OpenClaw has taken the world by storm, but for many users, the practical issues are clear: it is difficult to install, it can create a real security risk if not used properly, and it can become expensive quickly.
Crate from our portfolio company Gensee addresses those issues directly:
- One-click install in 60 seconds
- A secure sandbox that only accesses what users explicitly allow, built on deep expertise from Dr. Shengqi Zhu and award-winning operating systems expert Professor Yiying Zhang, whose work on agentic optimization and efficiency makes this possible
- Completely free to use, enabled by that same focus on performance and efficiency
Crate also offers several important advantages beyond setup, security, and cost. It includes Gensee’s proprietary AI search engine, ranked #1 on Source Bench for finding the highest-quality web sources. It comes pre-installed with common, useful skills vetted by the Gensee team for safety, while still allowing users to install more skills themselves. And it gives users flexible control through features such as multiple instances, pause and resume, snapshots, and rollback.
That is why I am using OpenClaw myself through Gensee Crate exclusively.
For a deeper look, I wrote a longer post on Allen's Thoughts. You can also try Gensee Crate here.
