, executes them, and stands down when idle. Not a chatbot. An autonomous agent that acts on its own.

100 credits every month

One credit is one minute of your agent's machine running, and a stood-down agent uses none. 100 a month, reset every month, on the house. No card on file means no overage can ever be charged to you.

3 connectors

Connect your agent to three of your tools, one account each. Unlimited connectors, multi-account, and ad integrations start on Pro.

Secrets auto-purge (5 min)

API keys and OAuth tokens AES-256 encrypted at rest. They load into agent memory only when needed and purge after 5 minutes. Even if a container is breached, your secrets are already gone.

Scheduled task execution

Morning briefings, competitor checks, application screening. Your agent wakes up, does the work, and stands down. Each run draws from your 100 monthly credits.

BYOK with zero markup

Connect any LLM key: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek, Groq, Ollama, OpenRouter. Pay the LLM provider directly. BetterClaw never marks up inference. Basic cost tracking shows what your agent spends and how many credits are left. Free is BYOK only - managed keys and spend alerts start on Pro.

Pair BYOK with a free LLM key for $0/month total

Free tiers change often. Checked .

  • Google Gemini 3.8 Flash: free tier, rate-limited (see AI Studio)
  • OpenRouter: about 17 free models (Gemma 4 31B, Nemotron 3 Super)
  • Groq: GPT-OSS 120B, GPT-OSS 20B and Qwen3.8 27B, free plan
  • Cerebras: GPT-OSS 120B and Qwen3.8 27B, free trial tier, up to ~3,000 tokens/sec on GPT-OSS 120B

Total monthly cost: $0.00. Platform free. LLM free. Infrastructure free.

Limits

Free Plan Limits - Transparent. No Surprises.

The whole free plan on one screen: what it includes, what it's capped at, and what only starts on a paid plan. No point finding out after you have built something.

What free includes

Agents

1

Credits

100 / month

Connectors

3 (single account)

Memory retention

7 days

Skills

Basic

LLM keys

BYOK only (zero markup)

Secrets management

AES-256 + 5-min auto-purge

Trust levels

Full access (Intern → Specialist → Lead)

Action approval + kill switch

Full access

Sandboxed execution

Full access

Cost tracking

Basic

Support

Community

What starts on a paid plan

Team seats

Pro includes 2

Multi-account

Pro and up

Ad integrations (Meta / Google / X)

Pro and up

Proxy access

Pro and up

Telegram + Slack webhooks

Basic and up

Custom webhooks

Business and up

Managed API keys

Pro and up (free is BYOK only)

Curated + custom skills

Pro and up (free has basic skills)

Unlimited connectors

Pro and up (free has 3)

90-day / unlimited memory

Pro and up (free keeps 7 days)

Dedicated server

Business only

Email / priority support

Pro and up (free is community)

Need them? Pro is $49/month and adds 5 agents, 12,000 credits/month, unlimited connectors, and 2 team seats.

What happens when you run out of credits?

Your agent's work pauses until your credits reset next month. Auto-billed credit packs are a paid-plan feature, and the free plan has no card on file, so nothing can be charged to you. No overage charges. No surprise bills. No "upgrade or lose your data."

Straight Answers

Straight Answers About Free AI Agents

The questions people actually type before they sign up for anything, answered without the hedging.

Is there a truly unlimited free AI agent?

No - and it is worth being blunt about why. Inference costs money, so no reputable platform gives it away without a limit. Anyone advertising an unlimited free AI agent is either metering you somewhere you have not looked yet, or is about to stop. What actually differs between platforms is where the limit sits and whether it expires.

Ours sits at 100 credits a month. It resets every month, forever, and there is no card on file, so no overage can ever be charged to you. The part that really is unlimited is time - no trial countdown, no expiry date, no downgrade when a timer runs out.

And because free is BYOK, the model cost is separate from the platform entirely. Pair it with a free Gemini, Groq, or OpenRouter key and your total bill is $0 - you pay the LLM provider directly, at their price, with no markup from us.

Is Claude free?

Claude is a language model, not an agent platform. You can use Claude as the model inside a BetterClaw agent via BYOK, but Claude itself does not offer a free autonomous agent.

BetterClaw's free plan gives you one agent with 100 credits a month on managed infrastructure, and you can connect Claude - or any other model - as the AI behind it. If you want the total cost to be $0, connect a free key from Google Gemini, Groq, or OpenRouter instead.

Are there any free AI agents?

Yes, but most "free" agents fall into one of two categories: open-source frameworks you self-host (free software, but you pay for the server and the maintenance), or no-code builders with free tiers that are actually 14-day trials with a card on file.

BetterClaw's free plan is neither. It is a managed agent on cloud infrastructure, with no credit card, no expiry, and no countdown. The limits are real - 1 agent, 100 credits, 3 connectors - but they do not expire and there is no card to charge.

Can I run a free AI agent 24/7 without a VPS?

Yes. Your agent runs on managed infrastructure. There is no VPS to rent, no container to babysit, and no 3 AM alert when the server goes down.

The heartbeat scheduler wakes your agent at the intervals you set, executes the work, and stands it down when idle. One credit is one minute of your agent's machine running. Managed LLM usage is also converted into credits, but with your own key (BYOK) model usage is billed by your provider and never draws credits. A stood-down agent uses none, so you only spend credits while the agent is working.

Always On

Runs 24/7 Without a VPS

Yes, the free plan runs 24/7 on managed cloud infrastructure. No VPS, no Docker, no server of any kind.

An AI agent that runs 24/7 usually means a VPS you rent, patch, and babysit. On BetterClaw it means nothing at all on your side - your agent lives on managed infrastructure, and staying online is our problem, not yours.

What "always on" means here

A heartbeat cron trigger wakes your agent on its schedule. It checks for work, executes the task end to end, and stands down when idle. You do not keep a process alive, and you are not billed for the hours it spends doing nothing: a credit is one minute of the agent actually running.

What a 24/7 agent costs you to run yourself

A VPS is the small part of the bill. The larger part is the 3 to 6 hours a month of Docker updates, dependency breakage, expired keys, silent crashes at 3 AM, and the monitoring you have to build to notice any of it. The framework is free. Keeping it running is not.

Why managed removes both

No server to rent, no Docker to install, no SSH, no port forwarding, no uptime monitoring to wire up. Your agent runs in a sandboxed container that we operate and monitor. That is true on the free plan, not just on paid ones.

If you are already self-hosting and want the same agent without the VPS, the OpenClaw alternative page covers what carries over.

Platform Comparison

BetterClaw vs Agent Zero vs n8n vs Gumloop vs CrewAI

Open-source tools require Docker, coding, and self-hosting. No-code builders hand you a limited free tier to evaluate. BetterClaw's free plan is a real autonomous agent on managed infrastructure that never expires and never asks for a card - smaller than Pro, but yours to keep.

Last checked . Free tiers change often; we re-check this table every month.

Strong Partial / qualified Self-host or paid

BetterClaw

Recommended
Free?
Free forever
Card needed?
No
Setup
60 sec
Docker
No
Coding
No
Autonomous
Yes (cron + heartbeat)
Skills
Basic on free
OAuth
3 connectors on free
Secrets
AES-256 + auto-purge
Managed
Yes

Agent Zero

Free?
Free (open-source)
Card needed?
No (self-hosted)
Setup
Hours
Docker
Yes
Coding
Python
Autonomous
Yes
Skills
Build your own
OAuth
Manual
Secrets
Plaintext
Managed
Self-host

n8n

Free?
Free (self-hosted)
Card needed?
No (self-hosted)
Setup
Hours
Docker
Yes
Coding
Low-code
Autonomous
Yes (workflows)
Skills
Workflow nodes
OAuth
Yes (self-hosted)
Secrets
Platform-dependent
Managed
Self-host

Gumloop

Free?
No free plan (14-day trial)
Card needed?
Not stated
Setup
Minutes
Docker
No
Coding
No
Autonomous
Yes
Skills
Templates
OAuth
Paid plans
Secrets
Platform
Managed
Yes (paid)

Botpress

Free?
Free tier (limited)
Card needed?
Not stated
Setup
Minutes
Docker
No
Coding
No
Autonomous
Limited
Skills
Visual flows
OAuth
Paid plans
Secrets
Platform
Managed
Yes (limited)

CrewAI

Free?
Free (open-source)
Card needed?
No (self-hosted)
Setup
Hours
Docker
Optional
Coding
Python
Autonomous
Yes
Skills
Python code
OAuth
Manual
Secrets
Code-level
Managed
Self-host

MindPal

Free?
Free tier (limited)
Card needed?
No
Setup
Minutes
Docker
No
Coding
No
Autonomous
Limited
Skills
No-code
OAuth
Paid plans
Secrets
Platform
Managed
Yes (limited)

LangChain

Free?
Free (open-source)
Card needed?
No (self-hosted)
Setup
Hours
Docker
Optional
Coding
Python
Autonomous
Yes
Skills
Python code
OAuth
Manual
Secrets
Code-level
Managed
Self-host

Hermes Agent

Free?
Free (open-source, MIT)
Card needed?
No (self-hosted)
Setup
Minutes to hours
Docker
Optional
Coding
CLI + config
Autonomous
Yes (cron)
Skills
Skills system
OAuth
Manual
Secrets
Local config
Managed
Self-host

OpenClaw

Free?
Free (open-source)
Card needed?
No (self-hosted)
Setup
Hours
Docker
Optional
Coding
CLI + config
Autonomous
Yes (heartbeat + cron)
Skills
ClawHub skills
OAuth
Manual
Secrets
Local config
Managed
Self-host

Meta Muse (US + Canada)

Free?
Free up to a usage limit
Card needed?
Yes
Setup
Minutes
Docker
No
Coding
No
Autonomous
Yes (background)
Skills
Built in
OAuth
Platform
Secrets
Platform
Managed
Yes

Free Alternatives to OpenClaw, Hermes, n8n and Claude Code

For the full list, compare free AI agents side by side with their real monthly cost.

Is there a free alternative to OpenClaw?

OpenClaw itself is free and open-source, but you run it on your own server or computer, and you maintain it. If you want the same kind of always-on agent without running anything, BetterClaw's free plan hosts one for you. See the OpenClaw alternative page and what OpenClaw costs to run.

Is Hermes Agent free?

Yes, the software is free and MIT-licensed; you pay for the model (or use a free or local one) and for where it runs. The v0.22 desktop app starts with a one-time free trial model; after that you bring a key or a local model. More in is Hermes Agent free.

Is there a free alternative to n8n for AI agents?

n8n's self-hosted Community Edition is free; n8n Cloud is paid, with a free trial. BetterClaw's free plan is hosted and doesn't need a workflow canvas.

Is there a free AI agent like Claude Code?

Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan or pay-as-you-go API credits; Claude's free plan doesn't include it. Free options for coding are open-source agents with free or local models (see the coding section above).

Open-Source Roots

Built on Open-Source. Runs Without the Overhead.

BetterClaw is a no-code AI agent platform. You get the same kind of autonomous agent capabilities that made OpenClaw (over 390,000 GitHub stars as of October 2026) the most popular autonomous AI agent framework in the world, without having to run it yourself.

The difference: OpenClaw requires Docker, VPS hosting, YAML configuration, and ongoing maintenance. BetterClaw runs the same agent capabilities on managed infrastructure with zero setup.

Your agent is autonomous. It doesn't wait for your input. It wakes up on schedule, checks for work, executes tasks using your connected tools and skills, and stands down when there's nothing to do. This is what separates an AI agent from a chatbot. Chatbots respond. Agents act.

Scheduled task execution

Heartbeat cron triggers. Your agent runs work automatically, on time, without you asking.

Proactive monitoring

Competitor checks, inbox triage, report compilation - all running while you sleep.

Multi-step workflows

Receive message, classify, draft response, escalate if needed. End-to-end, no hand-holding.

Persistent memory

7 days of context across sessions. Your agent remembers what you discussed yesterday.

Action approval guardrails

Your agent asks before doing anything risky. You stay in the loop on what matters.

Tool + skill orchestration

Chain your connectors and skills together into multi-step workflows.

Get Started

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Setup averages 60 seconds for basic chat. About 5 minutes for a fully configured agent with skills, connectors, and scheduled tasks.

The fastest way to that 5-minute agent: pick a ready-made job from the workflow templates directory - inbox triage, invoice tracking, lead follow-ups - and adjust it instead of starting from a blank prompt.

When You Outgrow Free

Pro Is There When You Outgrow It, Not When a Timer Runs Out

Nothing on this page expires, so there is never a moment where you have to upgrade. But there is a point where free stops fitting - a second agent, more than 3 connectors, a teammate who needs access. Here is exactly what changes when it does.

Free

$0/month

Free forever. Never asks for a card.

Agents
1
Credits / month
100
Connectors
3 (single account)
Team seats
None
Memory retention
7 days
Skills
Basic
LLM keys
BYOK only
Telegram + Slack
Not included
Support
Community
Out of credits
Pauses until reset

Basic

$19/month

More credits, connectors, Telegram + Slack. Cancel anytime.

Agents
1
Credits / month
500
Connectors
10
Team seats
None
Memory retention
7 days
Skills
Basic
LLM keys
BYOK only
Telegram + Slack
Included
Support
Community
Out of credits
Pauses until reset

Basic keeps you on one agent but lifts the two ceilings you hit first - 500 credits a month instead of 100, and 10 connectors instead of 3. When one agent stops being enough, that is Pro: 5 agents, 12,000 credits, unlimited connectors, team seats, and the curated skill library.

Free AI Agent - Frequently Asked Questions

Is BetterClaw's free AI agent really free?

Yes: $0 a month, no credit card, no expiry. You get 1 agent, 100 credits a month and 3 connectors. You bring your own model key, and many providers have free tiers, so your total cost can be $0.

Do I need a credit card?

No. There is no card on file, so nothing can ever be charged.

Is there a free AI agent with no sign up?

Not one that runs for you in the background: an agent needs an account to keep your connections and schedules. BetterClaw signup takes an email or SSO and about a minute.

Can I use a free AI agent for my business?

Yes, for one job at a time: an inbox triage agent, a morning briefing, a competitor check. When you need more agents, teammates or more than 3 apps, Basic and Pro add them.

Is there a free AI agent for students?

The same free plan works for students: no card, no expiry.

What is the best free AI agent?

It depends on whether you want to run it yourself. If you are happy to host and maintain software, open-source agents like Hermes Agent and OpenClaw are free. If you want an agent that runs in the cloud with nothing to install, BetterClaw's free plan is built for that.

What is not included on the free plan?

The free plan has no team seats, no multi-account support, no ad integrations (Meta, Google, X), no proxy access, and no Telegram, Slack, or custom webhooks - Telegram and Slack start on Basic, custom webhooks on Business. Free is BYOK only (no managed keys), includes basic skills rather than the curated and custom skill library, is capped at 3 connectors on a single account each, and comes with community support and basic cost tracking.

Do I need to know how to code to use BetterClaw?

No. BetterClaw has a visual agent builder. Pick a template, attach skills, connect channels, set a schedule. No Python, no JavaScript, no YAML, no terminal. Your marketing manager can build an agent.

How is BetterClaw different from n8n, LangChain, or CrewAI?

Those are open-source frameworks you self-host. You need Docker, a server, coding knowledge, and ongoing maintenance. BetterClaw is a managed platform where you sign up and your agent is running in 60 seconds. Same autonomous capabilities, zero infrastructure overhead.

How is BetterClaw different from Gumloop, Botpress, or MindPal?

Botpress and MindPal give you a free tier to evaluate a product, and Gumloop now offers a 14-day trial instead of a free plan. BetterClaw's free plan is a real autonomous agent you can keep running indefinitely - no credit card, no 14-day countdown, no expiry, on fully managed infrastructure. Free is a real tier here, not a demo of one. It is a smaller plan than Pro: 1 agent, 100 credits a month, 3 connectors, basic skills.

Does the free plan include connectors?

Yes - up to 3 connectors, with a single account per connector. Multi-account support, unlimited connectors, ad integrations (Meta, Google, X), and proxy access start on Pro.

Does the free plan include custom skills?

No. The free plan includes basic skills. The curated skill library and custom skills start on Pro.

Does the free plan include Telegram or Slack?

No. Telegram and Slack webhooks start on Basic, and Business adds custom webhooks. On the free plan you work with your agent from the BetterClaw dashboard.

What AI models work on the free plan?

Every model. 28+ providers: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq, Mistral, Llama, Cohere, OpenRouter, Ollama, and custom endpoints. The free plan is BYOK only - you bring your own provider key, with zero markup. Many providers have free tiers, so your total inference cost can be $0. Managed keys start on Pro.

How much does BetterClaw cost per month?

The free plan is $0/month forever with no credit card. Basic is $19/month for 1 agent, 500 credits, 10 connectors, and Telegram and Slack. Pro is $49/month for 5 agents and 12,000 credits, and Business is $149/month for 25 agents and 40,000 credits. Inference is BYOK on every plan, billed by your model provider with zero markup from us. Full breakdown on the pricing page.

Is the free plan secure?

Yes. Same security as paid plans: sandboxed execution, AES-256 encryption, 5-minute secrets auto-purge, 4-layer skill verification, trust levels, action approval, kill switch. Security is not a paid feature.

Your Free AI Agent Is 60 Seconds Away

Not a chatbot. Not a demo. Not a trial. A real autonomous AI agent on managed infrastructure, free for as long as you want it.

Free forever · No expiry · No credit card · 1 agent · 100 credits/mo · 3 connectors · No Docker · No coding