NovelAI vs PolyBuzz vs Yollo AI vs Story AI by DreamGen

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

Your tool
NovelAI
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Competitor 1
PolyBuzz
Competitor 2
Yollo AI
Competitor 3
Story AI by DreamGen
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool NovelAI
novelai.net
AI storytelling with creative control
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Competitor PolyBuzz
polybuzz.ai
PolyBuzz is a character chat app where you talk to AI personas drawn from a library the company puts at more than 20 million characters.
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Competitor Yollo AI
yollo.ai
Yollo AI is an uncensored creative suite that combines AI roleplay chat, image generation and video generation in one place.
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Competitor Story AI by DreamGen
dreamgen.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.8Mvisits/mo
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1.7Mvisits/mo
1.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.3%
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▲ 39.7%
▲ 17.0%
6-month growth
-10.3%
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+125.0%
+5.4%
Global rank web
#7,428
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#25,654
#42,968
Avg. last 3 months
4.3M
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1.3M
964.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
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40%
30%
Pages / visit
18.9
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6.7
8.1
Visit duration
10m 24s
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9m 33s
9m 37s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 90% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 96% · ● Referral 4%
NovelAIPolyBuzzYollo AIStory AI by DreamGen
01.3M2.7M4M5.4MNovelAI · 4MNovelAI · 4.5MNovelAI · 5MNovelAI · 4.3MNovelAI · 5.4MNovelAI · 4.3MNovelAI · 4MNovelAI · 3.9MNovelAI · 4.2MNovelAI · 4.8MYollo AI · 104.1KYollo AI · 277.2KYollo AI · 717.7KYollo AI · 758KYollo AI · 827.1KYollo AI · 854.8KYollo AI · 942.1KYollo AI · 1.2MYollo AI · 1.7MStory AI by DreamGen · 858.8KStory AI by DreamGen · 923.3KStory AI by DreamGen · 962.2KStory AI by DreamGen · 714.7KStory AI by DreamGen · 1MStory AI by DreamGen · 1.2MStory AI by DreamGen · 836.5KStory AI by DreamGen · 882.9KStory AI by DreamGen · 926KStory AI by DreamGen · 1.1M100K1M10MNovelAI · 4MNovelAI · 4.5MNovelAI · 5MNovelAI · 4.3MNovelAI · 5.4MNovelAI · 4.3MNovelAI · 4MNovelAI · 3.9MNovelAI · 4.2MNovelAI · 4.8MYollo AI · 104.1KYollo AI · 277.2KYollo AI · 717.7KYollo AI · 758KYollo AI · 827.1KYollo AI · 854.8KYollo AI · 942.1KYollo AI · 1.2MYollo AI · 1.7MStory AI by DreamGen · 858.8KStory AI by DreamGen · 923.3KStory AI by DreamGen · 962.2KStory AI by DreamGen · 714.7KStory AI by DreamGen · 1MStory AI by DreamGen · 1.2MStory AI by DreamGen · 836.5KStory AI by DreamGen · 882.9KStory AI by DreamGen · 926KStory AI by DreamGen · 1.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
Free
$9.9per month · free tier available
$6.26per month
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Plans
Base Subscription $10/moOn-Demand Anlas Custom
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Free Free
Starter $6.26/moAdvanced $15.48/moPro $33.81/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
ImagesText
Text
Output
ImagesText
Text
ImagesTextVideo
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsImage GenerationWriting & ContentAI Anime Generator+3 more
Chatbots & CompanionsAI BoyfriendAI CharacterAI Girlfriend
Chatbots & CompanionsImage GenerationVideo CreationAI Boyfriend+5 more
Chatbots & CompanionsWriting & ContentAI Book WritingAI Character+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
12
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Characters
Character chatbot
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Image generation
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Role playing
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Boyfriend
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Chatbots
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Girlfriend
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Writing
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Anime characters
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Book writing
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Anime generation
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Anime image generation
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Stories
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Video generation
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4K image generation
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Anime
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Anime images
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Artistic writing
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Character creation
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Character image generation
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Character interaction
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Conversations with anime characters
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Storytelling
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Anime stories
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Character storytelling
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Companions
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Webtoons
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