01
Chai Not yet ordered
Character chat app
The company site answered the scoping check, but its pricing and policy pages were not captured, so no field is verified in this edition.
verified 0 / 8
—not scored
edition 2026 annual · status withheld
AI Character Chat 2026 — Shortlist Record, Not Ranked
This page is the fixed, citable record of the 2026.10 shortlist. Field verification is not yet complete, so the list is not ordered. bestaicharacterchat.com checks the public policy, pricing and data-control pages of AI character chat platforms against one published method, and publishes a platform's order only after every scored field is verified on its official pages.
// ranking withheld
Field verification is not yet complete, so this list is not ordered. Entries are sorted
alphabetically, and the numbers 01 to 10 are alphabetical positions, not ranks. Each entry
shows how many of its 8 scored fields an official page states.
02
Character.AI Not yet ordered
Community character library
Publishes a monthly price of $9.99 and an annual price of $94.99 on its own subscribe page, and states that the subscription auto-renews. Its privacy page states an age threshold; third-party sources disagree about it, so the official page is the reference.
verified 3 / 8
—not scored
03
Chub AI Not yet ordered
Character-card library
Character-card library with browsing and creation features; the official pages were not captured in this edition.
verified 0 / 8
—not scored
04
CrushOn.AI Not yet ordered
Community character chat
The official site showed a verification challenge during the scoping check, so no field is verified in this edition.
verified 0 / 8
—not scored
05
DreamGen Not yet ordered
Roleplay and story generation
Three monthly plans with list prices, and a context window stated for each plan on its pricing page: 5,000, 15,000 and 30,000 tokens.
verified 3 / 8
—not scored
06
Janitor AI Not yet ordered
Community character-card library
The official site showed an access restriction during the scoping check, so no field is verified in this edition.
verified 0 / 8
—not scored
07
PolyBuzz Not yet ordered
Community character chat
Its own FAQ, a vendor statement, says access is available at no cost, with an optional membership, and states a rule on public display of NSFW content. Membership price and account steps are not yet verified.
verified 1 / 8
—not scored
08
SillyTavern Not yet ordered
Front end for power users
Its homepage, a vendor self-description, calls it an LLM frontend for power users and links to GitHub. License and fee terms are not yet verified.
verified 0 / 8
—not scored
09
SpicyChat Not yet ordered
Community character library
The homepage text was not captured in this edition, so no field is verified.
verified 0 / 8
—not scored
10
Talkie AI Not yet ordered
Character chat app
Only the page title was captured in this edition, so no field is verified.
verified 0 / 8
—not scored
Record notes
The shortlist draws on the public, checkable fields defined in the method. A platform is scored only when every scored field is verified, and no platform meets that condition in this edition. Any future order will be published as a new revision of this page, with the date of each change.
Values are checked against official pages and dated on the method page. Entries with no verified fields are listed so that readers can see the full pool, not because they have been assessed.
Editorial boundary
The shortlist does not measure content permissiveness, character quality or output quality. It records public policy, pricing and data-control fields only. For the reasoning behind each field, see the method page.