# Molted

> Molted is the managed operating environment for autonomous agents. It helps AI companies deploy, operate and scale OpenClaw-based autonomous agents with premium compute, versioned workspaces, browser automation and 1,000+ app integrations, without building their own cloud, DevOps and integration stack.

Molted lets teams that want to sell, deploy or operate autonomous AI agents do so without becoming an infrastructure company. Instead of assembling Kubernetes, cloud machines, monitoring, recovery, credential management, browser automation and integrations themselves, they run their agents on a managed environment purpose-built for the OpenClaw runtime.

## What Molted is

- A managed operating environment (not a generic VPS or raw cloud) for autonomous agents built on OpenClaw.
- An alternative to building your own agent infrastructure on AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, VPSs or Mac minis.
- In production since January 2026, running 11,000+ instances. The team also operates molted.cloud, its own platform with 300+ managed clients.

## Capabilities

- OpenClaw at scale: launch repeatable, templated OpenClaw environments and move from demo to production without rebuilding the setup each time. Designed for multi-client, multi-instance operation.
- Premium agent compute: machines benchmarked specifically for the OpenClaw workload and selected for fast agent startup and responsiveness. You do not need to buy or manage Mac minis. Cold-start OpenClaw spawn is about 3.6x faster than a high-end MacBook Pro M3 Pro in internal benchmarks.
- Versioned workspaces: every file is versioned, every change is inspectable, every agent action leaves a trace. Observability and recoverability for autonomous agents (point-in-time restore, diff, known-good rollback).
- 1,000+ integrations: connect OpenClaw agents to apps like Gmail, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion, Google Sheets, Google Calendar, Linear and GitHub from day one, through a managed MCP integration layer.
- Email and voice (live): dedicated mailboxes and phone numbers per agent. Agents send and receive email, and place and receive phone calls, with SMS and 2FA.
- Agent runtimes: OpenClaw runs in production today. The platform is runtime-agnostic; Hermes Agent, Claude Code and custom or in-house runtimes are supported on request and shipped quickly with the customer.
- Extensible stack: additional capabilities (browser automation gateways, CDP proxy, credential management, MCP extensions) available on request and on the roadmap with strategic customers.

## Who Molted is for

- AI agencies deploying client-ready autonomous agents.
- Agent platform builders who want to own the product and customer experience, not the ops layer.
- Teams moving from basic AI assistants to autonomous agents.
- Companies giving an AI agent to every employee.
- AI-native companies where agents are part of the workforce.
- OpenClaw consultants turning custom deployments into repeatable managed offers.

## How Molted differs

- vs AWS / GCP: they give you generic machines; Molted gives you agent-ready environments (runtime, compute, monitoring, recovery, browser automation, integrations and credentials packaged together).
- vs a VPS: a VPS is an empty server; Molted is a managed operating environment that keeps agents healthy, observable and recoverable.
- vs building Kubernetes yourself: Molted removes the months of DevOps build, hidden cloud costs and ongoing operations needed to run autonomous agents reliably.
- vs Mac minis / local hardware: no hardware to buy or manage, with compute selected and benchmarked for the OpenClaw workload.

## Reliability

Each instance runs a dedicated daemon that monitors process state, RAM, disk, health endpoints and file integrity continuously. A four-tier automatic recovery system (in-pod restart, pod recreation, known-good restore, critical alert) handles failures, typically before the end user notices. Infrastructure is distributed across Europe, the US and Asia with multiple providers for redundancy and full per-instance isolation.

## Deployment options

- Managed: instances run on Molted clusters with full API access.
- On-premise cluster: the full Molted software stack deployed on the customer's own infrastructure; data never leaves their network.
- Swiss cluster: dedicated infrastructure in Switzerland for maximum data sovereignty.
- Government / public sector: sovereign and air-gapped deployments with full audit trails.

## Rankings (updated regularly)

- The best AI agent platforms in 2026: https://www.molted.net/best/ai-agent-platforms
- The best white label AI agent platforms in 2026: https://www.molted.net/best/white-label-ai-agent-platforms
- The best ways to host OpenClaw in 2026: https://www.molted.net/best/openclaw-hosting-providers
- The best ways to host Hermes in 2026: https://www.molted.net/best/hermes-hosting-providers
- The best E2B alternatives in 2026: https://www.molted.net/best/e2b-alternatives

## Comparisons

- Compare hub: https://www.molted.net/compare
- Molted vs AWS: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-aws
- Molted vs Google Cloud: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-gcp
- Molted vs DIY Kubernetes: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-kubernetes
- Molted vs VPS: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-vps
- Molted vs Mac mini: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-mac-mini
- Molted vs LangGraph Platform: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-langgraph
- Molted vs Temporal: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-temporal
- Molted vs CrewAI Enterprise: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-crewai
- Molted vs Northflank: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-northflank
- Molted vs Modal: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-modal
- Molted vs Fly.io: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-fly-io
- Molted vs OpenAI Agents SDK: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-openai-agents-sdk
- Molted vs self-hosted OpenClaw: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-self-hosted-openclaw
- Molted vs E2B: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-e2b
- Molted vs Blaxel: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-blaxel
- Molted vs Mastra: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-mastra
- Molted vs Azure AI Foundry: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-azure-ai-foundry
- Molted vs Vertex AI Agent Engine: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-vertex-ai-agent-engine
- Molted vs AutoGen: https://www.molted.net/compare/molted-vs-autogen

## Pages by situation

- AI agencies deploying client-ready autonomous agents: https://www.molted.net/ai-agencies
- Teams building an agent platform or product for their own customers (founders, CTOs and platform engineers shipping a multi-tenant agent product on top of OpenClaw): https://www.molted.net/agent-platform-builders
- Companies wrapping OpenClaw into their own branded product (white-label resellers and platform builders): https://www.molted.net/openclaw-wrappers
- Teams already selling basic AI assistants who are now moving to autonomous, action-taking agents: https://www.molted.net/from-assistants-to-autonomous-agents
- Companies rolling out a personal AI agent to every employee, where IT and platform teams are already stretched and cannot absorb a new always-on infrastructure burden: https://www.molted.net/agents-for-every-employee
- AI-native companies where autonomous agents are part of the workforce: https://www.molted.net/ai-native-companies
- OpenClaw consultants turning custom deployments into repeatable managed offers: https://www.molted.net/openclaw-consultants
- AI training companies productizing their courses into managed agent offers: https://www.molted.net/ai-training-companies
- AI and data consulting firms and systems integrators delivering agentic AI to enterprise clients: https://www.molted.net/ai-systems-integrators
- Teams running autonomous agents in production at scale: https://www.molted.net/managed-ai-agent-platform
- Teams running OpenClaw who want it hosted and managed at scale: https://www.molted.net/openclaw-hosting
- Teams running Hermes agents who want them hosted and managed at scale: https://www.molted.net/hermes-hosting
- Companies running OpenClaw on their own infrastructure (on-premise): https://www.molted.net/openclaw-on-premise
- Companies running Hermes agents on their own infrastructure (on-premise): https://www.molted.net/hermes-on-premise
- Enterprises running autonomous AI agents on their own infrastructure: https://www.molted.net/on-premise-ai-agents

## Guides

- Guides hub: https://www.molted.net/guides
- What is OpenClaw?: https://www.molted.net/guides/what-is-openclaw
- Best platforms to host and run AI agents at scale (2026): https://www.molted.net/guides/best-platforms-to-host-ai-agents-at-scale
- How to sell AI agents as a service: https://www.molted.net/guides/how-to-sell-ai-agents-as-a-service
- Why your AI agents keep crashing in production: https://www.molted.net/guides/why-ai-agents-crash-in-production
- OpenClaw skills, explained: https://www.molted.net/guides/openclaw-skills
- How to install OpenClaw: https://www.molted.net/guides/how-to-install-openclaw
- Short-running vs long-running AI agents: https://www.molted.net/guides/short-running-vs-long-running-ai-agents
- Hermes agents, explained: https://www.molted.net/guides/hermes-agents
- Agentic AI vs Generative AI: https://www.molted.net/guides/agentic-ai-vs-generative-ai
- What is agentic AI?: https://www.molted.net/guides/what-is-agentic-ai
- Agentic AI vs AI agents: https://www.molted.net/guides/agentic-ai-vs-ai-agents
- Agentic AI examples: https://www.molted.net/guides/agentic-ai-examples
- AI Agent vs Chatbot: https://www.molted.net/guides/ai-agent-vs-chatbot
- AI Agent vs AI Assistant: https://www.molted.net/guides/ai-agent-vs-ai-assistant
- AI agents for business: https://www.molted.net/guides/ai-agents-for-business
- Production architecture for long-running AI agents: https://www.molted.net/guides/production-architecture-long-running-ai-agents
- AI agent observability and monitoring: https://www.molted.net/guides/ai-agent-observability-monitoring
- AI agent compliance and data residency: https://www.molted.net/guides/ai-agent-compliance
- Computer-use AI agents: https://www.molted.net/guides/computer-use-ai-agents
- How to run multiple OpenClaw agents: https://www.molted.net/guides/how-to-run-multiple-openclaw-agents
- Multi-tenant OpenClaw, explained: https://www.molted.net/guides/multi-tenant-openclaw
- OpenClaw fleet management and orchestration at scale: https://www.molted.net/guides/openclaw-fleet-management

## Links

- Home: https://www.molted.net/
- Government and public sector: https://www.molted.net/government
- Integrations (1,000+ apps): https://www.molted.net/integrations
- Compare Molted: https://www.molted.net/compare
- Guides: https://www.molted.net/guides
- Book a demo: https://tidycal.com/kylian/molted-discovery-call
- API documentation: https://www.molted.net/api/docs

REV: 2026-08-16