ChatFAI
#54 on the ranking
ChatFAI is a character-chat site that was briefly the unfiltered Character.AI, and the numbers say that moment has passed.
Read my full ChatFAI analysis →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
AIGirlfriends.ai leads on 2 of the 4 figures that decide most choices.
In short
| What they offer | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ▲Yes | No |
| Entry paid plan | Free | $9.99/mo |
| Adult content | Allowed on paid plans | Allowed on paid plans |
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| Best for | Users interested in creative character exploration beyond standard AI girlfriend formats | Users who want the most complete AI girlfriend experience, chat, voice, images, and video, at the best price in the category |
| Not for | Users primarily wanting a dedicated romantic companion, voice, image generation, or mobile access | Users who only want a simple text-chat companion without multimedia features |
| Operator | Chatfai LLC (named on the Google Play listing; the site itself does not say) | Ai Horizon Inc. |
| Pricing notes | Free tier available (roughly 500 messages/month across 4 characters). Paid plans start around $9.99/month, with a discounted annual plan averaging under $7/month, plus optional one-time message-credit top-ups. Browser-based access. | 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. |
My take
If you want to try before you pay, ChatFAI lets you: AIGirlfriends.ai asks for a card first. A free tier is a sampler, not a plan, but it tells you whether the chat suits you before money moves. AIGirlfriends.ai simply does more: text chat with memory, ai-generated images and video generation are on its list and not on ChatFAI's. More features is only better if you will use them.
| The numbers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site | #54 | ▲#1 |
| Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026 | – | #1 |
| Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains | #1,443,913 | ▲#633,137 |
| Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX Report | – | Top 500,000 |
| Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate | 84,932 | ▲254,494 |
| Search visits a month, US | 20,007 | ▲106,848 |
| Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO | ▲3,600 | 70 |
| Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 100 | ▲49 | 33 |
| Referring domains | ▲2,111 | 393 |
| Backlinks | ▲10,632 | 2,014 |
| Domain registered | December 2022 | August 2023 |
| Public record I read | 9 videos, 2 Reddit threads, 1 articles | 0 videos, 3 Reddit threads, 1 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. When someone types "ai girlfriend" into Google in the US, AIGirlfriends.ai is there at #1; ChatFAI does not appear in the tracked positions at all. That is why AIGirlfriends.ai sits higher here even if it is the smaller site: it is the one the category sends newcomers to. On size, AIGirlfriends.ai is the busier site: 254,494 search visits a month worldwide, about three times what ChatFAI gets (84,932). 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: 3,600 people a month type ChatFAI'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. ChatFAI's Domain Rating of 49 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. ChatFAI is the older domain (2022 against 2023), which counts for something in a category where sites close without notice. In plain terms: AIGirlfriends.ai is both the bigger site and the one the category search points to.
| Feature by feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chat and roleplay | Users mixedMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Memory | Users negativeMy test: Disagree | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree |
| Characters and customisation | Users positiveMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Group chats | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree | – |
| Image generation | Users negativeMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Voice messages | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Free tier | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Price and message credits | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree | – |
| Privacy and billing | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Moderation and content rules | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Voice calls and messages | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Video | – | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| News feed | – | 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 |
“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 ChatFAI's 1 of 10, with 4 features where the complaints win. AIGirlfriends.ai gets it on chat and roleplay and image generation. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 3 points for ChatFAI and 2 points for AIGirlfriends.ai, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.
My verdict on each
ChatFAI
#54 on the ranking
ChatFAI is a character-chat site that was briefly the unfiltered Character.AI, and the numbers say that moment has passed.
Read my full ChatFAI analysis →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 →More comparisons
Written by Hunter Gray, Founder, Owner & Writer. Every figure is from the two brand pages and refreshes monthly. ChatFAI and AIGirlfriends.ai are two of the sites in my best AI girlfriend ranking, where the whole category is ordered on the same data.