OpenClaw Free Tier: Features, Limits, and Setup

While OpenClaw is free, open-source software you can self-host, pairing it with persistent cloud storage relies on Fastio plans. Fastio has no free tier or free plan. Instead, teams can evaluate Fastio through an official 14-day Business Trial requiring a credit card, or subscribe to Starter, Business, or Growth plans.

Connecting OpenClaw to Fastio is straightforward: clients connect directly to the remote Fastio MCP server at https://mcp.fast.io/mcp using Streamable HTTP or legacy SSE at https://mcp.fast.io/sse. Scoped-key authentication is available at https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/key, or agents can use PKCE browser login. Nobody installs, runs, or containerizes an MCP package.

Shared workspaces suit agentic teams nicely. Agents store files alongside human uploads in organization-owned workspaces. Automate with the REST API or the remote MCP server. Humans log in via the dashboard, and ownership transfer makes handing workspaces to human teammates simple.

For example: An agent downloads workflow attachments, organizes them into folders, and creates share links. Once Intelligence is enabled for the workspace, files are indexed for semantic queries and Ripley AI chat.

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Fastio provides predictable capacity across three primary tiers. Starter includes 1 TB of storage and 5 seats, Business provides 10 TB with 20 seats, and Growth offers 50 TB with 50 seats.

Workspaces support nested folders and automatic file version history with restore. Granular permissions protect content at the organization, workspace, folder, and file level.

Shares come in three types: Send (outbound delivery), Receive (inbound collection), and Exchange (two-way team collaboration). Each share supports custom expiration, per-recipient access, and versioning.

Need more capacity as your agent workflows expand? Teams can easily upgrade across plans or add storage.

Fastio plans use credits for usage-based activities like AI indexing, document chat, and processing. For instance, the Starter plan includes 300,000 credits per month.

Credits meter operations across workspace activity, including AI inference, document parsing, and metadata extraction once Intelligence is enabled.

Track credit consumption directly in the dashboard or via the REST API. Usage notifications keep teams informed before allocations run low.

Tip: Only enable Intelligence on workspaces where semantic search and document Q&A are required.

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Connecting OpenClaw to Fastio unlocks core collaboration and storage primitives through a consolidated MCP toolset and the REST API.

Fastio Remote MCP Capabilities:

• File operations: upload, list, move, delete, and restore version history
• Folders and workspaces: organization-owned structures with granular permissions
• Branded shares: Send, Receive, and Exchange links with recipient access and expiration
• Search and discovery: full-text and semantic search once Intelligence is enabled
• AI chat: Ripley AI assistant and document Q&A with source citations
• Activity feeds: realtime activity feed and WebSocket events feed

Intelligence Mode: Enable Intelligence per workspace to index files for semantic search. Ask questions about documents and receive citation-backed answers.

Universal Previews: Media streaming and in-browser previews for PSD, AI, RAW photos, CAD drawings, video, audio, and office documents.

Comments and Anchors: Pin feedback to image coordinates, video timestamps, PDF pages, or text selections.

Cloud Import: One-time cloud import from Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, or public URLs without local intermediate downloads.

Ownership Transfer: An agent can create an organization and hand it to a human owner through a claim link.

OpenClaw itself is free open-source software, but Fastio storage operates on paid subscription plans:

Fastio offers an official 14-day Business Trial requiring a credit card so teams can test full features before subscribing.

When your team requires additional seats or higher storage capacity, upgrading takes seconds.

Here is how:

1. Use ownership transfer so a human administrator claims the organization if created by an agent.
2. Navigate to Settings and choose Billing in the Fastio dashboard.
3. Select Starter, Business, or Growth based on your storage and seat requirements.

All files, share links, version histories, and permissions remain preserved during plan transitions.