Key Benefits:
- Leverage $10 of resources for just $2.50/month
- Instant, second-level deployments
- 100% dedicated resource usage
👉 Get Started | Verify with GitHub to snag an extra $5 credit
1. Getting Set Up: Unlock Your $10 Resource Pool
- Claim Your Bonus
- Complete GitHub verification → Instantly receive $5 credit
- Buy the Annual Plan
- Pay $30 for the Hobby annual subscription
- Activate your Hobby plan → Earn $5/month in credits
- Total spendable credits: $10 (mix-and-match across any services)
💡 Tip: Spin up ultra-small containers (e.g., 0.1 vCPU / 128 MB) to avoid idle wastage, and combine services freely—run monitoring agents, file shares, and AI tools side by side.
2. Six Proven Use Cases
🔧 Use Case 1: “Geeker” Trio (Node Monitoring + Private Cloud Storage)
- What it does: Real-time VPS health checks + private file hosting
- Resource Split:
- Nezha monitoring agent: 0.2 vCPU / 0.2 GB (~$2.40/mo)
- OpenList file server: 0.2 vCPU / 128 MB (~$1.20/mo)
- 120 GB outbound bandwidth
Quick Deploy:
- Click to launch both Nezha and OpenList via this template: https://template.run.claw.cloud/?openapp=system-fastdeploy%3FtemplateName%3Dopenlist
- In the Nezha dashboard, add your VPS Agent key to start live CPU, bandwidth, and uptime monitoring.
🤖 Use Case 2: Automated AI-Powered Blogging
- What it does: Use N8N workflows to auto-generate and publish articles
- Resource Split:
- N8N: 0.5 vCPU / 512 MB (~$3/mo)
- WordPress: 0.5 vCPU / 1 GB (~$4.50/mo)
- 50 GB bandwidth
Step-by-Step:
- Deploy with one click:
- Configure your workflow to call Gemini API → generate posts → auto-publish to WordPress.
- Outcome: Publish up to 10 SEO-optimized articles per day with zero manual effort.
💬 Use Case 3: Private ChatGPT-Style AI Assistant
- What it does: Host your own AI chat + searchable knowledge base
- Resource Split:
- Lobechat frontend (~$3/mo)
- New-API or Hajimi proxy (~$1.80–$2.10/mo)
- DeepWiki knowledge store (~$4.20/mo)
Highlights:
- Proxy Gemini API through Hajimi for secure calls.
- Ingest your product docs into DeepWiki so the AI stays up-to-date.
- Fully private deployment—your data never leaves your cluster.
🧰 Use Case 4: All-In-One Productivity Stack
- What it does: Centralize navigation, scripts, and passwords
- Resource Split:
- Sunpanel landing page (~$1.20/mo)
- Qinglong task scheduler (~$2.40/mo)
- Vaultwarden password manager (~$1.20/mo)
Pro Tips:
- Add community “JD_scripts” in Qinglong for daily automation.
- Replace LastPass with Vaultwarden to keep credentials on your own server.
📸 Use Case 5: Private Photo Gallery & Notes
- What it does: Secure, synced photo library with markdown notes
- Resource Split:
- Memos note app (~$2.10/mo) – full Markdown support
- PhotoPrism gallery (~$4.50/mo) – AI-driven image tagging
Why You’ll Love It:
- Auto-sync your phone’s camera roll to your private gallery.
- Access encrypted notes and photos from any device.
👨💻 Use Case 6: DevBox—Your AI Coding Sandbox
- What it does: Run AI coding assistants like Cursor or Windsurf at minimal cost
- Resource Split:
- Monthly spend: $1–$2 to host your AI IDEs
- One-click promotion to production when you’re ready
See It in Action:
- NSFW Checker guide: https://blog.run.claw.cloud/177/
- Last-Mile Delivery demo: https://blog.run.claw.cloud/139/
- DevBox quickstart: https://blog.run.claw.cloud/78/
3. Stretching Your $10 Further
Example Allocations:
# Balanced Personal Server
0.2 vCPU × 2 (monitoring + storage)
+ 0.5 vCPU (N8N)
+ 0.2 vCPU (Memos)
+ 0.1 vCPU (Sunpanel)
= <$10 total
# AI-Focused Setup
Lobechat ($3) + API proxy ($2.1) + DeepWiki ($4.2)
+ Spare $0.7 for backup container
🔋 Money-Saving Hacks:
- Per-second billing: Schedule non-critical services (like DevBox) to shut down when idle.
- Bandwidth tricks: Mount cloud storage directly in OpenList to bypass local egress fees.
- Geo-switch: Serve users from the closest region—Japan, Singapore, or US-West.
4. Why ClawCloud Run Beats Traditional VPS or SaaS
Challenge | ClawCloud Run Solution |
---|---|
Wasted VPS resources | 0.1 vCPU “nano” containers with 100% dedicated throughput |
Data privacy concerns | Fully private deployments—no third-party data access |
Service fragmentation | Run DB, API, and cron tasks together in one container set |
High migration effort | Kubernetes-native exports make moves painless |
Security compliance | Geo-redundant three-replica storage (Japan, SG, US) |
Scalable on demand | Instantly scale from 0.1 to 16 cores in seconds |
Slow setups | App Store templates live in under 3 minutes |
Idle cost control | Shut off unused CPU/memory to avoid charges |
📢 Ready to elevate your cloud game? Jump into ClawCloud Run’s Annual Plan