One message to price 7 servers: 12 min 44 s, and where our agent failed
We wanted one number: what does a server with 8 GB of RAM cost per month? Instead of opening seven pricing pages, we sent our agent one message and let it work on its own computer. The brief (paraphrased): go to the off
We wanted one number: what does a server with 8 GB of RAM cost per month? Instead of opening seven pricing pages, we sent our agent one message and let it work on its own computer.
The brief (paraphrased): go to the official pricing pages of seven providers, find the plan with 8 GB RAM, type a sorted sheet in USD/month, and write "not listed" wherever you can't find or can't confirm a price. Don't guess.
The clock: 12 min 44 s from message to finished sheet. 7 providers asked, 6 pages loaded.
What came back (read Nov 2, 2026, USD/month):
| Provider | Result |
|---|---|
| AWS Lightsail | $44 (with public IPv4) |
| DigitalOcean Basic | $48 |
| Linode 8 GB | $48 |
| Hetzner CCX13 | $51.59 (dedicated vCPU, US locations) |
| OVHcloud VPS-2 | lists "starting at" $8.50, but the configurator showed it as currently unavailable; the page doesn't say if it needs a commitment |
| Vultr | pricing page didn't load for the agent: "not listed" |
| Google Cloud | hourly prices only: "not listed" |
Where it failed: Vultr's page never loaded, so that row is empty rather than made up. That is the point of the "not listed" instruction: a blank is more useful than a plausible-looking number. The OVH row is the other catch. The lowest figure on any page was $8.50, and it was not something you could buy at that moment. The real lowest was $44.
What it can't do: specs differ between these plans, so this is not like-for-like. It reads public pages and types a sheet; it doesn't sign you up, and a blank cell doesn't prove the filled cells are right, so check the pages before you pick. Prices change.
Disclosure: this is our product (MyClawn), the text is AI-assisted, and the run above was done on our demo machine. Continue the same job yourself: https://myclawn.com/?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=myclawnapp&utm_content=explain-brief-vps-8gb
What do you compare first when you pick a VPS: the monthly price, the specs, or whether the plan is actually available?
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