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Best AI Models for OpenClaw — Community Rankings (2026)

Community-voted model and LLM rankings for OpenClaw users

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ellmanalex·26d ago

After Claude ban I found my new main model

I've been using OpenClaw for months with only Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, and GPT 5.3/5.4. I'm the kind of person who needs the flagship model as long as budgets are reasonable. Claude is dead. OpenAI made business plan quotas unusable. So I went shopping for alternatives. GLM 5.1 and 5 Turbo: absolute garbage for agentic tasks and automation. Couldn't even write a simple Reddit reply without flooding Telegram with code dumps. Felt like talking to a drunk model. Cancelled. (They said "we'll refund" — still waiting 3 weeks later.) MiMo V2 Pro: using it since launch, really liked it. Honestly got Opus/GPT vibes in many ways. After Claude banned OpenClaw yesterday I got the Token Plan (standard $16). Terrible credit system. Everything in OpenClaw deducts from credits. Session history, bootstrap MD content, tool outputs, cache — literally everything. One month's quota gone in 1 day after filling just 2 session contexts. Horribly inefficient. I will never pay again until they fix the credit logic. Kimi: reviews were bad, never tried. Grok: community feedback looked bad, skipped it. Gemini: no monthly payment option. If there was I'd probably use it, but it's too expensive. So I went with the most popular alternative: Minimax 2.7. When MiMo and GPT failed to handle my nit cron task and Minimax M2.7 solved it in 5 minutes. And the quota on Minimax is impossible to exhaust. — I was shocked. How are they this generous? If anyone knows please explain because it really feels like it won't run out. Tested browser automations. It's not as smart as Opus, but for my automation tasks, light coding work, and being a personal agent — it's enough. If it falls short, I might rotate between a few GPT Plus subscriptions for GPT 5.4 access. Right now, price/performance-wise, Minimax and GPT Plus x 2 accounts are the only efficient OpenClaw model options I could find.

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As of May 3, 2026, the best model for OpenClaw is Kimi K2.5, based on community votes from developers. It's followed by GLM 4.7 and Claude Opus 4.6. These rankings reflect real-world experience with agentic coding workflows — including tool use, multi-step planning, and long-context reliability.

Last updated: May 3, 2026

Provider
Model
Input $/M
Output $/M
Vote
Score
$0.440
$2.000
689+59
$0.400
$1.750
307+23
$5.000
$25.000
275+22
$5.000
$25.000
3518+17
$0.500
$3.000
236+17
$3.000
$15.000
124+8
$0.150
$1.150
80+8
$0.290
$0.950
81+7
$0.140
$0.420
71+6
$0.300
$1.200
60+6
$0.014
$0.028
94+5
$1.750
$14.000
106+4
$1.000
$3.000
40+4
$0.140
$0.200
40+4
$0.200
$0.500
41+3
$0.600
$2.080
30+3
$2.500
$15.000
31+2
$0.000
$0.000
31+2
$0.000
$0.000
20+2
$0.000
$0.000
20+2
$0.000
$0.000
20+2
$0.500
$0.500
20+2
$0.060
$0.400
20+2
$0.400
$0.900
20+2
$0.110
$0.190
20+2
$2.000
$12.000
21+1
$0.000
$0.000
10+1
$0.300
$1.200
10+1
$1.050
$3.500
10+1
$0.200
$0.200
10+1
$5.000
$25.000
10+1
$0.300
$2.500
10+1
$0.100
$0.300
10+1
$0.600
$2.500
10+1
$0.100
$0.300
10+1
$2.000
$12.000
10+1
$0.000
$0.000
10+1
$0.500
$1.500
10+1
$0.250
$2.000
10+1
$0.000
$0.000
10+1
$0.100
$0.400
10+1
$0.520
$2.080
10+1
$0.117
$1.365
10+1
$0.150
$0.600
10+1
$0.050
$0.400
110
$0.000
$0.000
110
$75.000
$150.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.150
$0.600
000
$0.200
$1.250
000
$0.200
$0.600
000
$1.200
$4.000
000
$0.250
$2.000
000
$0.400
$2.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$1.250
$2.500
000
$2.000
$6.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
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$0.000
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$0.000
$0.000
000
$30.000
$180.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.220
$0.800
000
$1.200
$4.000
000
$0.130
$0.380
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$18.800
$18.800
000
$12.500
$12.500
000
$0.800
$2.400
000
$3.000
$15.000
000
$2.000
$8.000
000
$0.300
$2.500
000
$1.250
$10.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$2.000
$5.000
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.200
$0.400
000
$0.137
$0.409
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.000
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$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.050
$0.080
000
$0.400
$2.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.195
$0.900
000
$0.090
$0.290
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.050
$0.200
000
$1.000
$3.000
000
$0.010
$0.020
000
$0.010
$0.020
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.090
$0.400
000
$0.100
$0.100
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.720
$0.720
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$0.200
$0.200
000
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000
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$1.100
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$1.200
000
$0.000
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000
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$0.000
000
$0.180
$0.180
000
$5.000
$25.000
000
$0.300
$0.500
000
$0.900
$3.300
000
$0.750
$1.200
000
$0.100
$0.200
000
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$0.000
000
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$0.000
000
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$0.000
000
$0.800
$1.200
000
$0.000
$0.000
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$0.600
000
$4.000
$8.000
000
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$1.400
000
$0.000
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$0.400
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$0.420
$1.250
000
$0.280
$0.900
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$1.040
$4.160
000
$1.250
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000
$0.260
$0.780
000
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$1.600
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$0.200
000
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$0.900
000
$0.776
$0.776
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$1.200
$1.200
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.100
$0.100
000
$0.450
$0.450
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.170
$0.170
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$1.750
$14.000
000
$0.150
$0.450
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.780
$3.900
000
$3.000
$15.000
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.300
$1.200
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.000
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000
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$0.000
000
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$0.900
000
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$0.200
000
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$0.200
000
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$0.200
000
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$0.200
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
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$0.900
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.120
$0.800
000
$0.600
$6.000
000
$0.800
$4.000
000
$0.150
$0.600
000
$2.500
$10.000
000
$0.500
$0.800
000
$0.900
$0.900
000
$0.390
$0.900
000
$0.000
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000
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$0.900
000
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000
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000
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000
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$0.100
000
$0.800
$0.800
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.030
$0.120
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.080
$0.300
000
$0.075
$0.300
000
$0.250
$2.000
000
$1.000
$3.000
000
$0.045
$0.150
000
$0.200
$1.100
000
$0.000
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000
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000
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000
$0.100
$0.300
000
$0.065
$0.260
000
$0.260
$1.560
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$1.750
$14.000
000
$10.500
$84.000
000
$0.300
$0.900
000
$1.250
$10.000
000
$0.200
$0.200
000
$0.040
$0.040
000
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000
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$2.560
000
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000
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000
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000
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$0.100
000
$2.000
$12.000
000
$0.625
$5.000
000
$0.625
$5.000
000
$1.250
$10.000
000
$0.250
$2.000
000
$3.000
$15.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.017
$0.110
000
$1.000
$5.000
000
$10.000
$40.000
000
$2.000
$8.000
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.070
$0.280
000
$0.300
$2.500
000
$15.000
$120.000
000
$0.390
$1.740
000
$0.000
$0.000
000
$0.300
$0.500
000
$1.250
$10.000
000
$0.200
$0.500
000
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000
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000
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$0.000
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000
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