Character.AI vs Cleverbot Chat vs Gemini

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

Your tool
Character.AI
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Competitor 1
Cleverbot Chat
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Character.AI
character.ai
Character.AI is a chat app where you talk with AI characters instead of a single generic assistant.
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Competitor Cleverbot Chat
cleverbot.com
The original viral chatbot
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
165.9Mvisits/mo
189.7Kvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 1.7%
▲ 6.8%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
-5.0%
+4.8%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#191
#207,803
#17
Avg. last 3 months
165.8M
182.1K
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
44%
28%
Pages / visit
12.1
3.1
4.1
Visit duration
16m 28s
1m 51s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 96% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 96% · ● Mail 3%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
Character.AICleverbot ChatGemini
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BCharacter.AI · 181.3MCharacter.AI · 191.3MCharacter.AI · 194.5MCharacter.AI · 174.5MCharacter.AI · 192.6MCharacter.AI · 180.7MCharacter.AI · 162.9MCharacter.AI · 168.8MCharacter.AI · 165.9MCleverbot Chat · 122.7KCleverbot Chat · 171.5KCleverbot Chat · 192KCleverbot Chat · 181KCleverbot Chat · 183.7KCleverbot Chat · 221.1KCleverbot Chat · 179KCleverbot Chat · 177.7KCleverbot Chat · 189.7KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B100K1M10M100M1B10BCharacter.AI · 181.3MCharacter.AI · 191.3MCharacter.AI · 194.5MCharacter.AI · 174.5MCharacter.AI · 192.6MCharacter.AI · 180.7MCharacter.AI · 162.9MCharacter.AI · 168.8MCharacter.AI · 165.9MCleverbot Chat · 122.7KCleverbot Chat · 171.5KCleverbot Chat · 192KCleverbot Chat · 181KCleverbot Chat · 183.7KCleverbot Chat · 221.1KCleverbot Chat · 179KCleverbot Chat · 177.7KCleverbot Chat · 189.7KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$9.99per month · free tier available
Free
$4.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioText
Text
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
AudioText
Text
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsWriting & ContentAI CharacterAI Story Generator
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Chatbot
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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15
Chatbots
Character chatbot
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Character interaction
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Characters
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Chatting
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Image generation
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Character themed chatting
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Coding
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Companions
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Persona emulation chatbot
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Writing
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Character storytelling
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English conversation roleplay
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Image editing
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Reviews
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Prompts
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