[wiradikusuma]

OpenClaw made the headlines everywhere (including here), but I feel like I'm missing something obvious: cost. Since 99% of us won't have the capital for a local LLM, we'll end up paying Open AI etc.

How much should we budget for the LLM? Would "standard" plan suffice?

Or is cost not important because "bro it's still cheaper than hiring Silicon Valley engineer!"

[Maledictus]

I signed up for openrouter to play with openclaw (in a fresh vm), I added a few $, but wow, does it burn through those quickly. (And I even used a pretty cheap model, deepseek v3.2).