Aether vs Olares

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Aether compared with Olares
Detail	Aether	Olares
What it does	Cloud agents you can watch, on the AI you already pay for	Open-source personal cloud OS for local AI
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	US	HK
Pricing model	Freemium	Not given
Pricing	Free plan with 20 credits/month (about 4 hours of machine time). Starter at $30/mo with 400 credits/month (about 80 hours). Pro at $75/mo with 2,000 credits/month (about 400 hours). Max at $120/mo with 4,000 credits/month (about 800 hours). 1 credit equals 12 minutes on default Small devbox. Medium	Olares OS is free to install. Olares One hardware available; Black Friday promotion Save $300 per unit (pricing as of Nov 2025).
Key features	Watch cloud agents in real-time with live terminal and file tree Automated PR reviews with before/after screenshots Video recording of agent actions Scheduled automations daily or weekly Live port previews for each port the agent opens REST and WebSocket API for tasks and automations Isolated Firecracker microVMs per task Skills from repository SKILL.md files Reply by email to pause and resume agent tasks	Pre-installed AI tools and self-hosted apps Hardware agnostic deployment Local data storage with no external transmission Encrypted backup through Olares Space Secure remote access to your system
What makes it different	Open devboxes you can watch, not sealed boxes Runs on your own AI provider account with no second bill Pay only for compute, with no per-task fees or surprises Code never used for training Machines destroyed after use, never reused	Runs AI locally on your own hardware with full data ownership
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	32 +1 (up) since last check	46 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	7	17
Citation Flow (Majestic)	22	38
Referring domains (Majestic)	48	365

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