Character.AI
by Character Technologies
AI character chat platform for creating, discovering, and talking with interactive AI characters, stories, and fictional personalities.
Character.AI is an AI character and conversation platform built around interactive AI characters, storytelling, roleplay, and entertainment. Users can discover millions of community-created Characters or create their own with custom names, avatars, greetings, descriptions, tags, and definitions. The platform supports long-running conversations, memory features, image attachments, voice experiences, Stories, Imagine, Lorebooks, and creator-focused tools. Character.AI is available through the web and official mobile applications, with a free tier and optional paid subscriptions that provide faster responses, additional memory and customization features, premium chat styles, and early access to new capabilities.
Provider
Character Technologies
Category
AI Chat
Available On
Web, Android, iOS
Launched
Sep 2022
Use Cases
Roleplay, Storytelling, Creative Writing, Entertainment
Best For
Interactive character conversations, roleplay, storytelling, creative writing, fandom experiences, and building custom AI Characters
🧠 Models (4)
PipSqueak 2vPipSqueak 2
Conversational
Context Window
Not publicly specified
Input
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Output
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PipSqueak 2 RawrvPipSqueak 2 Rawr
Conversational
Context Window
Not publicly specified
Input
text
Output
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DeepSqueakvDeepSqueak
Reasoning
Context Window
Not publicly specified
Input
text
Output
text
LongSqueakvLongSqueak
Long Context
Context Window
Not publicly specified
Input
text
Output
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✨ Features (11)
Character Creation
Create custom AI Characters with names, avatars, greetings, descriptions, tags, and detailed definitions
Character Discovery
Discover and chat with a large community of user-created Characters across different genres and interests
Character Memory
Memory features help Characters maintain relevant information across longer conversations
Personas
Create personalized user personas that can be used to shape interactions with Characters
Lorebooks
Create reusable collections of world information, characters, locations, rules, and events that can be activated by keywords
Stories
Create and share interactive adventures and story experiences involving Characters
Imagine
Turn conversations and ideas into visual content through Character.AI's Imagine experience
Voice
Interact with Characters using supported voice experiences
Image Attachments
Attach images to supported conversations so Characters can respond to visual content
Chat Customization
Customize supported chat experiences and conversation settings
Creator Tools
Tools and guides help creators build, refine, grow, and share Characters with the community
💰 Pricing
✓ Free Plan
✕ Free Trial
✓ Paid Plan
✕ Enterprise
Starting Price
$4.99/month
Billed monthly
API Pricing
No public API is currently available. Character.AI is primarily offered through its web and mobile applications.
More Info
View pricing page ↗💬 Prompt Library (5)
Create Character
GeneralCreate a detailed personality and setup for an AI Character
Create a detailed AI Character named [CHARACTER NAME]. Define their personality, background, speaking style, motivations, strengths, weaknesses, interests, relationships, and a realistic opening greeting. Make the Character consistent and engaging for long conversations.
Roleplay Story
GeneralStart an immersive interactive roleplay
Start an interactive roleplay story set in [SETTING]. You play [CHARACTER] while I play [MY CHARACTER]. Stay in character, describe the environment naturally, introduce realistic events, and let me decide my character's actions.
Story Character
GeneralMaintain consistent character behavior during storytelling
Act as a character from a fictional story. Maintain a consistent personality, memories, relationships, goals, and speaking style throughout the conversation. Do not control my character's decisions or actions.
Creative Companion
GeneralUse an AI Character as a creative writing companion
Act as a creative brainstorming companion. Help me develop characters, worlds, plots, conflicts, dialogue, and unexpected story ideas while asking useful questions and building on my previous ideas.
Character Interview
GeneralInterview an AI Character from its fictional perspective
Act as [CHARACTER NAME] and answer my interview questions entirely from the Character's perspective. Keep answers consistent with their background, personality, memories, beliefs, and experiences.
🔗 Integrations (5)
Web App
web
Access Character.AI Characters, chats, creation tools, and community features through the web application
Android App
mobile
Official Character.AI Android application
iOS App
mobile
Official Character.AI iPhone and iPad application
Lorebooks
knowledge
Reusable world knowledge collections that can be connected to multiple Characters
Community
social
Community ecosystem for discovering and interacting with user-created Characters
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⚠️ Limitations
- •Characters can generate inaccurate or fictional information
- •Character responses may not always remain consistent with their intended personality
- •Some advanced features and premium chat styles require a paid subscription
- •Free users may experience ads, feature limits, or slower response times
- •Waiting rooms may appear during periods of high platform traffic
- •Feature availability can vary by plan, region, age, platform, and account
- •There is currently no public Character.AI API for general developer use
📚 Sources
- https://character.ai(official)
- https://character.ai/subscribe(official)
- https://support.character.ai/hc/en-us/articles/55845963766555-C-ai-FAQ(official)
- https://support.character.ai/hc/en-us/articles/55388952900379--c-ai-lite-FAQ(official)
- https://support.character.ai/hc/en-us/articles/52739596326811-Lorebooks(official)
- https://support.character.ai/hc/en-us/articles/15063996838299-Is-there-an-API(official)
- https://blog.character.ai/pipsqueak2-and-more/(official)
- https://blog.character.ai/creator-bundle/(official)