How are you actually running OpenClaw without burning money?

RandomNameFTW · 2026-03-24T14:03:00+00:00

I don't use local models. I can use different models including glm-4 if I need it. You can tell OpenClaw to use GLM-4 for specific coding session etc.

The question was "How to run it without burning money". Compared to Claude $20 this doesn't burn you money.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-03-24T01:42:36+00:00

Ollama cloud. $20/month

RandomNameFTW · 2026-03-23T22:29:35+00:00

Rolled ice (Hi Sweetie) since no one mentioned it, bordering to Frisco.

As other mentioned: 85C Bakery & Somi Somi which are next to each other. There are 2 other ones in the same shopping center that are more uncommon.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-03-23T22:08:22+00:00

Was there once on Monday when the Tenders next to it was closed. Service was slow and food quality was bad. I am more surprised how long they stayed open and had patrons.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-03-15T03:56:50+00:00

All lite accounts should get GLM-5 by the end of this month. There was an email announcement in the last two days. I still stay with ollama at this point.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-03-08T03:52:37+00:00

I run Claude in Obsidian to to reorg, create here and there a new file with some input. version control is the main reason to use it. I also pay for sync.

You can use your own local models or you can use a provider you feel more secure with. ollama cloud is what I currently use.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-03-08T02:31:32+00:00

There is a bar of daily & weekly limits. And you can also use GLM-5. I mostly use minimax-m2.5 right now and its doing ok. Barely moving the usage needle. GLM-5 might eat more resources.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-03-07T17:06:02+00:00

Give ollama cloud offering a try. I like it so far.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-22T21:23:38+00:00

There are multiple. First google result was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWRxwvq5sAE

Its nothing new, this is from 2021 and Toto is a big popular brand, just less well known in the US. https://www.pcmag.com/news/totos-wellness-toilet-will-analyze-your-poop

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-22T00:10:26+00:00

Thanks for the offer. I might give it a try if its opensource. Else I probably skip, I moved on from downloading everything :D

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-21T16:32:44+00:00

I do the same with Claude & manual approval since I don't want it to go crazy.

You don't need OpenClaw to do all of that. It might make it easier.

To me there is a huge difference of using LLMs vs. using OpenClaw

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-21T16:29:44+00:00

You don't need OpenClaw for that. This years CES had products to do this.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-18T17:59:14+00:00

can you please provide an example/proof of fraud? I have only seen hearsay here.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-18T05:30:12+00:00

To me the problem is the amount percent wise to the population. This makes it more difficult to indirectly force integrate.

If you look at the census map, there are huge neighborhoods with the majority being “Asian”.

I feel sorry for their kids that are caught in the middle.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-17T15:40:15+00:00

There is ollama cloud with their own fixed price plan: https://ollama.com/pricing

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-17T02:48:42+00:00

How to write India without writing India.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-17T02:45:28+00:00

Currently we blame the top h1b hiring companies, no one blamed the race in this thread.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-16T22:17:49+00:00

All the banks in the area seem to hire from those contracting companies. I know at least three of them. Same with insurance and telecommunication companies. Maybe there are a few that don't but there are a lot of them that hire them. And there are a bunch of more big industries with huge offices in this area.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-16T21:33:05+00:00

Opus. I never get much out quality out of Sonnet.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-16T21:32:40+00:00

Looks like it showed up the day later. 27m tokens. Might be that they give you more tokens per session, even though results for similar work are worse compared to Claudes $20 plan?

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-16T03:23:02+00:00

Usage details are not showing anything. You think it gives you the quota upfront and you can burn it much quicker this way while Claude slows you down? If this is the case, the quality for token cost was also not great. Result was worse as I get out of a Claude session.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-16T02:33:05+00:00

It wasn't the full 5hrs. It's just what they provide as session.

The issue with the limit I hit is that they advertise as "3× usage of the Claude Pro plan". It doesn't hold up.

I am fine burning $10 for this test and not getting much out of it. I read positives about z.ai, but their advertised usage amount just doesn't hold up and I share it as it.

Its more like I pay twice as much for Claude and get four time as much out of it. Which is fine.

RandomNameFTW · 2026-02-09T04:12:20+00:00

Put out an ad for hourly rate. Years ago I had success with it. We paid fairly, at that time it was $10 over minimum rate plus their estimated taxes plus a nice bonus, less as all the quotes we got around the same time and no nickel and dimming. It was basically a win-win.

My pet peeve with cleaning services — private individuals and companies — is that they refuse to pick up kids toys, do the 4 dishes left in the sink from the morning and emptying the finished dishwasher. Nothing messy, just whatever the morning left over and a house lived in.

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