Paperclip Pricing
All plans and pricing as of 2026-04-13
Self-Hosted (MIT)
- ✓Full Node.js server + React dashboard
- ✓Embedded Postgres or BYO database
- ✓Unlimited agents, unlimited companies per install
- ✓Org charts, ticketing, budgets, audit log
- ✓No Paperclip account required
Agent Runtime Costs
- ✓You bring your own agents (OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, HTTP webhooks)
- ✓Each agent has a per-month budget enforced by Paperclip
- ✓Typical autonomous-biz setup: $100-$500/month across 5-10 agents
Is Paperclip Worth the Price?
Value Score: 9.5/10
Overall Score: 8.6/10 · Operators running multiple agents who need real coordination -- an indie hacker running a content shop, a small team testing autonomous-biz concepts, or anyone whose 'I'll just open another Claude Code tab' workflow has hit the wall. The org-chart framing is a huge upgrade if you have 5+ agents already.
Paperclip is the most interesting open-source launch of Q1 2026, full stop. 53k stars in three weeks isn't an accident -- it's solving a problem the category has ignored, which is what happens when you have fifteen agents, ten tabs, and no audit trail. The design choices are correct: BYO agent, hard budgets, immutable tickets, governance gates. If you have one agent, skip this and come back later. If you have three, install it this weekend. If you have ten, you already needed this six months ago.