Paperclip is completely free with 7 features included. No paid tiers offered, making it perfect for budget-conscious users.
Any agent that can receive a heartbeat (a scheduled prompt) is compatible. This includes OpenClaw, Claude, Codex, Cursor, custom HTTP endpoints, and bash scripts. Paperclip coordinates them through its org chart and ticket system regardless of the underlying AI provider.
LangChain and CrewAI are code-level frameworks for chaining LLM calls within a single application. Paperclip operates at the business level — it manages org charts, budgets, goals, and governance across independent agents. Think of it as the company structure those agents work within, not the framework they're built on.
Basic familiarity with running Node.js applications and configuring AI agents is needed. The interactive onboarding (npx paperclipai onboard) simplifies initial setup, but configuring agents, budgets, and org charts requires comfort with technical tools.
Every agent has a monthly budget set by you. Task checkout and budget enforcement are atomic — meaning no double-work and no spending past the limit. When an agent exhausts its budget, it stops working until the next billing period or you increase the allocation.
Yes. A single Paperclip deployment supports multiple companies with complete data isolation. Each company has its own org chart, agents, budgets, and goals, managed from one unified dashboard.
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