Character AI
Chat with millions of user-created AI characters.
Chat with millions of user-created AI characters.
Character AI is Chat with millions of user-created AI characters. Freemium, with paid plans from $9.99/mo.
About Character AI
Character.AI is a platform where users chat with AI characters created by the community or by Character.AI itself, ranging from historical figures and fictional heroes to original creations and personal assistants. Each character has a defined persona, voice and back story, and users can have long, role-play-style conversations, including group chats with multiple characters, voice calls and image-aware interactions. Creators can build their own characters with custom personalities, knowledge and example dialogues, share them publicly and earn engagement. Character.AI was founded by ex-Google Brain researchers behind LaMDA, runs on the company's own large models, and is offered as web and mobile apps with a free tier and a paid c.ai+ subscription. It is one of the most-used consumer AI products by raw chat volume.
Character AI pros and cons
Hand-derived from the catalog data, strengths and trade-offs to weigh before signing up.
- Free tier available; paid plans from $9.99/mo
- Millions of bots
- Character creator
- Group chats
- No autonomous agent, handles single prompts, not multi-step workflows
- Competition is strong in this space, see Pi and Replika for comparison
2 plans from Character AI
Pulled from Character AI’s public pricing page. Prices may change, verify on the vendor’s site before purchasing.
Free
Free Character chats
- Unlimited chats
- Standard response times
- Create your own characters
c.ai+
Most popular plan
- Faster response times
- Skip the waiting room
- Early access to features
- Exclusive community access
Character AI vs AI Companions
Side-by-side with the top 2 other ai companions in this category.
| Picked from the top tools in ai companions | Chat with millions of user-created AI characters. | Inflection's empathetic conversational AI companion. | AI companion focused on emotional connection and roleplay. |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARTS AT | $9.99/mo | Free | $19.99/mo |
| PRICING | Freemium | Free | Freemium |
| AI AGENT | No | No | No |
| EDITOR'S PICK | No | No | No |
| KEY FEATURES | Millions of bots, Character creator, Group chats | Empathetic dialogue, Voice mode, Cross-device sync | Customizable avatar, Voice chat, AR mode |
| BEST FOR | Roleplay, Entertainment, Creative writing | Reflective conversation, Emotional support, Brainstorming | Emotional support, Conversation practice, Roleplay |
| WORKS WITH | #characters#roleplay#chat | #companion#conversational#supportive | #companion#chat#emotional |