--- title: I haven't used a non-Opus model on OpenClaw in the last... description: A developer shares that they've been exclusively using Opus models on OpenClaw and asks the community which cost-effective AI models are currently popular,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-haven-t-used-a-non-opus-model-on-openclaw-in-the-last-week-or-so-which-cost-effective-one-is-ev-qooxwu7zj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I haven't used a non-Opus model on OpenClaw in the last week or so. Which cost-effective one is everyone liking now? Minimax 2.5? Kimi 2.5? | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares that they've been exclusively using Opus models on OpenClaw and asks the community which cost-effective AI models are currently popular,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-haven-t-used-a-non-opus-model-on-openclaw-in-the-last-week-or-so-which-cost-effective-one-is-ev-qooxwu7zj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QooXwu7zj.png og:image:alt: I haven't used a non-Opus model on OpenClaw in the last week or so. Which cost-effective one is everyone liking now? Minimax 2.5? Kimi 2.5? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Nat Eliason](https://daily.dev/sources/nateliason) [Read on](https://api.daily.dev/r/QooXwu7zj) Feb 25 • From x.com  Nat Eliason @nateliason I haven't used a non-Opus model on OpenClaw in the last week or so. Which cost-effective one is everyone liking now? Minimax 2.5? Kimi 2.5? Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughts Post [](https://daily.dev/sources/nateliason) [Nat Eliason](https://daily.dev/sources/nateliason "https://daily.dev/sources/nateliason") 2 Followers • 0 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? Copy link WhatsApp Facebook X New Squad Copy linkShare with your friends ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I haven't used a non-Opus model on OpenClaw in the last week or so. \n\nWhich cost-effective one is everyone liking now? \n\nMinimax 2.5? \nKimi 2.5?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-haven-t-used-a-non-opus-model-on-openclaw-in-the-last-week-or-so-which-cost-effective-one-is-ev-qooxwu7zj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-haven-t-used-a-non-opus-model-on-openclaw-in-the-last-week-or-so-which-cost-effective-one-is-ev-qooxwu7zj"},"datePublished":"2026-02-25T14:52:47.745Z","dateModified":"2026-02-25T14:52:58.194Z","description":"A developer shares that they've been exclusively using Opus models on OpenClaw and asks the community which cost-effective AI models are currently popular,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Nat Eliason","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Nat Eliason","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/3d9c2df670e34aae8abab353b3ba31c1","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/nateliason"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-haven-t-used-a-non-opus-model-on-openclaw-in-the-last-week-or-so-which-cost-effective-one-is-ev-qooxwu7zj","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,llm"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nat Eliason","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/nateliason"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I haven't used a non-Opus model on OpenClaw in the last week or so. \n\nWhich cost-effective one is everyone liking now? \n\nMinimax 2.5? \nKimi 2.5?"}]} ```