Chai vs SillyTavern vs Janitor AI

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Chai
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Competitor 1
SillyTavern
Competitor 2
Janitor AI
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Chai: Character.AI90% Talkie AI86% PolyBuzz86% Kindroid80% SpicyChat80% Replika78% Rubii: AI Character Community78% Dewy: Chat with AI Characters76%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Chai
chai.ml
CHAI is a consumer platform where people build their own AI characters and stories and chat with them.
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Competitor SillyTavern
sillytavernai.com
Self-hosted AI chat interface
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Competitor Janitor AI
janitorai.com
Janitor AI specializes in building NSFW character chatbots without content restrictions
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
920.9Kvisits/mo
18Kvisits/mo
142Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 25.3%
▲ 2,069.9%
▼ 0.8%
6-month growth
+34.0%
+575.5%
+55.6%
Global rank web
#88,554
#1,718,570
#196
Avg. last 3 months
803.7K
7.1K
137.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
79%
41%
29%
Pages / visit
1.1
1.1
15.4
Visit duration
36s
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18m 10s
Traffic sources
● Direct 98% · ● Referral 1%
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● Direct 96% · ● Referral 3%
ChaiSillyTavernJanitor AI
035.8M71.6M107.3M143.1MChai · 823.8KChai · 722.9KChai · 738.3KChai · 687.4KChai · 1MChai · 795.6KChai · 755.3KChai · 734.9KChai · 920.9KSillyTavern · 50.3KSillyTavern · 1.2KSillyTavern · 1KSillyTavern · 2.7KSillyTavern · 3.3KSillyTavern · 469SillyTavern · 2.5KSillyTavern · 830SillyTavern · 18KJanitor AI · 90.9MJanitor AI · 94.2MJanitor AI · 97MJanitor AI · 83.8MJanitor AI · 91.2MJanitor AI · 99.1MJanitor AI · 110.3MJanitor AI · 126.8MJanitor AI · 143.1MJanitor AI · 142M1001K10K100K1M10M100M1BChai · 823.8KChai · 722.9KChai · 738.3KChai · 687.4KChai · 1MChai · 795.6KChai · 755.3KChai · 734.9KChai · 920.9KSillyTavern · 50.3KSillyTavern · 1.2KSillyTavern · 1KSillyTavern · 2.7KSillyTavern · 3.3KSillyTavern · 469SillyTavern · 2.5KSillyTavern · 830SillyTavern · 18KJanitor AI · 90.9MJanitor AI · 94.2MJanitor AI · 97MJanitor AI · 83.8MJanitor AI · 91.2MJanitor AI · 99.1MJanitor AI · 110.3MJanitor AI · 126.8MJanitor AI · 143.1MJanitor AI · 142MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$13.99per month · free tier available
Free
Free tier
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
Output
Text
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Character
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Character
Chatbots & CompanionsAI CharacterNSFW
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
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Character chatbot
Characters
Chatbots
Chatting
Character interaction
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Character creation
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Companions
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Role playing
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NSFW chatbots
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Personality driven conversations
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Characterized chatbot
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Entertaining companionship
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Local AI
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Persona emulation chatbot
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Private conversations
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Sensual chatbots
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Solo RPG facilitation
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Stories
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