AI girlfriend sites side by side · Both tested first-hand · Data through September 2026
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I bought a membership on both and tested each for a month. What they offer, their measured numbers and what their users say, next to each other, with my verdict on each at the end.
The scoreboard
Level on the figures that decide most choices.
AIGirlfriends.ai
Candy AIIn short
| What they offer |  AIGirlfriends.ai |  Candy AI |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | No | No |
| Entry paid plan | $9.99/mo | $13.99/mo |
| Adult content | Allowed on paid plans | Allowed on paid plans |
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| Best for | Users who want the most complete AI girlfriend experience, chat, voice, images, and video, at the best price in the category | Users wanting a widely recognized platform with expressive chat and flexible pricing who can tolerate slower response speeds |
| Not for | Users who only want a simple text-chat companion without multimedia features | Those who need real-time live calling or a strong free tier to evaluate before paying |
| Operator | Ai Horizon Inc. | EverAI Limited |
| Pricing notes | Free trial available to try the core chat experience before subscribing, but there's no persistent free tier. 1 Month: $9.99. 3 Months: $23.97 ($7.99/mo). 12 Months: $71.88 ($5.99/mo). One-off credit purchases also available without a full subscription. Cryptocurrency accepted. | 1 Month: $13.99. 3 Months: ~$26.97 (~$8.99/mo). 12 Months: ~$47.88 (~$3.99/mo). Tokens (used for voice, images, and video) are included per tier with add-on packs available. Cryptocurrency payments accepted. |
My take
Neither has a real free tier, so you are choosing on price and features from the start. AIGirlfriends.ai is the cheaper way in at $9.99/mo against $13.99/mo for Candy AI. The entry price is only part of it: image, voice and video are often metered on top, so the pricing notes row matters as much as the headline.
| The numbers | AIGirlfriends.ai | Candy AI |
|---|---|---|
| Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site | ▲#1 | #5 |
| Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026 | ▲#1 | #11 |
| Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains | #633,137 | ▲#12,246 |
| Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX Report | Top 500,000 | ▲Top 10,000 |
| Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate | 254,494 | ▲592,075 |
| Search visits a month, US | 106,848 | ▲116,063 |
| Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO | 70 | ▲301,000 |
| Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 100 | 33 | ▲76 |
| Referring domains | 393 | ▲4,683 |
| Backlinks | 2,014 | ▲127,630,165 |
| Domain registered | August 2023 | December 2017 |
| Public record I read | 0 videos, 3 Reddit threads, 1 articles | 17 videos, 8 Reddit threads, 10 articles |
The better value in each row is marked in green. Search visits and brand searches are DataForSEO estimates; Tranco and Chrome UX tiers are ranks, not visit counts.
My take
Start with the row this site ranks on. For the search "ai girlfriend" in the US, AIGirlfriends.ai is at #1 and Candy AI at #11, so AIGirlfriends.ai is the one more newcomers find first. Page one is positions 1 to 10; anything past that is traffic you have to earn by name. On size, Candy AI is the busier site: 592,075 search visits a month worldwide, about twice what AIGirlfriends.ai gets (254,494). These are estimates of visits from Google only, so a site with apps or ads can be bigger than this shows. Brand searches are the loyalty line: 301,000 people a month type Candy AI's name, against 70 for AIGirlfriends.ai. A name people type on purpose is a site they come back to; a site with lots of visits and few brand searches is living on rankings it could lose. Candy AI's Domain Rating of 76 against 33 means far more sites link to it, which is what keeps rankings stable; the weaker link profile is the one more likely to move, up or down, when Google reshuffles. Candy AI is the older domain (2017 against 2023), which counts for something in a category where sites close without notice. In plain terms: Candy AI is bigger, AIGirlfriends.ai is the one the category search points to.
| Feature by feature | AIGirlfriends.ai | Candy AI |
|---|---|---|
| Chat and roleplay | Users positiveMy test: Agree | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Memory | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Image generation | Users positiveMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Voice calls and messages | Users positiveMy test: Agree | – |
| Video | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| News feed | Users positiveMy test: Agree | – |
| Characters and customisation | Users positiveMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Free trial | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Price and credits | Users positiveMy test: Partly disagree | – |
| Privacy, billing and legitimacy | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Voice calls | – | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Video ('Live Action') | – | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree |
| Free tier | – | Users negativeMy test: Agree |
| Price and tokens | – | Users negativeMy test: Agree |
| Privacy and billing | – | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Safety and legitimacy | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
“Users” is the balance of the YouTube reviews, Reddit threads and articles read for each brand page; “my test” is whether my own month on the site agreed with them.
My take
Users are happier with AIGirlfriends.ai: 6 of its 10 features come out positive, against Candy AI's 4 of 10, with 2 features where the complaints win. Where they split, AIGirlfriends.ai gets the better word on chat and roleplay. Candy AI gets it on memory. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 2 points for AIGirlfriends.ai and 1 point for Candy AI, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.
My verdict on each
AIGirlfriends.ai
#1 on the ranking
AIGirlfriends.ai does more, and does it well, than any site I tested at its price: voice calls that feel alive, generated video that keeps the likeness, realistic images, a deep character builder and a news feed that gives the companion a life between chats.
Read my full AIGirlfriends.ai analysis →
Candy AI
#5 on the ranking
Candy AI is the category's reference point, and after a month with it I understand why.
Read my full Candy AI analysis →More comparisons
Written by Hunter Gray, Founder, Owner & Writer. Every figure is from the two brand pages and refreshes monthly. AIGirlfriends.ai and Candy AI are two of the sites in my best AI girlfriend ranking, where the whole category is ordered on the same data.