# Nossy vs OpenClaw > OpenClaw is a self-hosted gateway that puts an AI assistant in WhatsApp, Telegram, and many other chats. Nossy is that outcome as a product, with a workbook in your Drive and nobody babysitting a server. ## Short answer OpenClaw (once ClawdBot, then Moltbot) is a self-hosted gateway: your machine, your model keys, your WhatsApp and Telegram. It is powerful. It is also a server to keep alive. Nossy is the managed secretary: interview, workbook in your Drive, chat connected, no Gateway process. ## What OpenClaw is for OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant that you host. One Gateway process on a Mac, a Linux box, or a VPS talks to WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Signal, iMessage, and more. You bring model keys. State lives on your machine. It used to be called ClawdBot, then Moltbot. For a technical person who wants that control, it is one of the most serious projects in the category. ## Where it breaks in a chat-run shop ### You become the platform team Install is a curl and a wizard. Then tokens expire, a channel plugin breaks, the disk fills, and someone has to care at 6am before the cafe opens. ### Built for a single operator OpenClaw's docs describe a personal assistant. A shop needs a shared workbook and staff who are not the sysadmin. ### No opinionated shop record OpenClaw will talk. Nossy's first act is an interview that produces tables. That opinion is the product. ## What Nossy does instead Nossy hosts the secretary. You do not run a Gateway. You get a workbook in Drive and a bot in the chat. If you wanted to build this, OpenClaw is how. If you wanted it running on Tuesday, Nossy is the product. ## What Nossy does not do - Nossy works in LINE, Telegram, and WhatsApp direct chats. WhatsApp group chats and iMessage are coming soon. - Nossy does not connect to your other software yet. Tool connections are coming soon. - Nossy never messages your customers. It works inside your team's own chat, and it nudges your own people. - Nossy does not replace a POS, a payment system, or accounting software. - Nossy reads a spreadsheet you already have once, during setup, and only if you share it as anyone with the link. Day to day it sees the files it created or was sent in chat, so a file you drop into the Drive folder by hand stays invisible to it. - The report pages Nossy builds are public links that last about a day. The workbook in your Drive is the durable record. - OpenClaw is open source, runs on your hardware, talks to dozens of chat channels including ones Nossy does not have yet, and lets you bring any model. A technical owner gets more control from OpenClaw than from any hosted product. - OpenClaw has no Nossy-style per-business subscription if you bring your own keys. You pay in time, hosting, and the night the Gateway dies. Nossy charges $20 to $100 a month and onboards by call. ## Pricing - Plus is $20 a month with 4,000 credits. Pro is $40 with 8,000. Max is $100 with 20,000. - One price per business. Your whole team chats with Nossy at no extra cost, because there are no seats. - Credits measure the work Nossy does. $1 buys 200 credits. Plan credits reset monthly, top-up credits do not expire. - There is no free plan. Nossy is in beta and we onboard teams by call. ## Common questions ### Can Nossy replace OpenClaw? For a shop that wants a secretary in chat without running a Gateway, yes. For a builder who wants local models, extra channels, and full control, no. ### Will my staff actually use it? Staff never see the Gateway either way. They see a chat. The deciding question is who is awake when the process stops. ### What does it cost compared to OpenClaw? OpenClaw itself is free software (as of 2026-08, see openclaw.ai). You pay for the machine and the model API. Nossy is $20, $40, or $100 a month per business, hosted. ### What happens to my data if I stop? Nossy's workbook stays in your Google Drive. With OpenClaw, state already lived on your machine, which is a fair point in OpenClaw's favour. ## Sources OpenClaw facts on this page were checked against its public documentation on August 13, 2026. - https://openclaw.ai/ - https://docs.openclaw.ai/ --- Canonical page: https://nossy.ai/alternative/openclaw More about Nossy (for AI agents): https://nossy.ai/llms.txt ยท full context: https://nossy.ai/llms-full.txt Nossy is an AI employee that runs local business operations from the chat your team already uses (LINE, Telegram, and WhatsApp direct chats). The records live in a spreadsheet in your own Google Drive, and they stay yours if you leave. Plus $20/mo, Pro $40/mo, Max $100/mo. Made by ZENDAI DIGITAL COMPANY LIMITED. Start: https://nossy.ai/