Features community-driven roleplay with flexible LLM routing and adult content support, unlike Character.AI's strict filtering.
Character.AI records 154,156,370 monthly visits with +2.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Cratecode records 4,655 monthly visits with +32% growth and Free pricing.

Free, project-first programming courses with an AI coding tutor
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | character.ai | cratecode.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Free |
| Monthly Visits | 154.16M (154,156,370) | 4.66K (4,655) |
| MoM Traffic Delta |
| +3.28M (+2.2%) |
| +1.13K (+32%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (29.6%) | 🇺🇸 United States (93.8%) |
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| Direct Visits / mo | 110.73M | 1.45K |
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| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.3 |
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| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
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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.

Free, project-first programming courses with an AI coding tutor
Lessons are anchored in engaging projects with genuine use cases, so what you build is useful rather than purely academic.
Move between topics freely and forge your own route through the material instead of being locked to one fixed order.
Paste or write code and the assistant looks through it, flags mistakes and suggests improvements with explanations and examples.
Ask the tutor to walk through a tricky problem in stages rather than simply revealing the final solution.
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.
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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.
Focuses on immersive storytelling and fictional character chats, providing an alternative community roleplay environment.

The AI coding agent for building ambitious software
Provides completely unfiltered anime and fantasy character chats, bypassing Character.AI's rigid safety restrictions.
Learn to code free with hands-on lessons and instant playgrounds

Interactive courses for data science, AI and analytics skills

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.
SpecialistStudy library, AI homework help, and 24/7 tutor access in one place
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.
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.
Focuses on immersive storytelling and fictional character chats, providing an alternative community roleplay environment.
The AI coding agent for building ambitious software
Provides completely unfiltered anime and fantasy character chats, bypassing Character.AI's rigid safety restrictions.
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.
SpecialistStudy library, AI homework help, and 24/7 tutor access in one place