Character.AI records 154,156,370 monthly visits with +2.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. CodeGateway records 3,745 monthly visits with +0.6% growth and Free Trial, Paid pricing.
Chat with millions of AI characters or build your own
One API key, one invoice for Claude, GPT and Gemini
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | character.ai | codegateway.dev |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Free Trial, Paid |
| Monthly Visits | 154.16M (154,156,370) | 3.75K (3,745) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +3.28M (+2.2%) | +22 (+0.6%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (29.6%) | 🇺🇸 United States (59.6%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 110.73M | 1.23K |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Chat with millions of AI characters or build your own
Browse and chat with a vast library of community and official characters across genres and fandoms.
Design a character's look, backstory, personality and voice, then share it with the community.
Talk with characters using voice chats and Voice Notes, not just typed messages.
Long-form, in-character conversations built for storytelling and immersion rather than quick answers.
One API key, one invoice for Claude, GPT and Gemini
Create a workspace, share one balance across members with owner, admin and member roles, and settle everything on a single invoice.
One API key reaches Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and DeepSeek families through Anthropic Messages, OpenAI Chat Completions and Responses endpoints.
Live token usage, cost breakdowns, per-member attribution and exportable billing so you know where spend goes.
Requests are served from Cloudflare's global edge, keeping latency low for geographically spread teams.
Features community-driven roleplay with flexible LLM routing and adult content support, unlike Character.AI's strict filtering.
Features community-driven roleplay with flexible LLM routing and adult content support, unlike Character.AI's strict filtering.
Offers unfiltered and NSFW character roleplay with multi-model switching, whereas Character.AI strictly enforces safety filters.
Offers unfiltered and NSFW character roleplay with multi-model switching, whereas Character.AI strictly enforces safety filters.
SpecialistSpecializes in virtual romantic companions with voice and photo generation, catering more to dating roleplay.
SpecialistSpecializes in virtual romantic companions with voice and photo generation, catering more to dating roleplay.
Features millions of user-generated personas with voice playback, offering a similar casual roleplay experience to Character.AI.
Features millions of user-generated personas with voice playback, offering a similar casual roleplay experience to Character.AI.
Focuses on immersive storytelling and fictional character chats, providing an alternative community roleplay environment.
Focuses on immersive storytelling and fictional character chats, providing an alternative community roleplay environment.
Provides completely unfiltered anime and fantasy character chats, bypassing Character.AI's rigid safety restrictions.
Provides completely unfiltered anime and fantasy character chats, bypassing Character.AI's rigid safety restrictions.
One API key for hundreds of AI models from every major provider
Combines character chat with persistent memory and visual companions, competing directly in casual roleplay.
Combines character chat with persistent memory and visual companions, competing directly in casual roleplay.
SpecialistExcels at long-form fiction writing and collaborative storytelling rather than structured character chat rooms.
SpecialistExcels at long-form fiction writing and collaborative storytelling rather than structured character chat rooms.
SpecialistDelivers deeper personal companion dynamics with advanced memory and realistic selfie generation, but fewer public characters.
SpecialistDelivers deeper personal companion dynamics with advanced memory and realistic selfie generation, but fewer public characters.
Enables open-ended roleplay with custom characters, offering an independent alternative with fewer platform restrictions.
Enables open-ended roleplay with custom characters, offering an independent alternative with fewer platform restrictions.
One OpenAI-compatible gateway for adaptive LLM routing, guardrails, and spend control
One OpenAI-compatible gateway for adaptive LLM routing, guardrails, and spend control
