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. exe.dev records 60,103 monthly visits with -26.4% growth and Freemium, Paid pricing.

Cloud Linux VMs built for developers and their AI agents
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | character.ai | exe.dev |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium, Paid |
| Monthly Visits | 154.16M (154,156,370) | 60.1K (60,103) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +3.28M (+2.2%) |
| -21.61K (-26.4%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (29.6%) | 🇺🇸 United States (69.4%) |
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| Direct Visits / mo | 110.73M | 40.78K |
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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.

Cloud Linux VMs built for developers and their AI agents
SSH into Ubuntu-compatible machines with root access, apt and systemd, then keep them running as long-lived servers instead of short-lived containers.
Buy vCPU and RAM once, then create as many VMs as you need inside the pool and fork them quickly for parallel agent work.
Expose internal apps privately or publish them publicly on *.exe.xyz subdomains, with auth and secret management handled for you.
Attach OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Fireworks or Deepgram keys so agents running on your VMs have model access configured automatically.
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.
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.

SpecialistDelivers deeper personal companion dynamics with advanced memory and realistic selfie generation, but fewer public characters.

The AI developer cloud for GPU pods, serverless inference and clustering
Enables open-ended roleplay with custom characters, offering an independent alternative with fewer platform restrictions.

Lets users create and chat with custom AI characters, featuring a similar mobile-friendly roleplay format.
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.
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.
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.
Lets users create and chat with custom AI characters, featuring a similar mobile-friendly roleplay format.