Is there a free plan?

Yes. The free tier includes ten hours of agent runtime with no credit card required, so you can build and deploy a working agent before paying anything.

Which AI models are supported?

Pinata Agents supports Claude (Anthropic), GPT (OpenAI), and any model exposed through OpenRouter. You can switch models per agent at any time.

Can I bring my own API key?

Yes. Add your Anthropic, OpenAI, or OpenRouter key as an encrypted secret and your agent will use it for inference. Keys never leave your workspace and stay encrypted at rest.

Is self-hosting an option?

Yes — the agent runtimes are OpenClaw and Hermes, both open-source and self-hostable. Pinata Agents is the managed platform for running OpenClaw and Hermes — you skip Kubernetes setup, container builds, and TLS, and only pay for the time your agent is actually running.

How is this different from Replit Agent or Cursor?

Replit Agent and Cursor are coding assistants. Pinata Agents are persistent containerized agents that keep state across sessions, expose live web apps via routes, connect to messaging channels, and run scheduled tasks — closer to a managed Claude Code or Devin than an IDE plugin.

Can my agent run a real web app?

Yes. Any port your agent's container exposes can be mapped to a public URL via Routes. Up to 10 routes per agent, public or token-protected, served through Pinata's global edge with TLS and DDoS protection.

How do skills and the marketplace work?

Skills are pluggable capabilities — trading, DeFi monitoring, scraping, social posting — installed in one click from ClawHub. Each skill is a content-addressed package, so versions are pinned and reproducible.

Is everything versioned?

Yes. Every workspace change is captured as a content-addressed snapshot with a unique hash. You can browse history, diff between snapshots, and roll back to any prior state with one click.

Comparison

Pinata Agentsvs.Claude Code

Claude Code alternative for hosted, persistent AI agents.

Claude Code is Anthropic’s coding CLI — runs on your laptop, helps you write code, exits when you close the terminal. Pinata Agents host a Claude Code-style runtime (OpenClaw) in a managed container so the agent stays online, exposes its apps via routes, and connects to messaging channels — without you running anything locally.

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How they compare

Feature

Pinata Agents

Claude Code

Where it runs

Managed container in the cloud — always on

Your laptop terminal, only while open

Persistent workspace

Long-lived, content-addressed snapshots, rollback

Local filesystem; whatever you check into Git

Public web apps

Routes — map any port to a public URL with TLS

No hosting layer; you deploy separately

Messaging channels

Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp built in

None

Multi-provider models

Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter via encrypted secrets

Anthropic Claude only

Skills marketplace

ClawHub — install community skills with one click

Built-in tools and MCP, no marketplace

Free tier

10 hours of agent runtime per month, no card required

Requires an Anthropic API key

Open source runtime

OpenClaw is open source and self-hostable

Closed-source binary

Pick Pinata Agents

Pick Pinata Agents when you want a Claude Code-style agent that keeps running after you close the terminal — handling messages, serving an app, watching a feed.

Stick with Claude Code

Use Claude Code for hands-on local coding sessions. They’re complementary — many users edit locally with Claude Code and deploy the result as a Pinata Agent.

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Free tier includes ten hours of agent runtime. No credit card required.