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Chub AI
A character hub with hosted chat: a large library of community characters, Tavern-card import, lorebooks, group chats and an OpenAI-compatible API. One-time free trial credits; a single $20/month subscription, paid in crypto only.
Not scored yet — evidence coverage is 0%.
At a glance
Limited free tier
One-time trial credits for "a few dozen messages". Our trial ran out after 20 replies.
- Trial credits are one-time, not a recurring free allowance
- No credit balance, per-message cost or reset date was shown in chat
- Image generation costs 1,000 crowns — unavailable once the trial is used
- Per-chat export works (JSONL, PNG, Text)
What it can do
The features themselves, each checked against a fixed definition rather than taken from a marketing page — hover any one to see what a “yes” has to mean. “Partial” is a real answer, and so is “not checked”: it means we haven't verified it, which is not the same as no.
Replies have a sound/text-to-speech control; two-way spoken conversation was not tested.
"Imagine" generates images from a prompt and optional reference image for 1,000 crowns; the exhausted trial could not run it. In-conversation generation not tested.
Not tested in the free-tier run (2026-09).
Chat Settings offers a group-character selector. Present in the UI; a live multi-character reply was not tested.
Account secrets list Kobold and Oobabooga integrations. No local model was configured or run.
Not tested in the free-tier run (2026-09).
Not tested in the free-tier run (2026-09).
The tested character mixed narrated action with quoted speech. Other characters and models were not tested.
Not tested in the free-tier run (2026-09).
Not tested in the free-tier run (2026-09).
The subscription page says the API "can be used anywhere that supports OpenAI's APIs". Not exercised.
Characters have public cards and creator profiles. Following was not tested.
3 of 12 verified.
Score breakdown
Pricing
Every plan and billing option, from the platform's own pricing. Open the real-cost calculator →
Monthly billing only.
Crypto-only. "Unlimited access" to all hosted models, voice and multimedia, qualified as single-user use: concurrent requests from one account return a 429 error, and obvious key sharing can restrict access.
verified 16 days ago · source
Safety and legal
Is it safe and legal?
| Check | Status | What we found | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deleting your data (EU) European Union | Not checked yet | Per-chat export works (JSONL, PNG or Text; a Text export succeeded). No account-wide export or data-access archive was found. Self-service deletion says "absolutely all information" is irreversibly deleted (inspected, cancelled). No request was submitted, so completion times are unverified. source | 2026-09-21 |
| California's AI companion law California, USA | Not checked yet | Not checked: the crisis-response test was not part of this free-tier run. source | 2026-09-21 |
| EU AI disclosure rules European Union | Not checked yet | Not checked in this run. source | 2026-09-21 |
| Age verification Multiple (US states, UK, EU) | Not checked yet | The test account was created outside the observed flow, so the signup age step was not seen. Characters carry an SFW/NSFW setting. source | 2026-09-21 |
Test results in detail
Every number we recorded while testing, with the transcript messages that produced it — see what we test.
| What we checked | Result | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Refused a harmless message ⓘWe sent messages that break no rule at all. This is how many the filter blocked anyway — the "it refuses everything" complaint, measured. | 8 of 15 | S1-07-A, S1-08-A, S1-09-A +6 more |
| Free trial replies observed | 20 replies | — |
| Download your data yourself ⓘWhether you can export a copy of your data from the product directly, rather than having to ask for it. | No | — |
| Delete your account yourself ⓘWhether there is a working delete-account control in the product, rather than having to email support and wait. | Yes | — |
Green is a good result, amber mixed, red poor. Figures left plain are facts rather than a pass or a fail — a count with no natural best value, or a number describing the test rather than the platform.
Alternatives
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Chub AI: common questions
How much does Chub AI cost?
Chub AI (chub.ai) costs $20.00 a month on the Subscription plan, billed monthly. We checked these prices on October 18, 2026 at chub.ai.
Is Chub AI free?
Partly. The free tier: One-time trial credits for "a few dozen messages". Our trial ran out after 20 replies.
Is Chub AI safe?
You can delete your account yourself. The full test results are further up this page.
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