Curated Models

Browse our curated selection of popular and recommended AI models for getting started with OpenClaw. While hundreds of models are available via the API, these represent the best balance of capability, speed, and cost for general use.

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All Cheap Starter Super cheap

Model Performance vs. Blended Cost

Model Name ↑	Weekly Usage ↕	$/M Tokens ↕	Release Date ↕	Agent ↕	Value ↕
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview	978	$1.00	2025-12-17	85	225
TAG-Starter A great balance of super functionality at a reasonable price. Google is known for creating super solid models with very broad functionality.
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5	1,230	$0.29	2026-02-12	90	800
TAG-Starter Scores extremely well on agentic benchmarks.
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5	551	$0.65	2026-01-27	92	744
TAG-Starter Scores extremely well on agentic benchmarks.
xAI: Grok 4.1 Fast	828	$0.26	2025-11-19	64	-
TAG-Starter TAG-Cheap Has been known as a frontier model, but XAI has been slow to update, so this model does not have the capabilities of new models.

* Weekly Usage is the total tokens processed (in Billions) across the OpenRouter network.
* Cost/M Token is a blended estimate per 1 Million tokens, calculated as (Input * 4 + Output) / 5.
* Agent represents the average of agentic capabilities benchmarks in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (GDPval-AA, 𝜏²-Bench Telecom). See https://artificialanalysis.ai/.
* Value is calculated as (Agent - 70)² / Max(Cost, 0.5) for Agent scores > 70.