Kuki AI
#49 on the ranking
Kuki AI is the most decorated chatbot on this site and the least suitable girlfriend on it.
Read my full Kuki AI analysis →AI girlfriend sites side by side · Both tested first-hand · Data through September 2026
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Kuki AI vs JOI
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
JOI leads on 3 of the 4 figures that decide most choices.
Kuki AI
JOIRank on this site#49▲#19
Google US, “ai girlfriend”––
Search visits a month1.4K▲34.0K
Name searches a month, US390▲33.1K
In short
JOI is the bigger site; here is what separates them.
- JOI gets about 34,016 search visits a month worldwide against 1,429 for Kuki AI, roughly 24 times as many (DataForSEO, September 2026).
- People search for JOI by name about 33,100 times a month in the US, against 390 for Kuki AI.
- Kuki AI has a free tier and paid plans from Free; JOI has no free tier and starts at $13.99/mo.
What they offer
| What they offer |  Kuki AI |  JOI |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ▲Yes | No |
| Entry paid plan | Free | $13.99/mo |
| Adult content | Filtered or limited | Filtered or limited |
| Features |
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| Best for | Users who prioritize intelligent conversation quality and want an established AI companion with a track record | Users seeking image generation and AI companion features at a budget-friendly price point |
| Not for | Users seeking explicit NSFW content, voice calls, image generation, or a mobile companion app | Users who need extensive community resources or detailed feature documentation before committing |
| Operator | Pandorabots, Inc., now trading as ICONIQ (hi@iconiq.ai); created by Steve Worswick as Mitsuku | JOI AI (as the site's footer puts it); one third-party review names JOI-AI Limited, a UK-registered company, which the site itself does not confirm |
| Pricing notes | Free tier available. No payment required to start. | 1 Month: $13.99. 3 Months: $20.99 (~$7/mo). 12 Months: $47.99 (~$4/mo). Premium adds image generation and a limited video generation allowance (5 free clips/month, extra via Neurons). |
My take
If you want to try before you pay, Kuki AI lets you: JOI 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.
The numbers
| The numbers | Kuki AI | JOI |
|---|---|---|
| Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site | #49 | ▲#19 |
| Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026 | – | – |
| Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains | #632,061 | ▲#31,348 |
| Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX Report | – | Top 50,000 |
| Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate | 1,429 | ▲34,016 |
| Search visits a month, US | 273 | ▲12,053 |
| Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO | 390 | ▲33,100 |
| Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 100 | 61 | ▲64 |
| Referring domains | 2,325 | ▲2,966 |
| Backlinks | 8,722 | ▲62,387 |
| Domain registered | March 2020 | July 2003 |
| Public record I read | 7 videos, 0 Reddit threads, 0 articles | 10 videos, 1 Reddit threads, 6 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
None of these ranks in the tracked positions for "ai girlfriend", so their places on this site come from all-traffic rank, and their visitors arrive by name, by ads or from app stores rather than from the category search. On size, JOI is the busier site: 34,016 search visits a month worldwide, more than 25 times what Kuki AI gets (1,429). 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: 33,100 people a month type JOI's name, against 390 for Kuki 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. JOI is the older domain (2003 against 2020), which counts for something in a category where sites close without notice.
What users say, and what I found
| Feature by feature | Kuki AI | JOI |
|---|---|---|
| Chat and conversation | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Memory | Users negativeMy test: Agree | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree |
| Image generation | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Voice and avatar | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Games, quizzes and roleplay | Users positiveMy test: Agree | – |
| Characters and customisation | Users negativeMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Free tier | Users positiveMy test: Agree | Users negativeMy test: Agree |
| Content limits and safety | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Privacy and legitimacy | Users positiveMy test: Agree | – |
| Chat and roleplay | – | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Model switching | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Images and Dream Clips | – | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Voice | – | Users mixedMy test: Disagree |
| Price and neurons | – | Users negativeMy test: Agree |
| Privacy and billing | – | Users mixedMy test: Disagree |
| Safety and legitimacy | – | Users mixed |
“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 rate them about the same: 3 of 9 features positive for Kuki AI and 2 of 10 features positive for JOI. Where they split, Kuki AI gets the better word on free tier. JOI gets it on characters and customisation. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 3 points for JOI, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.
My verdict on each
JOI
#19 on the ranking
Joi is the loudest newcomer in the category, and after a month with it the product is better than the marketing deserves.
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Written by Hunter Gray, Founder, Owner & Writer. Every figure is from the two brand pages and refreshes monthly. Kuki AI and JOI are two of the sites in my best AI girlfriend ranking, where the whole category is ordered on the same data.