# Kimi Claw

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Kimi Claw and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a VM already set up with a security baseline for running AI agents. Critics say a blank VM is of little use and the plan costs money.

## What people warn about

- Costs money via API and plans (2 comments): "It gets people to waste money on API costs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024413)) "you need $40/month plan just to try it out" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025031))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.kimi.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Kimi Claw", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kimi-claw/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).