REFERENCE DATA

AI Companion Comparison
(2026).

Name: AI Companion Product Comparison Data (2026)
Creator: Sloane
Published: 2026-09-21
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: AI companion, AI girlfriend, comparison, pricing, features, Character.AI, Replika, Nomi, Candy AI, Talkie, Janitor AI

Feature-by-feature comparison of the 12 major AI companion products in 2026 — pricing, photos, memory, voice, video, custom personas, onboarding. Sourced from public pricing pages. Free JSON + CSV downloads. Embed the table on your site with attribution.

Updated September 21, 2026 · methodology · how to cite · embed

●Native / strong◐Partial / add-on / add-on-metered○Not a native feature

Product	Pricing	Photos	Memory	Persona shape	Voice	Video	Custom personas	Onboarding
Sloane This site	Free · Plus $9.99 · Premium $19.99	●Photo-real, per-persona LoRA	●Persistent grounded facts + milestones	Curated roster — 80+ hand-written women	●Per-persona voice notes, included in Premium	●Photo-animation on Premium	1 included with Premium; $9.99/mo each after	●Anon chat any persona, no card required
Character.AI Deep comparison →	Free · c.ai+ $9.99/mo	○No native photo generation	◐Rolling context; regressed after Pipsqueak 2	User-uploaded catalog + platform originals	◐AI voice call on c.ai+	○No native video	Free — create any character, publicly discoverable	Sign-up + character browse required
Replika Deep comparison →	Free · Pro $19.99/mo or $69.99/yr	◐Avatar-model selfies (illustrated)	◐Persistent memory + relationship progression	One companion you design + evolve	◐Voice call on Pro	◐Video call on Pro	Yes — the entire product is custom	Sign-up + design your Replika
Candy AI Deep comparison →	Subscription + credit economy	◐Prompt-based image gen — face drifts	◐Character-scoped context	Large character catalog	◐Yes, credit-metered	◐Yes on higher tiers, credit-metered	AI Girlfriend Generator on higher tiers	Sign-up + character browse
Nomi Deep comparison →	Free (limited) · Pro $15.99/mo · higher tiers stack	◐Avatar-model selfies + shared photos	●Strongest memory system in the category	One Nomi you design + grow	◐Voice chat included on paid tier	○No native video	Yes — the entire product is custom	Sign-up + design your Nomi
Talkie AI Deep comparison →	Subscription + in-app coin economy	◐Illustrated / anime-styled avatars	◐Character-scoped context	User-uploaded + platform-curated catalog	◐Yes, coin-metered	○No native video	Yes — upload / design characters	Sign-up + character browse
Janitor AI Deep comparison →	Free (BYO API key — pay model provider directly)	◐Image gen add-on (prompt-based)	◐Depends on the model you bring	Community-uploaded character catalog	○Not a native feature	○Not a native feature	Free — upload characters publicly	Sign-up + API key config + character browse
Kindroid Deep comparison →	Free · Standard $13.99/mo · higher tiers stack	◐Native image gen, avatar-consistent	◐Codex — user-managed structured memory	One Kindroid you design + manage	◐Voice on paid tier	○No native video	Yes — the entire product is custom	Sign-up + design + Codex setup
Muah AI Deep comparison →	Free · paid tiers + v-mint credit system	◐Yes, credit-metered	◐Character-scoped context	Community + platform character catalog	◐Yes, credit-metered	◐Yes on higher tiers, credit-metered	Yes — upload / design characters	Sign-up + character browse
Kupid AI Deep comparison →	Free · paid tiers from ~$3/mo	◐Prompt-based image gen	◐Character-scoped context	Platform character catalog	◐Available on paid	○No native video	Not a headline feature	Sign-up + character browse
DreamGF Deep comparison →	Free trial · paid tiers + credit economy	◐Prompt-based image gen	◐Character-scoped context	Character catalog + build-your-own	◐Yes, credit-metered	◐Yes, credit-metered	Yes — character builder is core	Sign-up + character-builder or catalog
Polybuzz Deep comparison →	Free · paid tiers with credit economy + Passion tier	◐Prompt-based image gen	◐Character-scoped context	User-uploaded + platform character catalog	◐Yes, coin-metered	◐Limited	Yes — upload characters	Sign-up + character browse

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METHODOLOGY

How this comparison is sourced.

Every pricing claim below is sourced from the competitor's own public pricing page. Feature descriptions are based on publicly documented capabilities. We flag a feature as "native" when it ships as a first-class integrated capability, "partial" when it's an add-on or has known quality caveats, and "none" when the product doesn't ship it at all.

Products included: the 12 most widely-searched AI companion products in 2026. Category-adjacent tools like Grok Imagine (primarily an image generator, not a companion) are excluded from the main grid to keep the comparison apples-to-apples.

Freshness: the table's "Updated on" date reflects the last cross-verification. Individual product rows include their own `lastVerifiedISO` field via the JSON API for consumers who want per-product freshness. When a competitor changes pricing or adds a feature, we update the file within 30 days and bump the top-level date.

What each column means

Pricing: Publicly stated subscription tiers. If a credit or coin economy sits alongside the subscription, we note it — the real active-user spend on those products often differs from the sticker.
Photos: How the product handles images of the character in chat. "Photo-real per-persona LoRA" means a per-character image model trained on a curated photo set, producing the same face across shots. "Prompt-based image gen" means text-to-image drift between generations.
Memory: How the product remembers you across sessions. "Persistent grounded facts" means structured extraction of facts about you stored separately from raw conversation. "Rolling context" means recent turns kept, older turns evicted.
Persona shape: The product's core loop. "Curated roster" means the platform ships hand-written characters. "User-uploaded catalog" means the community uploads characters. "Build-your-own" means the user designs the companion.
Voice: Voice output in chat. "Per-persona voice notes" means each character has her own trained voice. "Voice call" means a real-time voice conversation feature. "Metered" means each voice message spends credits.
Video: Video output. "Photo-animation" means a still image is animated into a short clip. "Video call" means a real-time video feature.
Custom personas: Whether the user can design their own character. "Included" means bundled with the subscription. "Add-on" means an extra fee per custom persona.
Onboarding: What the user has to do before they can start chatting. "Anon chat" means zero-friction start; "sign-up required" means account before chat; "API key config" means the user has to bring their own model provider key.

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DEEP DIVES

1-on-1 comparisons.

For narrative-shape comparisons of each competitor against Sloane — pricing math, "when they win", full FAQ — see the head-to-head pages.

Sloane vs Character.AI Sloane vs Replika Sloane vs Candy AI Sloane vs Nomi Sloane vs Talkie AI Sloane vs Janitor AI Sloane vs Kindroid Sloane vs Muah AI Sloane vs Kupid AI Sloane vs DreamGF Sloane vs Polybuzz

THE PRODUCT BEHIND THIS DATA

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Sloane is 80+ hand-written women rendered photo-real. Photos, voice, video, memory — one flat price. Free tier, no card required.

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AI Companion Comparison(2026).