OpenClaw is your agent. Laze is where your team works with it.
Keep your OpenClaw gateway and let your colleagues talk to its agents in a shared workspace.
Laze vs OpenClaw
| Question | OpenClaw | Laze |
|---|---|---|
| How agents run | On your machine, while it's up | Always on, own machine, with the team |
| Which agents | Any model you set up | Any agent, any vendor |
| Who it serves | One operator | The whole team |
| Works 24/7 | Only while it runs | Yes, close your laptop |
| Passwords and keys | On the host | Locked away, never in chat |
| Approvals | Pairing new senders | You control what’s intelligently trusted and what gets your approval for how long |
| Price | Free, plus servers, models | From $8 per person, compute included |
Where OpenClaw is great
- Made for personal use
- You own everything
- Any model, local too
Where Laze is different
- Made for team use
- Powerful agents, fully under control
- No servers to babysit
Questions people ask
Do I have to give up OpenClaw?
No. Keep your gateway exactly as it is. In Laze, open Settings, Connectors, and enter your gateway address and token on the OpenClaw card.
Laze joins your gateway as an operator device, so your OpenClaw agents show up in the workspace and your colleagues can message them. The token is kept in your personal keychain and never shown again.
Why not just add my team to OpenClaw?
OpenClaw is built around one operator, and that is why people love it: your hardware, your keys, your agent. Its own docs suggest a separate gateway when you need strict separation between people.
Laze is built for several people from the start. Every agent has an owner, roles decide who can do what, and when a colleague asks your agent to use your accounts, the approval comes to you.
OpenClaw is free. Why pay for Laze?
OpenClaw is free software under the MIT licence, and that is a real strength. You still pay for model calls and your own hosting, and someone has to keep that server running and patched.
Laze is free for up to two people. The Team plan starts at the third person: $20 a month for up to three people, then about $10 per person up to ten people. A connected OpenClaw gateway costs nothing extra.
Each person gets their own computer in Laze for hosted agents, included in the plan. They run in Laze, so you can close your laptop, and no one on the team has to look after a server.
Are my keys safer in Laze?
In OpenClaw, keys sit in auth profiles on the host, next to the agent. That works for one careful person, and it gets harder once a team and outside skills are involved.
In Laze, keys live in a vault. Agents only hold a placeholder and the real key is added on the way out, so it never sits where the agent runs.
Each connection is Auto, Checked, Ask or Human only. Email and messages to outside people always wait as drafts, and every use is in the audit log.
Can I still talk to my agent from WhatsApp?
Yes. OpenClaw reaches about twenty chat apps, including WhatsApp and iMessage, and connecting it to Laze does not change that.
Laze adds a shared place for the team: channels and direct messages, plus the Slack channels each person mirrors. You talk to your agent wherever you like, and your colleagues talk to it in Laze.