OpenClaw shows what an open-source agent with real access can do. Autohive gives your business that kind of agent, managed and governed, for your whole team, with nothing to install, patch or keep online.
Managed
Nothing to install, patch or keep online
SOC 2
Type II attested
Approvals
Sign-off on any action an agent takes
Unlimited
Seats on every plan, including Free
OpenClaw skills run with the agent's own access to the computer it lives on. In Autohive, each agent gets only the integrations and actions you give it, and any action can wait for a person's approval.
In February 2026, Koi Security found 341 malicious skills among the 2,857 on ClawHub. Autohive's 140+ integrations are built and maintained by Autohive, and you decide which MCP servers to connect.
OpenClaw is a personal assistant you run yourself. Autohive puts your whole team and every agent in shared workspaces and group chats, with roles, an audit log and unlimited seats.
OpenClaw runs on your own machine with whatever access you give it, which is what makes it powerful and what makes it hard to run safely at work. Here's how they compare today.
| Capability | Autohive | OpenClaw |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Fully managed in the cloud | Runs on your own computer or server; you install, update and secure it |
| Getting started | Sign up and describe the job; Agent Creator builds the agent | Install the app or a one-line script, then connect a model and your chat apps |
| Skills and integrations | 140+ integrations built and maintained by Autohive, plus any MCP server you connect | Community skills from ClawHub, which run with the agent's access to its machine |
| Permissions and approvals | Choose each agent's integrations and actions, and require approval on any action | Whatever access the host machine and your configuration allow |
| Working as a team | Shared workspaces, roles and group chats with people and agents; unlimited seats | A personal assistant you can share with your team |
| Security and compliance | SOC 2 Type II, encryption in transit and at rest, audit log of people and agents | Self-hosted, so security, patching and compliance are up to you |
| Step-by-step workflows | Visual workflows with schedules, webhooks, loops and approval steps | Tasks and schedules set up in chat and configuration files |
| AI models | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI and open-source, chosen per agent | Bring your own models and API keys |
| Where you talk to agents | Web, desktop and mobile apps, plus Slack, Microsoft Teams and Discord | WhatsApp, Telegram and the other chat apps you already use |
| Chat on your website | Agent Widget for Web: a chat pop-up on your site where visitors talk to your agent, added with one snippet | Not built in; its WebChat is for the agent's owner, not site visitors |
| Cost | Free plan with 350K credits a month; paid plans from US$20 a month, all with unlimited seats | Free, open-source software; you pay for models, hosting and upkeep |
Use OpenClaw for your own experiments, and Autohive for the work your business depends on: managed agents with approvals, an audit log and SOC 2 Type II, for your whole team.
No. Autohive is a managed platform, so there's nothing to install, patch or keep online. You can still connect any MCP server, and choose open-source models alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI.
For a personal assistant, it's a great choice. For business work, a self-hosted agent needs someone to secure the machine, vet every skill and keep it updated. Autohive does that for you, with approvals, per-agent permissions and an audit log.
Yes. Every Autohive agent has its own sandboxed workspace where it can write and run code to get a job done, without any access to your own computer.
Autohive agents work in Slack, Microsoft Teams and Discord, in Autohive's web, desktop and mobile apps, and on your website through a chat widget.
Autohive is SOC 2 Type II attested, encrypts data in transit and at rest, keeps an audit log of actions by people and agents, and never uses your data to train AI models.
DATE OF PUBLISH: Oct, 2026. Comparison based on publicly available OpenClaw information and Koi Security's February 2026 ClawHub audit, as at 11 October 2026. The example is illustrative. OpenClaw is a trademark of its owner. Autohive is not affiliated with the OpenClaw project.