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Character.AI alternatives
Every platform below is scored with the same categories and weights as Character.AI — the biggest character-chat platform: free with a paid tier, and now restricted for under-18 accounts after lawsuits and regulator pressure. Ranked by overall score, not by who paid for placement; see methodology for the arithmetic.
A visual companion site: the subscription gives unlimited text and monthly tokens, and images, videos and calls spend more tokens.
A text-first companion where you pay for memory: Standard, plus optional Ultra and MAX add-ons that expand context and recall rather than unlock features.
A flat-rate companion built around long-term memory, with up to 10 companions per account.
An NSFW-first companion site (gptgirlfriend.online) with unfiltered chat, AI images and a community of user-made characters.
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