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Self-Hosted Hermes AI AI: The AI Orchestration Platform

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Run your own always-on AI orchestration platform, privately hosted and fully under your control at Contabo

CLOUD VPS 4

Hermes
Personal Use

€5.50
4
40 / month
for the first 24 months

Perfect for one person running their own Hermes Agent for daily work.


4 vCPU Cores
8 GB RAM
100 GB SSD
Auto Backup available
CLOUD VPS 6

Hermes
Power User

€7.50
6
00 / month
for the first 24 months

Great when you're using the Agent every day across lots of integrations.


6 vCPU Cores
12 GB RAM
200 GB SSD
Auto Backup available
CLOUD VPS 12

Hermes
Team Deployment

€25.00
20
00 / month
for the first 24 months

Built for small teams with multiple subagents running at the same time.


12 vCPU Cores
48 GB RAM
400 GB SSD
Auto Backup available
CLOUD VPS 18

Hermes
Enterprise Scale

€49.00
39
20 / month
for the first 24 months

Plenty of resources for complex agent pipelines and heavy parallel workloads.


18 vCPU Cores
96 GB RAM
600 GB SSD
Auto Backup available

What is Hermes AI?

An AI assistant that runs on your server and works even while you're not watching it.
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Hermes AI is a family of open-weights language models from Nous Research. Hermes 3 is the current line, Hermes 4 is rolling out alongside it, and older variants like Hermes 13B still see use.


Hermes Agent is a separate product from the same group, and it's the one most self-hosted setups run. It doesn't just chat. The Agent remembers past sessions, schedules tasks for later, delegates work to subagents, and uses real tools to browse, work with files, and run code. It's available on Contabo as a 1-click Add-On for VPS.

Why Host Hermes AI on VPS/VDS?

A VPS or VDS gives the Agent a place to live where it stays online, stays under your control, and stays cheap enough to leave running 24/7.
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Keep Your AI Agent Online


Your agent stays online 24/7, runs scheduled jobs while you sleep, and keeps memory of past sessions on your local disk.
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Choose the Right VPS


Depending on the size of your team and number of subagents, you can choose a VPS with enough power for your workload.
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Easily Scale Your Agent


Start small and upgrade in-place when teammates or subagents join. Your Hermes AI agent keeps its memory and schedules.

Get Started in Minutes with Hermes AI on Contabo

A 1-click install puts the Agent on your server in minutes. You handle picking a model and pointing it at the tools you actually use.

Step 1: Order a Contabo VPS
Pick a plan from the grid above, or choose any VPS. You can also install Hermes on an existing server via your Customer Control Panel.


Step 2: Use the Hermes GitHub repo and Web UI to validate the setup
SSH into the server and point the Agent at a model and connect the integrations you want. Start a session or open the Hermes web UI over an SSH tunnel for a visual check. Pull the latest Hermes GitHub recipes whenever you want to extend what the Agent can do.

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What Can You Build with Hermes AI?

The short answer: almost anything. Here are four shapes the build usually takes when teams actually put Hermes to work.
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Coding Agents and Developer Workflows


Pair the Hermes AI agent with a coding model for review, refactors, and small features.
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Internal Apps and Team Assistants


Drop a Hermes AI model behind an internal app so the team can use it without prompts leaving your VPN.
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Research and Knowledge Work


Pull notes, browse sources, and summarize long inputs. Yesterday's research informs today's session.
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Always-On Automations


Cron jobs that think. Schedule weekly digests or end-of-day reports that run independently.

Why Self-Host Hermes AI on the Contabo Cloud?

Self-hosting Ollama Phi on Contabo means predictable monthly pricing, a server you manage yourself, and infrastructure built for long-running Ollama workloads.
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Flat monthly bill - a heavy week running a Hermes AI agent costs the same as a quiet one.
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More RAM per euro - every plan ships with enough RAM to load the model and plenty of storage.
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No per-token charges - the model runs on your server, so the bill doesn't grow with usage.

What Can You Integrate with Hermes AI?

Two resources that ship with Hermes, and three tools self-hosters often run next to it.
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Hermes GitHub
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9 Regions, 11 Locations, Global Availability

A self-hosted Hermes Agent runs best close to the people using it. Choose from 9 Regions across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia.
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Trusted by Thousands Worldwide

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Countries Served
275,000+
Customers Worldwide
500,000+
Servers Running
23 Years
In Business

Hermes FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions about Hermes on VPS
What is Hermes AI?

Hermes AI is a family of open-weights language models from Nous Research, including Hermes 3 and Hermes 4. Hermes Agent is the runtime that wraps the models with memory, tools, and scheduling.

What is the difference between Hermes AI models and Hermes Agent?

The Hermes AI model is the brain. The Hermes Agent is everything around it: memory across sessions, scheduled tasks, subagent delegation, and the tool layer that lets it browse, read files, and run code. You can swap the model without rebuilding the Agent.

Can I run a Hermes AI Agent on a VPS or VDS?

Yes. The Hermes AI agent is built to run on a normal Linux server, and the 1-click Add-On from Contabo installs the Hermes agent AI runtime in minutes. Pick a plan that fits the workload and how many subagents you want running at once.

Why is Contabo a good fit for Hermes AI hosting?

Flat monthly pricing, dedicated RAM, NVMe storage, and 23 years of running servers for developers who care about reliability and value. The 1-click Hermes Agent Add-On takes the install pain out of self-hosting, and Auto Backup is available for production setups.

Can I use Hermes GitHub resources on a self-hosted setup?

Yes. The Hermes GitHub repos are open. Clone them onto your VPS, pull updates as new versions land, and contribute back if you want to. Nothing in the app stops you from using upstream code or your own forks.

Can I use Hermes AI with GitHub, Web UI, or Tailscale?

Yes. Hermes GitHub gives you source and recipes, the Hermes Web UI runs the local dashboard over an SSH tunnel, and Tailscale puts the Agent on a private mesh so only your devices can reach it.

Is Hermes AI good for internal apps or coding agents?

Both fit well. A Hermes AI agent paired with a capable model handles code review, refactors, and small features against a private repo. For internal apps, the Hermes agent sits behind your VPN and serves the team without sending prompts to a third party.

What does Hermes AI mean in search results?

"Hermes AI" can mean Nous Research's open-weights model family, the Hermes Agent runtime, or older derivatives like nous-hermes-llama2-13b. On this page it covers both the models and the Agent. The Greek-god and logistics-company results are unrelated.

The price displayed is the effective monthly rate for a 12-month subscription including applicable taxes.

Minimum initial contract length: 1 month | Minimum following contract length: Equal to the initial contract length | Minimum cancellation notice: None (pre-paid) or 4 weeks (post-paid).

Incoming Traffic: Unlimited and unmetered. No extra charges apply. | Outgoing Traffic: Unlimited - fair usage policy applies based on average server workloads. To maintain fair network performance for all customers, Contabo reserves the right to throttle servers with exceptionally high or disruptive usage patterns.

Applications and Add-Ons: Contabo provides full technical assistance for the Contabo VPS itself - including the network, hardware, and initial setup of any 1-click Add-Ons. Any additional open source software included in the applications is owned by the respective provider - maintenance, upgrading, and troubleshooting are within the end-users responsibility.

Hermes AI Guides

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Learn how to install Hermes Agent on a VPS - step-by-step guide covering Docker, the setup wizard, an LLM provider, messaging gateway, and systemd:  How to Install Hermes Agent on a VPS (2026 Step-by-Step Guide)

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Build a self-hosted Hermes AI SDR on a VPS. Learn how Hermes Agent automates outreach, lead research, and follow-ups with full data privacy:  Hermes AI SDR: How to Build a Self-Hosted Sales Agent in 2026

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Compare Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw and Paperclip, plus Hermes 3 vs Hermes 4 AI models. Pick the right open-source agent and model for your VPS:  Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw, Paperclip, and the Best Open-Source AI Agents in 2026