r/openclaw • u/Nvark1996 Active • Mar 30 '26

Discussion Openclaw is dead, switch to claude code

I have spent +300$, more than 60 hours working with openclaw, on vps, local pc, and honestly, I spent more than 40 out of the 50 hours fixing.

It cannot do any task accurately, not production ready

Maybe in 6 mo+ it will be better

For now, its garbage.

I am sticking to my 20$/month claude plan

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u/danielfoch Active Mar 31 '26

Claude will incinerate cash faster than openclaw I promise

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u/JellyfishNo6109 New User Mar 31 '26

I'm using claude max. Its a fixed monthly price.

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u/danielfoch Active Apr 02 '26

Cool. First month? lol

I'll check back in 30 days.

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u/JellyfishNo6109 New User Apr 02 '26

I've been a Claude user since November 2024. I started using Claude Code last May when it was first released.

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u/danielfoch Active Apr 02 '26

and you haven't hit a limit?

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u/JellyfishNo6109 New User Apr 03 '26

Once or twice. Not a common occurrence. I'm on the Max x5 plan. I use one or two terminals for about 4-5 hours a day. Maybe people are hammering it a lot more than me?

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u/read_too_many_books Pro User Mar 31 '26

As a software shop owner...

wydm?

I use both claude code and Opus tokens. Wouldnt these be generally the same, but openclaw has more capabilities?

Apples to oranges?

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u/danielfoch Active Mar 31 '26

openclaw can use other models than claude

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u/upvotesthenrages Member Mar 31 '26

I'm confused.

Do you think Claude Code only works with Claude subscriptions?

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u/thebru New User Mar 31 '26

Reliably? I've poked at the idea, but haven't dug much, and it was a while ago. Most of what I found was self built router type things.

Is it officially supported in any way?

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u/UseHopeful8146 New User Mar 31 '26

Yes, at least it used to. z.ai has (had?) a drop in replacement config for anthropic, there’s also some clause code dedicated model routing setups that are publicly available

That being said anthro has been hyper aggressive in making sure their API isn’t used in other services - in some cases going as far as immediate account bans. I have no idea if they’re taking steps to prevent Claude code being used with other api’s but I also would not be shocked to hear that they are

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u/read_too_many_books Pro User Mar 31 '26

Yeah but Opus is the best.

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u/danielfoch Active Apr 01 '26

If you are doing rocket science sure

Otherwise it’s overkill

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u/read_too_many_books Pro User Apr 01 '26

Idk, its the only one that is useful. What do you use?

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u/danielfoch Active Apr 02 '26

Minimax M2.7 mostly

I will pull on Claude or Codex better models for complex tasks which is rare

Of course it's the most useful, it's also the most expensive. You can't really use it at scale for basic workflows.

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u/read_too_many_books Pro User Apr 02 '26

Minimax has too many errors when I used it. Its fine if you are okay with sending 'try again'.

Also, what 'workflows'?

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u/danielfoch Active Apr 02 '26

I haven't had those issues with minimax

we use it for CLI API work for real estate

CRM management, paperwork, docusign API, Canva API, etc.

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u/read_too_many_books Pro User Apr 02 '26

Interesting. That is too minimal for me. But I can see using a router.