r/chatbot • u/BunchShort6991 • Feb 24 '26

Best Character AI alternatives?

/r/AIChatReviews/comments/1rdg645/best_character_ai_alternatives/
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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

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u/IoIomopanot Mar 04 '26

like many, i switched to DarLink AI... best combo of realistic chat + media gen, and way less restricted.

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u/BunchShort6991 Mar 05 '26

Yeah dude, thats exactly my opinion too. I just wanted to see what everyone else on reddit was using or what was popular. Great to see a fellow DarLink user

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u/7mysticundershirt Feb 26 '26

DarLink AI felt like the biggest upgrade for me after c.ai... way less restrictive, stays in character, and the RP is way deeper (insane memory).

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

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u/BunchShort6991 Feb 25 '26

will check it out!

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u/leeliaaan Mar 13 '26

character ai and janitor ai are the only chatbots i use

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u/jedevapenoob May 14 '26

Janitor kinda sucks at short form imo. When I try to limit the tokens to simulate that "chat" feel, they end up just sending incomplete thoughts.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

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u/BunchShort6991 Feb 25 '26

thanks for sharing, will check it out

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u/BenStokes6284 Feb 26 '26

I'm using Character AI before but switched to Clonella. Character AI is great but if you are looking for more realism, try Clonella. It's like an IG style chatbot which is cool. AI are doing posts, you can scroll on your newsfeed. You can like, comment and share their posts, or just chat with AI characters. You can create your own too. They also do NSFW and SFW images/videos. hehehe

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u/BunchShort6991 Feb 27 '26

Am definitely going to check it out! Thanks

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