Character.AI records 154,156,370 monthly visits with +2.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. WaveSpeedAI records 2,164,832 monthly visits with +22.9% growth and Paid pricing.
Chat with millions of AI characters or build your own
One API for 1,000+ AI image, video, audio and 3D models
| Dimension / Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | character.ai | wavespeed.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Paid |
| Monthly Visits | 154.16M (154,156,370) | 2.16M (2,164,832) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +3.28M (+2.2%) | +403.48K (+22.9%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (29.6%) | 🇺🇸 United States (17.5%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 110.73M | 1.3M |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 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 for 1,000+ AI image, video, audio and 3D models
One API key and one SDK reach text-to-image, image editing, text-to-video, image-to-video, avatar, speech, music, 3D and LLM models, so you stop stitching together vendors.
Optimised GPU clusters aim for sub-second image generation and up to 4x faster video rendering, with a claimed 99.99% uptime.
Direct cinematic shots from a prompt with camera moves, film looks by genre and era, colour palettes and lighting controls.
Run any supported model from the terminal or from an AI agent, and use a desktop app when you would rather click than code.
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.
SpecialistDelivers privacy-focused developer APIs and open-source models, but prioritizes unthrottled text generation over expansive media pipelines.
SpecialistDelivers privacy-focused developer APIs and open-source models, but prioritizes unthrottled text generation over expansive media pipelines.
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.
SpecialistOffers multi-modal generation tools and developer APIs, but leans heavier toward browser-based consumer creative workflows.
SpecialistOffers multi-modal generation tools and developer APIs, but leans heavier toward browser-based consumer creative workflows.
SpecialistAI image and video generation for production-ready creative assets
SpecialistAI image and video generation for production-ready creative assets
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.
SpecialistCombines generative AI video and image tools with developer APIs, but is structured more as a creative studio application.
SpecialistCombines generative AI video and image tools with developer APIs, but is structured more as a creative studio application.
