SillyTavern vs Story AI by DreamGen vs NovelCraft vs Rubii: AI Character Community

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

Your tool
SillyTavern
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Competitor 1
Story AI by DreamGen
Competitor 2
NNovelCraft
Competitor 3
Rubii: AI Character Community
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool SillyTavern
sillytavernai.com
Self-hosted AI chat interface
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Competitor Story AI by DreamGen
dreamgen.com
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Competitor NNovelCraft
novelcraft.ai
An AI writing partner that respects your creative voice
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Competitor Rubii: AI Character Community
rubii.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
18Kvisits/mo
1.1Mvisits/mo
216visits/mo
213.1Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2,069.9%
▲ 17.0%
▼ 65.9%
▼ 21.8%
6-month growth
+575.5%
+5.4%
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-77.2%
Global rank web
#1,718,570
#42,968
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#129,102
Avg. last 3 months
7.1K
964.2K
283
258.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
41%
30%
0%
35%
Pages / visit
1.1
8.1
7.0
6.8
Visit duration
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9m 37s
50s
6m 19s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 96% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 87% · ● Referral 12%
SillyTavernStory AI by DreamGenNovelCraftRubii: AI Character Community
0327K654K981K1.3MSillyTavern · 50.3KSillyTavern · 1.2KSillyTavern · 1KSillyTavern · 2.7KSillyTavern · 3.3KSillyTavern · 469SillyTavern · 2.5KSillyTavern · 830SillyTavern · 18KStory 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 · 1.1MNovelCraft · 633NovelCraft · 216Rubii: AI Character Community · 1.3MRubii: AI Character Community · 1.3MRubii: AI Character Community · 990KRubii: AI Character Community · 746.8KRubii: AI Character Community · 936.2KRubii: AI Character Community · 949.2KRubii: AI Character Community · 395.2KRubii: AI Character Community · 290.5KRubii: AI Character Community · 272.4KRubii: AI Character Community · 213.1K1001K10K100K1M10MSillyTavern · 50.3KSillyTavern · 1.2KSillyTavern · 1KSillyTavern · 2.7KSillyTavern · 3.3KSillyTavern · 469SillyTavern · 2.5KSillyTavern · 830SillyTavern · 18KStory 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 · 1.1MNovelCraft · 633NovelCraft · 216Rubii: AI Character Community · 1.3MRubii: AI Character Community · 1.3MRubii: AI Character Community · 990KRubii: AI Character Community · 746.8KRubii: AI Character Community · 936.2KRubii: AI Character Community · 949.2KRubii: AI Character Community · 395.2KRubii: AI Character Community · 290.5KRubii: AI Character Community · 272.4KRubii: AI Character Community · 213.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$6.26per month
$9per month · free tier available
$7.99per month
Free tier
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Plans
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Starter $6.26/moAdvanced $15.48/moPro $33.81/mo
Free FreeBedtime Stories $9/moPro $19/moEnterprise Custom
Plus $7.99/moPro $14.99/moPremium $29.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
Text
Output
Text
Text
ImagesText
ImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Character
Chatbots & CompanionsWriting & ContentAI Book WritingAI Character+1 more
Writing & ContentAI Book WritingAI Story Generator
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Character
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Characters
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Role playing
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Character chatbot
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Book writing
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Chatbots
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Stories
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Writing
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Character images
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Chatting
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Novels
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Art generation
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Character creation
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Companions
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Image generation
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Local AI
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Private conversations
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Solo RPG facilitation
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Storytelling
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Storytelling assistance
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Book editing
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Digital book creation
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Reviews
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Prompts
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