Compare Costs
How much does each task actually cost? Pick a model and frequency. Compare how OpenClaw stacks up against n8n, CrewAI, and LangChain.
Common agent tasks with estimated token usage. Adjust model and frequency to see what each one costs per day and per month.
Email triage
mediumRead inbox, categorize messages, draft replies
3,000 in / 800 out per run
Daily
$0.0840Monthly
$2.52/moPR review
highRead diff, analyze code, post review comments
8,000 in / 2,000 out per run
Daily
$0.5400Monthly
$16.2/moHeartbeat monitoring
lowPeriodic agent check-in and task scan
6,000 in / 200 out per run
Daily
$0.2688Monthly
$8.06/moContent writing
mediumBlog posts, social media, documentation
2,000 in / 4,000 out per run
Daily
$0.0660Monthly
$1.98/moData pipeline
mediumScrape, transform, and report on data
10,000 in / 3,000 out per run
Daily
$0.1500Monthly
$4.50/moCustomer support routing
lowCategorize tickets, assign priority, draft response
1,500 in / 300 out per run
Daily
$0.0480Monthly
$1.44/moSlack/channel summary
mediumRead channel history, summarize key threads, flag action items
12,000 in / 1,500 out per run
Daily
$0.1755Monthly
$5.27/moMeeting notes
mediumTranscribe and summarize meeting, extract action items
15,000 in / 2,000 out per run
Daily
$0.0750Monthly
$2.25/moTotal daily cost
$1.407/day
Monthly estimate
$42.2/mo
vs. running everything on Opus ($277/mo)
saving $235/mo (85%)
Estimates use flat per-task token counts. Real costs vary with actual content length. Use the calculator for more precise numbers, or read the heartbeat deep dive to understand where the tokens go.