OpenClaw on Hostinger

Hostinger has an OpenClaw page in the upstream docs, which is rare for a host, and it describes two paths: a one-click managed deployment where Hostinger handles the infrastructure, Docker and updates, and a VPS where Hostinger deploys OpenClaw in Docker and you manage it from a panel. Here is what each path does, the credits option in the checkout, the three troubleshooting entries the docs give, and what the forum threads say about one-click hosting in general.

Option one: one-click

• Choose a managed plan and check out; the checkout can add ready-to-use AI credits, pre-purchased and integrated inside OpenClaw, so no external provider account or API key is needed.
• Pick one or more channels: WhatsApp by scanning a QR in the setup wizard, Telegram by pasting a BotFather token.
• Finish, and open the OpenClaw dashboard from the panel. The docs put the whole thing at five to ten minutes.

Option two: a VPS

• Hostinger deploys OpenClaw in Docker on the VPS, and you manage it through the panel’s Docker manager: logs, restarts and updates, where an update pulls the latest image.
• The configuration form asks for the auto-generated Gateway token, which you save, an optional WhatsApp number, an optional Telegram token, and API keys only if you did not take the credits.
• Deploy, then open the dashboard from the panel and send the assistant a first message.

The three troubleshooting entries

The docs list three: a dashboard that does not load, which is usually a container still provisioning; a container that keeps restarting, which is usually a missing token or an invalid key in the logs; and a Telegram bot that does not respond, which is pairing doing its job, an unknown sender gets a code and you approve it from the dashboard chat.

like pulling teeth. Nothing works out the box. WhatsApp QR code fails.

That quote is from a Reddit thread about the one-click install, and the same thread lists broken schemas and two days lost. The docs’ three entries cover the first two failures; the third is the general silent-agent ladder, which OpenClaw not responding walks in plain language.

What a one-click host is and is not

It removes the install and, on the managed plan, the updates. It does not remove the model bill, the channel policies, the pairing approvals, the heartbeat or the question of who notices when the container restarts at three in the morning. OpenClaw alternatives sets one-click hosting against your own machine, a rented server, and a managed service.

On Diali

Diali is the managed end of that spectrum: an isolated instance per assistant in the EU, updates tested on our own assistants first, the Gateway watched, credits included, and the dashboard as the control surface. Compare hosting options sets the cases side by side, for the alternatives first; Hosted OpenClaw on Diali is the assistant.

• One-click: infrastructure, Docker and updates handled; policies and bill still yours.
• VPS: Docker on your server, managed from a panel.
• A silent bot is usually pairing; a restarting container is usually a token.