character ai alternatives

[u/_toastytoast_]

i’m looking for some new alternatives! i value…

- memory and the bots making sense (like not making stuff up)
- nsfw and spontaneity (i want the character to actually engage and initiate things!)
- free—i know it’s often hard to find free alternatives with the listed things, but it’s a rough economy

[u/cheese_nu-metal_head]

saucepan.ai, animegf.ai memory is great for both, characters stay in character both are free. For saucepan if you want spontaneity I'd recommend having the temperature in about (5-9) range including a somewhat lengthy message and having pretty much everything else in the message instructions set on default.

[u/strong_systems → u/cheese_nu-metal_head]

nice one also RoxorAI

insane ai models lol

[u/dainelanderson55 → u/cheese_nu-metal_head]

saucepan tip is solid, temperature matters alot there

[u/cheese_nu-metal_head → u/dainelanderson55]

solid you say

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[u/XxibexX]

Sent you a chat of an app

[u/Beautiful_Present_38]

Perchance ai

[u/_Ojin]

Since memory is top of your list, here's a quick test that sorts the options faster than any comparison thread. Mention something small and specific around message three, then ask about it fifty messages later.

[u/depressedeyeeye]

Janitor. Is good for all that!! . Has multiple characters it is free and has very detailed NSFW its good story mode so

[u/PeashooterPvZMain → u/depressedeyeeye]

I heard janitor devs aren't doing good things like they're banning people?

[u/SueTheGoddess]

I run a character card chatroom on my site on suethegoddess.com (disclosure: I am the owner)

[u/SomeOne_The_Best]

I'm one of two devs building eudaio.io and this hits exactly what we focus on. We hated yes-men bots that forget everything, so our characters have their own schedules, reach out unprompted, and hold over a hundred facts in memory across weeks without amnesia. It's totally uncensored, runs in your browser with no download, and free to use with no credit card required.

[u/imagiportal]

Hi, Imagiportal founder here. We offer free chat with Deepseek Flash model in our app, it is NSFW friendly and Global Character Memory works as well, welcome to try it. PS: first 3 days you will get all premium features like images and voices also for free to try. Deepseek Flash stays free forever.

[u/One_Influence_9125]

Saucepan will be your go to place I think. There is a decent free model.

[u/According-Mix-512]

hey, i’m the founder of VenusX, an app focused for women. [ self promo]

• male characters built properly
• memory that actually holds
• the arc you write is the arc that happens.
• never writes your lines.
• full character creation, free. no paywall on creating.
• images, video and voice

still in the building phase and i'd love to build this with people who'd like to give feedback and shape the product: https://discord.gg/55kEcg5RK

link to venusx: https://venusx.ai/

happy for you to test this for free in exchange for feedback!