Burning tokens with OpenAI until it hurts, and finally understanding
Recently, playing Open Claw has been really expensive After reviewing, I realized how deep the water is Thought only chatting costs money The truth is, messages sent count as tokens AI responses count as tokens Executing commands count as tokens Reading files count as tokens Search results also count as tokens Running a complex task consumes several times more tokens than regular chat One Chinese character ≈ 1~2 tokens One English word ≈ 1~2 tokens Chinese users are naturally at a disadvantage The same meaning in Chinese costs more tokens than in English My current money-saving strategy is Don't ask questions with Open Claw Use Claude ChatGPT or Doubao for common questions Only use OpenAI when truly running a task Stop mindlessly burning money, think carefully before calling How many tokens do you spend in a day?
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Burning tokens with OpenAI until it hurts, and finally understanding
Recently, playing Open Claw has been really expensive
After reviewing, I realized how deep the water is
Thought only chatting costs money
The truth is, messages sent count as tokens
AI responses count as tokens
Executing commands count as tokens
Reading files count as tokens
Search results also count as tokens
Running a complex task consumes several times more tokens than regular chat
One Chinese character ≈ 1~2 tokens
One English word ≈ 1~2 tokens
Chinese users are naturally at a disadvantage
The same meaning in Chinese costs more tokens than in English
My current money-saving strategy is
Don't ask questions with Open Claw
Use Claude ChatGPT or Doubao for common questions
Only use OpenAI when truly running a task
Stop mindlessly burning money, think carefully before calling
How many tokens do you spend in a day?