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. deAPI records 27,511 monthly visits with -42.4% growth and Pay-per-use (free $5 credits, Enterprise plan available) pricing.

One OpenAI-compatible API for 100+ generative AI models
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | |
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| Official Domain | character.ai | deapi.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Pay-per-use (free $5 credits, Enterprise plan available) |
| Monthly Visits | 154.16M (154,156,370) | 27.51K (27,511) |
| MoM Traffic Delta |
| +3.28M (+2.2%) |
| -20.24K (-42.4%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (29.6%) | 🇺🇸 United States (21.4%) |
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| Direct Visits / mo | 110.73M | 11.3K |
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| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.4 |
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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.

One OpenAI-compatible API for 100+ generative AI models
Access image, video, voice, music, OCR and embedding models from a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint instead of juggling multiple vendors.
Reuse existing OpenAI SDKs and client code, with ready-made snippets for Python, TypeScript, Next.js, React, Node, Vue and Angular.
Covers text-to-image, image editing, text-to-video, image-to-video, TTS, voice cloning, transcription, OCR, embeddings, upscaling and music generation.
No subscriptions or hidden fees; an in-page price calculator shows the exact cost before you run a generation.
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.

Free / Open-sourcePrivate AI for unrestricted creative work
Provides completely unfiltered anime and fantasy character chats, bypassing Character.AI's rigid safety restrictions.

SpecialistAn all-in-one AI video and avatar studio with face swap, lip sync and voice cloning

SpecialistAll-in-one creative AI toolkit for images, video, music and voice

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.
SpecialistOne AI studio for video, image, and audio creation
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.
Provides completely unfiltered anime and fantasy character chats, bypassing Character.AI's rigid safety restrictions.
SpecialistAn all-in-one AI video and avatar studio with face swap, lip sync and voice cloning
SpecialistAll-in-one creative AI toolkit for images, video, music and voice
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.
SpecialistOne AI studio for video, image, and audio creation