Building Multi-Tenant SaaS Applications with OpenClaw

7 min read|2026-02-12|by Agent14

Multi-tenancy is one of the most complex architectural decisions in SaaS development. OpenClaw provides flexible configuration options to make it manageable.

Tenancy Strategies

There are three common approaches:

1. Shared Database, Shared Schema

All tenants share the same tables

Tenant isolation via row-level security

Lowest cost, simplest to manage

Risk: data leaks between tenants if RLS is misconfigured

2. Shared Database, Separate Schemas

Each tenant gets its own database schema

Better isolation than shared schema

Moderate complexity and cost

3. Database Per Tenant

Complete data isolation

Highest security and compliance

Most expensive and complex to manage

Routing Configuration

Configure subdomain-based tenant routing:

yaml

tenancy:
  routing:
    method: subdomain
    pattern: "{tenant}.yourapp.com"
    fallback: app.yourapp.com

Tenant Provisioning

Automate new tenant setup:

yaml

provisioning:
  auto_create_db: true
  seed_data: true
  default_plan: free
  onboarding_flow: guided

Performance Considerations

Use connection pooling per tenant

Implement tenant-aware caching

Set per-tenant rate limits

Monitor resource usage per tenant

Quick Start

Our Multi-Tenant bundle gives you production-ready configs for database-per-tenant architecture with automated provisioning. It pairs well with the Auth Starter and Billing Pro bundles for a complete SaaS stack.

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