Ask HN: OpenClaw users, what is your token spend?

11•8cvor6j844qw_d6•17h ago

Running OpenClaw with Anthrophic API and it burned through ~USD 50 in one day.

What are other OpenClaw users seeing? Anyone found effective ways to cut costs (model tiering, caching, etc.)?

Comments

NetworkPerson•17h ago

I found it far too expensive for Anthropic. Entire context of every conversation is sent each time you type anything. Switched to a local model running from Ollama. Not quite as smart as opus, but good enough for my needs.

atemerev•6h ago

Had to write my own agent which is better with token economy: https://lethe.gg

Jeetu456•3h ago

Not much as i am not leaving for days

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