Openclaw is cool and I’ll but in my experience so far it’s either a money pit if using the good models that it works well with or using the free your cheap models. The functionality seems fairly l...
The cost thing is real — Claude adds up fast if you're not careful. What helped me was being intentional about what runs on the good model vs what doesn't. Morning briefs, inbox monitoring, background research — that stuff runs fine on cheaper models. Save the heavy hitter for actual analysis work. Biggest ROI I've found is the automation side: cron jobs checking email, summarizing your calendar, pulling research while you sleep. That's where it stops feeling like a toy and starts paying for itself.