Unlimited free chat

Millions of community characters with unlimited free text chat

The default starting point: unmatched variety and the most generous free tier in the category.

The self-hosted frontend the power users all run

If you want total control and zero subscription, this is where the advanced users live.

The most empathetic free AI, with unlimited voice

Completely free, genuinely warm, and no upsell wall. Not a roleplay product, but an excellent listener.

An open-weight model with a surprisingly strong free chat

Not a companion, but its free, capable chat and long memory make it a credible daily AI friend.

Alibaba’s free flagship assistant with image and video

A near-frontier free assistant: image and video generation, voice chat and 119+ languages — a strong daily chat companion.

Free chat on 130+ open-weight models

Not a companion, but a free, transparent chat front-end over Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek and Mistral that doubles as a daily AI friend.

The veteran local-model front end, now a no-install desktop app

Formerly text-generation-webui: not a companion app, but the plumbing most local companion setups are built on.

A private AI companion with unlimited free text chat

A single private companion with relationship stages and two-tier memory; text chat is unlimited and free, with media on a credit system.

Unlimited free text chat across 20M+ characters

The closest thing to Character.AI with a looser filter — as long as you accept an older model on free.

Unlimited chat with a structured memory system

Cheap, memory-first, and one of the few sites that lets the free tier actually test memory.

Local characters with personality settings built in

Free, offline and surprisingly good at persona consistency for a local app.

Build and train your own AI companion from scratch

A build-your-own companion toolkit: train custom AI pets with your own datasets, custom voices and image generation.

Local story generation with no cloud dependency

The classic offline story engine: clunky, but it never phones home.

No account, no message cap, no paid tier

Rough around the edges, but nothing else on this list asks for so little.

Free assistant reachable from WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger

Zero-cost and everywhere, but shallow as a companion.

The long-running chatbot that keeps winning Loebner-style tests

A chat curiosity with a distinctive personality; not a relationship product.

A companion inside the chat app you already have

Convenient and free; treat it as a novelty rather than a companion.

The original AI chat partner, still online

Historical interest mostly, but it is free and it does not pretend to be a person.