Character.AI records 154,156,370 monthly visits with +2.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. OpenArt records 12,394,629 monthly visits with +15.8% growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing.
Chat with millions of AI characters or build your own
One canvas for AI images, video, characters and sound
| Dimension / Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | character.ai | openart.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium, Free Trial |
| Monthly Visits | 154.16M (154,156,370) | 12.39M (12,394,629) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +3.28M (+2.2%) | +1.69M (+15.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (29.6%) | 🇺🇸 United States (30.7%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 110.73M | 3.66M |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 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 canvas for AI images, video, characters and sound
Type a prompt or upload a reference image to produce images with GPT Image, Nano Banana or Seedream, then erase, expand, restyle or upscale the same file on one canvas.
Generate clips of up to roughly 15 seconds in up to 4K using models such as Veo, Kling, Seedance and Sora, with style and camera controls.
Build a reusable character from reference photos or a text brief, save it to your library, and tag it into future images and videos for a consistent face.
Director mode scripts multi-scene stories through natural chat, arranging a storyboard, shaping individual shots and refining the final sequence.
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.
SpecialistProvides deep anime-focused character generation and community LoRAs, but lacks OpenArt's general-purpose multi-media studio breadth.
SpecialistProvides deep anime-focused character generation and community LoRAs, but lacks OpenArt's general-purpose multi-media studio breadth.
Delivers simple multi-modal generation and APIs, but features a more basic interface compared to OpenArt's suite.
Delivers simple multi-modal generation and APIs, but features a more basic interface compared to OpenArt's suite.
Offers robust custom model fine-tuning and fine-grained canvas editing, but lacks OpenArt's broad multi-model aggregator variety.
Offers robust custom model fine-tuning and fine-grained canvas editing, but lacks OpenArt's broad multi-model aggregator variety.
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.
Specializes in comprehensive video creation and editing tools, but offers fewer dedicated static image generation workflows than OpenArt.
Specializes in comprehensive video creation and editing tools, but offers fewer dedicated static image generation workflows than OpenArt.
