SillyTavern vs Character.AI vs Chai

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

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SillyTavern
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Competitor 1
Character.AI
Competitor 2
Chai
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for SillyTavern: TATavern AI91% PolyBuzz84% Rubii: AI Character Community84% RoleChar AI84% Sakura.fm83% ourdream.ai83% Vidchat AI83% SpicyChat83%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool SillyTavern
sillytavernai.com
Self-hosted AI chat interface
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Competitor 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 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
18Kvisits/mo
165.9Mvisits/mo
920.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2,069.9%
▼ 1.7%
▲ 25.3%
6-month growth
+575.5%
-5.0%
+34.0%
Global rank web
#1,718,570
#191
#88,554
Avg. last 3 months
7.1K
165.8M
803.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
41%
36%
79%
Pages / visit
1.1
12.1
1.1
Visit duration
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16m 28s
36s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 96% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 98% · ● Referral 1%
SillyTavernCharacter.AIChai
048.6M97.2M145.9M194.5MSillyTavern · 50.3KSillyTavern · 1.2KSillyTavern · 1KSillyTavern · 2.7KSillyTavern · 3.3KSillyTavern · 469SillyTavern · 2.5KSillyTavern · 830SillyTavern · 18KCharacter.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 · 165.9MChai · 823.8KChai · 722.9KChai · 738.3KChai · 687.4KChai · 1MChai · 795.6KChai · 755.3KChai · 734.9KChai · 920.9K1001K10K100K1M10M100M1BSillyTavern · 50.3KSillyTavern · 1.2KSillyTavern · 1KSillyTavern · 2.7KSillyTavern · 3.3KSillyTavern · 469SillyTavern · 2.5KSillyTavern · 830SillyTavern · 18KCharacter.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 · 165.9MChai · 823.8KChai · 722.9KChai · 738.3KChai · 687.4KChai · 1MChai · 795.6KChai · 755.3KChai · 734.9KChai · 920.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$9.99per month · free tier available
$13.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
AudioText
Text
Output
Text
AudioText
Text
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Character
Chatbots & CompanionsWriting & ContentAI CharacterAI Story Generator
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Character
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
9
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10
Character chatbot
Characters
Chatbots
Character interaction
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Character creation
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Chatting
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Role playing
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Companions
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Character themed chatting
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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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Solo RPG facilitation
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Character storytelling
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English conversation roleplay
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Stories
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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