A practical family-sharing setup for Hermes Agent
A family with several light AI users can save money with a shared plan like , which can be used by up to 5 family members. That setup becomes less suitable when the goal is a proactive agent that stays available in messengers all day and avoids being locked to one AI provider. may not plug neatly into , and Anthropic may not work for this sharing idea either.
One possible setup is to run on a $10 VPC, use a $20 ChatGPT Plus plan for the strongest model, and add Ollama Cloud or Nous as a cheaper worker model for lighter jobs. The expected total is about $50 per month for the family. Each family member would get a separate Hermes profile with a predefined set of agents, such as one stronger agent and one average helper agent.
Mattermost could run on the same VPC, with separate channels for each person’s agents and channels hidden from the other family members.
Key points
- A normal family share is simple, but it may not fit a workflow.
- The proposed setup runs and Mattermost on the same VPC.
- A stronger model from ChatGPT Plus would handle harder tasks, while Ollama Cloud or Nous would handle cheaper .
- Each family member would have a separate Hermes profile and private agent channels.
- The rough cost estimate is $10 for the VPC, $20 for ChatGPT Plus, and $20 for a cheaper worker model, or about $50 per month total.